Caribbean
The warm, clear waters of the Caribbean are home to some of my favorite reefs, shipwrecks, and shark encounters. Explore my dive logs from iconic destinations like Bonaire, the Bahamas, and Grenada. This category features stunning wide-angle photography and stories from the region’s most accessible and beautiful underwater playgrounds.
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A Caribbean Lionfish Story
Once upon a time, a Lionfish named Leo lived in the heart of the Caribbean Sea. Leo was magnificent with long, flowing fins and vibrant, brilliant brown and white stripes. He lived among the coral reefs and was known as the king of the sea, feared and respected by all the sea creatures. One day,…
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Nightlapse Video From Port Elizabeth, Bequia
Bequia is the second-largest island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It’s about 9 miles from Kingston in Saint Vincent. The island is super safe and quiet. I came to the island to scuba dive, of course. By happenstance, none of the hotel rooms near the dive shops and in the port were available. Instead…
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Christmas Tree Worm
The Christmas tree worm, known scientifically as Spirobranchus giganteus, is a tube-building worm native to tropical oceans between the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific. The worms’ most distinct features are two “crowns” shaped like Christmas trees. The multicolored spirals are highly derived structures for feeding and respiration. Christmas tree worms average about 1.5 inches in length, and their…
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Trunkfish Tuesday
One of my favorite fish to observe in the Caribbean is the Smooth Trunkfish. For some reason it remind me of a disco. 😀 The Smooth Trunkfish is also known as Lactophrys triqueter. It’s a species of boxfish commonly found along coral and rocky reefs in tropical waters. The smooth trunkfish is normally solitary but…
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Underwater Images From St. Vincent
All of the images in the underwater gallery below were captured off the coast of St. Vincent, part of the island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean. While the country spans a chain of islands, it’s the waters surrounding St. Vincent itself that have earned the nickname “Critter Capital of the…
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Dive Guides Make Fish Identification Easy
I spent a few days scuba diving in St. Vincent with the wonderful team at Dive St. Vincent. The marine ecosystem is quite healthy and abundant with life. It’s easy to understand why St. Vincent has earned the title of “Critter Capital of the Caribbean.” The dive guides were amazing at spotting creatures like the…
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Saint Vincent Seagrass
In between two work related trips, I was able to quickly dip into St. Vincent and the Grenadines to scuba dive the waters surrounding the island. Saint Vincent is known as the “Critter Capital of the Caribbean.” Off the coast you can easily find many luscious beds of seagrass which host a wide variety of…
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Turtle Tuesday: Loggerhead and Hawksbill
‘3 limbed’ Loggerhead Turtle Hawksbill Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Images were captured during dives off the coast of Nassau in the Bahamas on a Gopro Hero 4 Silver.
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Wordless Wednesday : Dive Boat
July, 2014 Underwater Explorers Society (UNEXSO), Grand Bahama Island
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Wordless Wednesday : Mythical Sea Creature