There is an often repeated joke that there are two types of diver: those who pee in their wetsuits and those who lie about it. Its true to say that having just paid handsomely for… Continue reading…

Clare and I did a beautiful, hour-long dive in the Lagoon Tank at uShaka Marine World in Durban in October last year, on our way home from Sodwana. Here’s some of the video footage. The… Continue reading…

I often dive with Tony and his students. Often the students need a briefing in the water before we descend. Sometimes they struggle to get down. First time divers often need a minute or two… Continue reading…

This is a French film by Jaques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud. There is a Disney version that is 20 minutes shorter, narrated by Pierce Brosnan, and aimed at young American audiences. Tony and I watched… Continue reading…

Part the second of the underwater alphabet I am making for my nephew. Here’s part one. H is for helmet shell I is for isopod J is for jellyfish K is for klipfish L is… Continue reading…

Long before I knew there was such a thing as scuba diving, I knew about shipwrecks. I grew up in Cape Town, and spent a lot of time in various rock pools, on the local… Continue reading…

Hi everyone I hope you have had a great Christmas and hopefully a break from the office. Fortunately my ”office” has been busy and I don’t relish a break from it. I know there are… Continue reading…

A mash-up of my post on artificial reefs, and Tony’s post on the one we created at Long Beach has appeared in The Urban Times. Check it out here.

I spend one Sunday afternoon a month (the third Sunday – come and say hi – you can catch the shark feeding at 1500 while you’re there, and it might even coincide with my tea… Continue reading…

A Diver’s Guide to Reef Life -Andrea & Antonella Ferrari A colleague has been doing  Christmas shopping for the diver in her life, and trying to decide between this book, Reef Fishes and Corals and… Continue reading…