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 […]
At first I thought it was just a lonely ocean wanderer. After a short while I realised it was a season of jellyfish. Translucent bells with purplish radial canals pulsating without rest, yet still toys in the hands of the ocean.
This is Matheson Bay on a good day. For me it’s almost unbelievable how the visibility can change there. Usually it’s a couple of metres … that means it’s diveable, but nothing great. Sometimes it can get very murky. Zero visibility on the beach, 1-3 metres at the island. Then there are those good days. […]
18/10/2016 (601) Another dive in the Goat Island marine reserve with some mishaps, plenty of pleasant surprises and a really sad one: Gauges left at home While I was finishing packing my gear, a courier brought a package for me. I was excited about its content and forgot to my gauges (a computer and a […]