Mexico

September 15, 2021

I was a diver for 17 years before I made it to Cozumel. Isn’t that crazy? I heard about how lovely it was for years and finally this summer I started a bit of a Mexico expedition there. Diving with Salty Endeavors I found the reef to be lovely and I liked the constant drift diving which made me feel like I was just lazily taking it all in. I also unknowingly got a photo of baby toadfish and now I will search for them always. My article is in the new X-Ray Magazine issue which you can download for free. Also check out the Contributor’s “Favorite Portraits” I have images of a turtle from Yap being cleaned by scarlet shrimp.

Next up was a few days in Isla Mujeres snorkeling with the whale sharks. The largest fish in the sea congregates in this area from June to September each year. Read how to do it over at Scuba Diving.

Then it was off to cave country where I fell in love with cavern diving and can’t wait to go back and get cave certified. Diver let me go on and on about mystical and mythical these underwater enchanted forests are. I can’t wait to go back.

I also recently did a little piece Truk Lagoon for Asian Pacific Boating Magazine. I still cannot wait to get back there to the M/V Odyssey.

Roatan

June 21, 2020

Returning to Roatan in UK Diver, underwater photo techniques at Moziak Underwater Housings, Truk Lagoon on Youtube, Raja Ampat in Australian Dive Log.

Summer Update: Timor-Leste, Tiger Beach, Saba, Travel and More

August 3, 2019

In December I visited the unique country of Timor-Leste and was really impressed by the shore diving accessible just out of Dili. With muck diving and reefs comparable to Bali, but without hardly any other divers, I really enjoyed my week diving with Dive Timor. The article was published in X-Ray Magazine Issue #91. Download the whole issue for free here. Or view my article online here.

I’ve been writing several blog posts for Moziak UW Cameras and you can read those here.

If you want some tips on shooting wrecks I did a piece for Ikelite - How to get the Best Shots when Shooting Wrecks.

Diver Magazine published an article on diving Tiger Beach which is now online here.

Sand tiger shot swiming over a North Carolina wreck.jpg

The Saba Ladies Dive and Art trip in April was such a success we are going to go back and do it again next year. Join us September 12-19th for a week diving the amazing reefs of Saba while also getting creative and learning from some of the island’s amazing artistic ladies. We will be staying at Queen’s Gardens Resort and diving with Sea Saba. Two dives each morning followed by afternoon art classes. This beautiful island has amazing food, my favorite gin bar, yoga, hiking, and more. Send me a message if you have any questions and see the previous blog post for how this year’s trip went.

If you’re looking to go diving I have a few different trips coming up. The fifth installation of the Roatan Underwater Photo Fest will be happening November 2-9th and there are still spots available. I’m leading a trip to Raja Ampat on the Siren December 6-16th. Next year I’ll be offering a tech trip on the Truk Odyssey July 4-11th, 2020 (this is a rare chance to dive the deeper wrecks to Truk from the comfort of the Odyssey liveaboard. Tech certified divers only, 2 dives per day, depths from 165-220ft, CCR supported.) And I will be returning to Saba for the Ladies Only trip Sept 15-22nd…and possibly another week in Saba directly following that open to everyone.

Podcast - The League of Extraordinary Divers

December 15, 2018

Wow.

So at DEMA I was asked to do a podcast interview for The League of Extraordinary Divers. Which was a bit intimidating. I feel like maybe The League of Normal Divers might be more my thing, but the amazing Tec Clark had me on his show anyway to talk about how I got into diving, some of the places I’ve worked, and about my book. I was suuuuper nervous (hopefully you can’t tell too much). So if you’d like to hear a little more about me:

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Thanks so much to Tec and The League of Extraordinary Divers for having me on the show. Give the rest of his episodes a listen - he has interviewed so many of the amazing people in the dive industry including some of my favorite diver idols like Dick Rutkowsk and Stan Waterman. It’s nothing short of an honor to have my name anywhere near the real legends of diving.