Tela’s Newest Dive Site To our delight, over the weekend we got to explore two brand new spots in Tela. It all started Friday when we began planning our dives. Armed with a map and a few exploratory GPS points, we…
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Love Coral? Tela Honduras Should Be On Your Bucket List
Dive Tela Honduras For the past two weeks, we’ve had the sincere pleasure of diving with the team from the Tela Marine Research Center, with another three weeks still to come! Tela is a coastal town on the mainland of…
EcoDivers Is Roatan’s Best Kept Secret
EcoDivers Roatan EcoDivers Roatan is a bespoke dive center, steps from the hustle and bustle of Roatan’s West End strip. Unless you go searching for EcoDivers, you could miss this hidden gem. The island of Roatan is a true scuba diver’s…
Becoming A PADI Instructor Zambezi’s Story
Education There are three elementary schools on the island with classes up to the 8th grade. While current generations are more likely to attend school, growing up Zambezi and his age group were unlikely to study past the 3rd or…
Sea Gypsies and Scuba Diving in Sumbawa Indonesia
The Island of Sumbawa Ever since I was young I wanted to see a Sea Gypsy village. For generations the Bajau people have been living a seafaring life traveling around the waters of Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Borneo, some not…
Can Corals Adapt To Warmer Oceans? This Scientist Is On A Mission To Find The Answer
Can Corals Adapt? Katherine Dziedzic, a PhD student from Oregon State University (OSU), is looking at how corals can adapt to climate change. To understand how corals adapt to warmer ocean temperatures, she is looking at the DNA and RNA…
Raja Ampat Coral Diaries – Acropora
Raja Ampat Coral Diaries How often do you dive just to see coral? No really, how often do you spend your dive photographing corals, looking for corals, and getting amped about finding rare species. It's easy to finish a dive and…
5 Common Fears Shared by New Scuba Divers
Common Fears Having pre-dive jitters, even before stepping foot in a pool is not uncommon. While some new divers feel comfortable from the get go, others struggle or panic with the thought of putting their head underwater. After teaching hundreds…
Overcoming Your Fear of Scuba Diving
Overcoming Your Fear of Scuba Diving Having predive jitters, even before stepping foot in a pool is not uncommon. While some new divers feel comfortable from the get go, others struggle or panic with the thought of putting their head…
Mola ramsayi: the Short Sunfish from Nusa Penida, Indonesia
The Sunfish or “mola mola”, is one of those holy grail sightings which is sure to leave any diver in awe. Sunfish are notoriously elusive and are typically found living in open water, where they hunt for food in several…