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Many of us won’t get the opportunity to escape on a diving vacation until well after the holidays have passed. But here’s the good news: there are still plenty of ways you can feed your scuba addiction without a passport. Local diving There are various local holiday traditions involving scuba diving, snorkelling or just jumping […] Type: Post
As you come towards the end of the year, it’s only natural to take a look in the rear view mirror and contemplate the year that was. “Where did the year go?” You might ask, and “What happened to my resolutions?” Our favourite part about this is that everyone looks back and sees their own […] Type: Video
Written by Shawn Mahoney It was six months to the day that I went to the UNESCO site Revillagigedo, known as Socorro, with Nautilus Liveaboards. Once again I found myself aboard the Belle Amie. Location this time? Guadalupe Island. Mission? Show the true nature of the peaceful, graceful and surprisingly timid great white shark. All […] Type: Post
The lure of a scuba diving lifestyle draws images of underwater explorers having the adventure of a lifetime. A not-so-well-known part of learning to dive is that we have a collective intelligence of physics. Most people think science is for geeks, but scuba divers get it – we see how physics applies in real life. […] Type: Post
What is a Mola Mola? The ocean sunfish, also known as a mola mola, is an odd-looking fish. The word “mola” means millstone in Latin and describes the unusual, disc-like shape of this fish. Their teeth are fused together giving the sunfish a beak-like mouth that is always open, similar to their relative the porcupine […] Type: Post
The Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez), located along the northwestern coast of Mexico, was named one of the top Hope Spots by Mission Blue founder, Dr. Sylvia Earle. Hope Spots are special locations around the world that are critical to the health of the ocean. Click to display the […] 