Sea Lions

  • Diving with Sea Lions at Los Islotes, La Paz Mexico

    Diving with Sea Lions at Los Islotes, La Paz Mexico

    Diving in the Sea of Cortez is remarkable, particularly off Los Islotes, La Paz, where interactions with playful California sea lions create unforgettable experiences. Their curiosity and intelligence enrich dives, fostering a unique connection between divers and marine life. Ideal conditions from October to May enhance underwater exploration.

  • Best Check-Out Dive — Galápagos Sea Lions in San Cristóbal

    Best Check-Out Dive — Galápagos Sea Lions in San Cristóbal

    A check-out dive often gets labeled as “just a formality” — a shallow descent to test equipment after a long flight before the real diving begins. Regulators are purged. Buoyancy is dialed in. Cameras are checked. It’s rarely the dive anyone talks about afterward. But in the Galápagos, our check-out dive off San Cristóbal Island…

  • Mischievous Sea Lions

    Mischievous Sea Lions

    The video showcases California Sea Lions at Los Islotes in the Sea Cortez, Mexico, known for their playful interaction with divers. Accessible only by speed boat, dive operations offer inclusive packages for marine excursions. The narrator shares personal experiences diving with curious Sea Lions, capturing moments with a Panasonic GH5 and GoPro.

  • Sea Lions Playing with Divers

    Sea Lions Playing with Divers

    Here are a few images taken by my friend and photographer Ron Nicolaysen. As you can see below, during the week of diving around the seal lion colony in Mexico, we had some interesting and unprovoked interaction with several sea lions. In case you missed my earlier post. Here are a few underwater video clips…

  • A Few Fun Sea Lion Clips From Los Islotes

    A Few Fun Sea Lion Clips From Los Islotes

    I dipped down to La Paz, Mexico at the end of November to dive mostly at tiny island called Los Islotes. Los Islotes hosts one of the most famous Sea Lion colonies in Mexico. I’m still working on one complete edit of diving with the sea lions. Below are clips that I have extracted and…

  • Short Underwater Clips

    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

    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…