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Category Archives: All About Scuba Diving
Pic of the Day – Manta Rays
My last post was all about one of the tiniest subjects I have attempted to photograph. The only thing smaller is a Hairy Shrimp – spotted (and photographed) on my last trip to Indonesia. I’ll share that image another time, … Continue reading
Posted in All About Scuba Diving, Photography, Pic of the Day
Tagged indonesia, manta ray, manta sandy
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My Favourite Place To Dive? – Part 3
Whew! – finally the pix are processed, and so here we go with the next of my (alphabetically sorted) favourite places to dive – Fiji. The previous inclusions are: British Columbia and Cocos Island, Costa Rica. What makes Fiji so special? Well, … Continue reading
Posted in All About Scuba Diving, Fiji Travel, Travel, Trip Reports
Tagged Bligh Waters, Fiji, N'aia, Wananavu
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Pic of the Day – Pygmy Pipehorse
And still beavering away on the gallery. I took quite a few pix, and sadly only processed a small percentage of them on our return home. So here I am, more than a year later, finally getting to it. Procrastination … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Soft Coral Bommie
And it’s a teaser for the next chapter in “My Favourite Places To Dive” ;^) Still working at finishing up the gallery from the most recent trip to this very lively location, so there will be some pictures to share … Continue reading
Pic of the Day
While I am beavering away on the next installment of “My Favourite Places to Dive”, I thought I would toss another pic or two out there. These two pictures are captures from my early days with an underwater camera (Olympus … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelita Cenote, Cavern Diving
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Zen and the Art of Scuba Diving
I have been practicing yoga quite a bit lately. I will admit that I have had a bit of a love/hate relationship with it over the years. Despite being fit for most of my life, I have some pretty tight … Continue reading
My Favourite Place to Dive? – Part 2
So here I am, in the process of sharing my favourite dive destinations. This post is the second in the series. The first selection is here. Before I blurt out my next (non-prioritized) favourite, perhaps I should reveal where I … Continue reading
Posted in All About Scuba Diving, Costa Rica Travel, Travel, Trip Reports
Tagged Costa Rica, Hammerhead Sharks
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My Favourite Place To Dive? – Part 1
I often get asked – where is my favourite place to dive? It is like asking me which is my favourite kid (I have three). I love them all very much, for their unique qualities. And I seriously love several … Continue reading
Posted in All About Scuba Diving, British Columbia Travel, Travel, Trip Reports
Tagged Discovery Passage, Port Hardy, Quadra Island
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Eat or Be Eaten – Lizardfish Lunch
Today’s topic: Animal Behaviour. The world underwater is a competitive place. Little fish get eaten by bigger fish, which then get eaten by bigger fish (or whales, or dolphins, or sea lions, or, in too many cases, humans). It is … Continue reading
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Pic of the Day – Ball of Jacks
Another stroll down memory lane – this time to Cocos Island, Costa Rica (2006). Like the Galapagos Islands, Cocos Island is a mecca for shark-loving divers. You’ve gotta be a keener – the 36 hour crossing, on open ocean, is … Continue reading
Pic of the Day – Galapagos Whale Shark
I have a couple of thousand images filed in my Image Galleries. Every now and then I contribute to photo themes on the Diver to Diver forum on Scubadiving.com, and several images have been published in various locations, but for … Continue reading
California Dreaming…
I recently shared a gallery of images on Scubadiving.com’s Diver to Diver, and on my Facebook. The images were captured in the northern Channel Islands of California, in September 2011. This was my sixth outing on the what has come … Continue reading
Posted in All About Scuba Diving, Image Galleries, Travel
Tagged California, Channel Islands, diving
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A Quickie to Cozumel
So here is a juicy post to launch this blog. A recent “Quickie to Coz” trip (which was my tenth to Cozumel), inspired me to write up some info that will hopefully be helpful to first timers and Cozuholics alike. … Continue reading
Posted in All About Scuba Diving, Image Galleries, Mexico Travel, Travel, Trip Reports
Tagged cozumel, scuba diving
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Welcome…
A new look for Awoosh.com Nothing has disappeared, it is just that this blog has been layered over top of the whole enchilada. To get to the Main Directory of Awoosh, click on the link at the top of the … Continue reading