We haven’t been to Marlborough Sounds for ages. I found this video recently, it reminded me of the wild beauty of the area. I remember camping deep in the sounds, only two tents in the whole campground. Total darkness at night, stars so close we had a feeling they were trying to touch us. And baking […]
27/10/2016 (602) I did a surface swim to the most eastern point of Goat Island, checked the direction back to the beach with a compass and descended. I’ve spent about half an hour around the rocks in that area, then crossed the channel and got to the beach along the rocky platforms under the marine […]
Meadows of kelp and seaweeds in clear and calm water … that’s a dream that becomes true sometimes. I would prefer to add ‘warm water’ to it as well, however, we all know that’s not how it works. Warm water means no kelp, no undersea jungle. This picture is from Matheson Bay on an exceptionally […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GivjjrI9v0 Quite a long documentary, unfortunately (for some of us) in French. Even without understanding the words one can enjoy the beauty of the underwater world of Mediterranean Sea. Close to the end of the movie there is a footage with Albert Falco, one of the pioneers of scuba diving and a companion of Jacques […]
Water around, mostly water inside. Yet the jellyfish moves, reproduces, eats. It lives. It also has aesthetic qualities … it’s beautiful. How could He do that?
In most cases when I need a picture of a scuba diver, I make a selfie. I would prefer to use somebody else as the model, but it’s not often possible. Quite often I dive alone. When I have a buddy, he/she is a regular buddy, not a model. I often chase her/him during the […]