Brinkley Davies: Aussie Native, PADI Divemaster, and Eco Warrior

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Brinkley Davies is an Aussie native residing in beautiful Port Lincoln, South Australia. Not only does Brinkley take some incredibly stunning shots (check out @brinkleydavies, trust us it’s worth it!) but she’s also a PADI® Divemaster, founder of the Balu Blue Foundation and ‘Australian of the Year’ nominee. Phew, we think that’s pretty impressive! Not […]

The Katie Experience

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With an entire family of divers, it only made sense that Katie Harbison, the only non-diver in her family, would feel a little left out. But it wasn’t because Katie didn’t want to learn to dive, it was because she hadn’t found the right person to teach her. Having been born with mild intellectual disability and […]

26 International Artists Paint to Give the Oceans a Voice

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Artist: Jet Martinez Photo: Emily Raftery   PangeaSeed Foundation, in partnership with the Napier City Council and Alternative Arts Initiative, presented Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans in Napier, Hawke’s Bay. This event, in its second year, ran from March 19 to 26 with the creative participation of 26 internationally renowned muralists. Artists, volunteers and project partners from countries around the world […]

PangeaSeed Foundation Creates Art to Show the Value of Ocean Health

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Pangeaseed sea walls projects to protect the ocean   Sustainability. Education. Ecology. Design. These are the four main focuses when it comes to PangeaSeed Foundation’s mission to harness the power of art, science, and creativity to generate awareness to positive change surrounding global ocean environmental issues. Through the creation of breathtaking murals across the globe, PangeaSeed Foundation is utilizing creative expression, nature, and […]

Difference Between Freediving and Snorkeling

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Written by Sophie Gaze I caught the freediving bug, without knowing it, when I was a newly certified PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor working in Hawaii. One of my salty-dog coworkers told me that once I had mastered the recreational world of scuba, the next phase would be to “lose the tank.” He was referring […]

Teens Expand Horizons with PADI Freediver

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Teen freediving program via PADI To date, Captain Jason Buchheim, the founder and director of Odyssey Expeditions Tropical Marine Biology Voyages, an adventure program geared toward teens that focuses on sailing, scuba diving, and marine science, has led trips across the Caribbean from the British Virgin Islands to the Grenadines. And now, he’s adding freediving to the program, giving water-loving […]