Our recent scuba diving trip to Bonaire was wonderful even though it got off to an inauspicious start. This was our second trip to the small island (population 20,104) located off the coast of Venezuela. Bonaire is a “special municipality” of the Netherlands, so you see a lot of Dutch […]
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Feeding Lionfish to Sharks
During our week of diving at St. Kitts last week, we had a close-up view as our divemaster speared lionfish (an invasive species in the Caribbean) and fed them to sharks to teach them to seek out the fish as prey. The lionfish invasion is considered one of the most […]
Diving Adventures in Wisconsin
By Corine Smith, guest blogger Looking for the best places in Wisconsin for your next big adventure? Want to uncover a whole new world underwater or you just want to experience scuba diving or any other water sports? Whether you’re new to the state, this article will point you in […]
When in Aruba, Dive with Clive
Friends of ours posted photos of their trip to Aruba this week so it reminded me of our trip there nearly four years ago. Coincidentally our friends are diving with the same shop we used — Dive Aruba. What follows are photos and video I shot and a review I […]
Valet Diving on Little Cayman
To get away from it all you COULD travel farther from home than Little Cayman Island but you would be hard-pressed to find a more isolated vacation spot. At 10 miles long by one mile wide and with a resident population of 170, Little Cayman is tiny. It’s not only […]
That time our dive boat sank
Whenever two or more scuba divers gather in one place, you’re likely to hear amazing tales of underwater adventure. Most of them are true, mostly. When it’s my turn to tell a dive story, mine starts like this: “Well there was that time our dive boat sank.” Before I tell […]
Chilly diving at Gozo
I wish I could give you an in-depth review of diving Gozo. Unfortunately I cannot because we dove only one day, hardly enough time for a fair evaluation. The water was simply too damn cold during our late-April visit. Our original plan: dive two days while on this westernmost island […]
Sharks Aplenty at Turks and Caicos
My wife and I try to schedule a dive trip just about every year. After a few years of this you can’t help making lists in your head. After a combined total of more than 30 dive trips and more than 400 dives between the two of us, we agree […]