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What is something you want to achieve this year?
This year I would like to accomplish several goals. I think I’ve created a goal list with pretty attainable goals. The challenge is to remain focused, especially during the earlier party of the year. I would like to scuba dive more and therefore travel more, create and submit an underwater film, improve my proficiency with…
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Wishing Everyone A Happy And Prosperous New Year!
Here’s to another year of fantastic traveling, diving, eating, and drinking!
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Scuba Diving the Bligh Waters of Fiji
Fiji is known throughout the scuba diving community as the soft coral capital of the world. Last year, I had the opportunity to dive the famous Bligh Water reef system. During my visit, an approaching storm pushed sediment toward the island, limiting visibility on some dives. However, these conditions only really affected underwater videography. The…
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This Time Last Year – Tiger Shark
We arrived at the on-premise dive shop at Waidroka Bay Resort and were told our first dives would be at a dive site called “Shark Reef.” Divers from around the world visit Fiji to dive with up to 8 different species of sharks. Mostly Bull Sharks, Whitetip Reef Sharks, Blacktip Reef Sharks, Nurse Sharks, Lemon…
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White-Spotted Hermit Crab Feeding
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11:44AM Christmas Scuba Dive
How time flies! Last Christmas, we explored the colorful and healthy coral reef off the coast of Fiji. Happy Holidays!
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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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A Family of Clark’s Anemonefish in Fiji
The sea is flat, the sun is out, and the dive boats leave the resort loaded with tanks and camera gear for another morning in Fiji. After a ride of about 45 minutes, we arrive at a new dive site in the Koro Sea and begin descending in buddy teams along a sloping sea wall.…
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Crocodilefish and Turtle
This was a super cool moment! I was diving along a sea wall in front of an island called Bunaken. Sitting on a ledge was a resting Sea Turtle with two Remoras on its shell. As I positioned to take the photo, a Crocodilefish quickly jumped into the frame. It caught me off guard as…
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Diving the Coral Coast of Fiji
Viti Levu is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji. The island is about 91 miles long and 66 miles wide, covering over 4,000 square miles. The island is so large and diverse that I had to divide my dive trip into two parts. On the first leg of my trip, I dived on…