Aetobatus Narinari commonly known as the Spotted Eagle Ray is one of my favorites in the ray family. Spotted Eagle Rays are one of the most distinctive species of rays due to the white spots and rings across their dorsal … Continue reading Observing Spotted Eagle Rays
Today is my birthday! I originally planned to be in the Philippines celebrating and scuba diving the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has altered my magnificent birthday dive schedule this year. And … Continue reading Ending A Decade of Birthday Dives
My childhood friend, Lem Springsteen produced the music in the above video. He performs as the group Meltonix. The song is called “Goshen”. The music and video is designed to help people breakaway from current events and drift into creativity. … Continue reading Goshen by Meltonix – A Relaxing Video
I belong to a local scuba diving club called the NYC Sea Gypsies. Under normal conditions, the club along with a sub-group focused on underwater photography and videography meet once a month. Both events are hosted for free at various … Continue reading Pretty Fishies and Our Dive Club Meetings
Social distancing, quarantine, and isolation has forced me to clear out my DVR, clean my crib and organize some of my digital files. Going through a lot of digital files has brought back a lot of great memories from a … Continue reading Short Underwater Clips
For many years, I wanted to visit the Galapagos Islands, especially Wolf & Darwin. For some reason, I thought it was very difficult and expensive to get to from the New York. I was completely wrong! My first opportunity to … Continue reading My First Dive Trip To The Galapagos Islands
Yesterday, I made a hard yet easy decision to cancel my dive trip to the Red Sea later this month. First, I received a message that … Continue reading Scuba Diving Related Movies & COVID-19
The New York Underwater Photographic Society (NYUPS) is a sub-group of the NYC Sea Gypsies dive club. I’m not 100% sure but I think the Sea Gypsies might be the largest dive club in the US. It is definitely the … Continue reading Compact Moments : NY Underwater Photographic Society
The first time I saw a Manta Ray while scuba diving was in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. The breathtaking experience only lasted one or two minutes until the Manta swam away. However, spending 90 minutes looking for them was definitely worth … Continue reading Stunning Manta Rays of Komodo
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I spent a week diving off the coasts of Dumaguete, Dauin and Apo Island in the Philippines. My friends and I basically ate, dived and slept. … Continue reading A Few More Underwater Images From Dumaguete
I spent a week aboard the Indo Aggressor based out of the Indonesian city of Labuan Bajo. During the week at sea, guests were offered daily night dives. I dived each night and saw a lot of unique critters and … Continue reading Night Diving in Komodo
Here are just a few images I took underwater while scuba diving off the coast of Komodo Island in Indonesia. We spent 6 days diving around … Continue reading Underwater Photographs From Komodo
I spend a few days diving off the Indo Aggressor. We did most of our diving off the coast of the Komodo Island. Next week, I’ll post a full review of my dive liveaboard experience but for now here are … Continue reading 10 Cool Underwater Moments In Komodo
I spent a day diving with the team from Atlantis Diving Bali. I requested a dive site called The Gilis which is located off the eastern coast of Bali, Indonesia. The Gilis dive site consists of three dive areas – … Continue reading Creatures in Underwater Caverns – Diving Gili Biaha and Gili Tepekong
I spent a week diving off the coast of Dauin and Apo Island in the Philippines. During one of our first dives, we ran into a Blue-Ringed Octopus. The Blue-Ringed Octopus is one of the most venomous animals found underwater. … Continue reading The Magical and Deadly Blue-Ringed Octopus
