Mexico Scuba Diving

Mexico scuba diving provides some of the most spectacular big-animal encounters on the planet. This collection focuses largely on my expeditions to the Revillagigedo Archipelago (Socorro), where giant mantas, dolphins, and schooling sharks take center stage. Discover the thrill of diving Mexico’s Pacific wild side.

Schooling Fish of Puerto Morelos

I never get tired of watching schooling fish on scuba dives. Puerto Morelos sits right on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef—the largest in the Western Hemisphere and second-largest globally—so “fish storms” are routine here. Expect tight balls of grunts and snappers, shimmering schools of porkfish and spadefish, with jacks and barracuda ghosting the edges. The reef…
Testing a New Camera Underwater

Breaking in a New Underwater Camera During the pandemic, I decided to invest in a new underwater camera system: the Panasonic GH5 in a Nauticam housing. I’ll get into why I chose this setup in a future post. This was one of the first images I captured with the new rig in Mexico. This Stoplight…
Scuba Diving Travel During COVID

After 8 months of quarantining, the author traveled to Puerto Morelos, Mexico for a dive trip with friends, motivated by a friend’s new dive shop. They found the travel experience during COVID efficient, with health declarations required for entry. Safety measures were in place throughout the journey, ensuring comfort and security.
My Tuxedo Wetsuit

The dive crew after two dives at Cenote Tajma Ha I had to say it! My new custom rashguard with hood The Wetsuit Tuxedo and rashguard were both custom made by Sea Gods Wetsuit based in Indonesia. They were made during my last dive trip to Komodo. The process was simple, I visited their shop…
Short Underwater Clips

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 few spectacular dives. The clip above is from my first trip to La Paz, Mexico.…
Big Animals & Compact Cameras

Last February, I presented this video at The New York Underwater Photographic Society (NYUPS). NYUPS is the photographic subgroup of the Big Apple Divers. Each month the group meets to share their underwater images. This month the subject was “Big Animals”. I created this underwater video to showcase the biggest animals I have recorded with…
Bull Sharks in Playa Del Carmen

Playa del Carmen is among the best places in the world to dive with bull sharks. The warm water and good visibility allows divers to appreciate with great satisfaction the beauty and elegance of these awesome predators in Mexico between November and March. Bull sharks can thrive in both saltwater and freshwater. They are able…