Every time I go to Browns Bay in Auckland when the water is dirty (i.e. visibility close to zero) after a rain or heavy swell, I almost cannot believe it can be actually quite clear sometimes. This picture is a proof of it. I made it one late evening, the water was calm and surprisingly clear, […]
Some time ago I urgently needed a second stage for my regulator. I din’t want to spend much on it as it was supposed to be only a temporary solution. So I decided to buy the cheapest thing I could find on the local NZ on-line auction website. I purchased a regulator made in the […]
Some people think tropical seas are colourful and temperate ones are not. Often the opposite is true. Many hard corals of tropical reefs in shallow water are greenish or brownish. A lot of invertebrates in cold(er) water have very bright colours. The rock on the picture is only in about four metres of water. A […]
It does not happen often, but there are days when the visibility underwater is acceptable even in bays of North Shore in Auckland. By saying ‘acceptable’ I mean more than five metres. That sort of visibility also means backscatter is not such na issue, even at night. I’ve made this picture in Browns Bay at […]
When I saw this image, I realised why my mask had been leaking during that dive. The seal of the mask goes over my neoprene hood. I usually check if my mask sits properly on my face … actually I believe I did the check before that dive as well. It seems I was too […]
I am not a fan of selfies. However, I often dive alone, especially in shallow coastal areas. If I want to have a diver in a picture, it has to be some sort of a selfie. That’s why most of my pictures with divers look similar … a head with the upper torso and the […]