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Malapascua Island ~ Diver’s Paradise in the Philippines

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Scuba Diving, Upcoming Adventures

Malapascua Island, Visaya Group, Philippines About the Island This tiny island is only about 1km by 3km and lies 8km off the north end of Cebu island in the central Philippines as part of the Visaya group of islands. When the Spaniards arrived here it was a stormy Christmas Day. They thus named it Malapascua [...]

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Muck Diving in the Philippines ~ Photos of Wild and Wooly Creatures in the Sea

Written By Topics: Adventure Pictures, Life by Design, Scuba Diving

All Macro. All the Time. My First Muck Dive We were first introduced to the concept of muck diving way back in 1996 during a trip to remote Papua New Guinea. It didn’t sound very appealing to me, I’ll admit. I had a vision of low vis and well….muck… slimy, ooey-gooey, harbor sludge. What fun [...]

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New Underwater Clips from the Philippines!

Written By Topics: Adventure Video, Round the World Trip, Scuba Diving

As most of you know, Sharkman and I are busily making our way through the Philippines to find you the best diving, the most exclusive resorts and the friendliest people on the planet!  Along the way I’ve put together a couple of short clips to show you the amazing macro life under the sea.  It [...]

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Today’s Post in 40 seconds – Because you are Swamped in the Office Today

Written By Topics: Adventure Video, Life by Design, Scuba Diving

Tuesday after a long holiday weekend, a full email box, the start of the school year….and to top it off it’s raining (at least where I am in Florida today). So instead of a long read, here’s a 40 second video I made yesterday on how a trunk fish grows up! Enjoy!

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Swim with The Largest Fish in the Sea in 2013

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Life by Design, Scuba Diving, Upcoming Adventures
global diving adventures

Whale Shark Snorkeling, SCUBA Diving and a Beautiful Villa too! *Snorkel with dozens of Whale Sharks – The largest gathering in the world! *SCUBA Dive the coral reefs and wrecks of Isla Mujeres, Mexico *Chill out at our MAGNIFICENT 10,000 sq ft PRIVATE VILLA pool or hit the beach! This is a TRIO of adventure [...]

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Villa Chillin’ & Whale Sharks- A Field Report

Written By Topics: Cool Places, Life by Design, Scuba Diving
diving mexico

Ha, I truly don’t feel like I am writing from the “field”, more like from the lap of luxury. Sharkman and I are always looking for the next greatest way to add something special to our diving adventures. Recently, we’ve discovered the villa experience and it’s getting rave reviews!  The Culprit At the moment, I’m [...]

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Truk Lagoon and the Lost Japanese Ghost Fleet

Written By Topics: Adventure Pictures, Cool Places, Scuba Diving
truk lagoon

Truk Lagoon; February 17th, 1944: Kimiuo Aisek, a young Chuukese teen, watched transfixed as American planes descended on Truk Lagoon, a remote Micronesian atoll in the vast Pacific Ocean and the headquarters for the Imperial Japanese Combined Fleet during WWII. It was called Operation Hailstorm and among other things, was supposed to be payback for [...]

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Underwater Pictures – Images of The Underwater World for Your Enjoyment

Written By Topics: Adventure Pictures, Scuba Diving
scuba diving in Indonesia

Underwater Pictures for your Memorial Day weekend! This Memorial weekend not everyone can be diving….including us! So if Muhammad can’t go to the mountain, we’ll bring the mountain to Muhammad… Enjoy a few of Sharkman’s underwater shots…… and your weekend, whatever you do!                    

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Are you a “Non” Diving Spouse? This Post’s for You!

Written By Topics: Scuba Diving
dive lessons

Is your spouse addicted to Nitrogen? Feeling like a dive widow? Here are some ideas. This one’s for you, the “non” diving spouse. Are you often left on your own at a dive destination for the day while your spouse has the time of their life out diving the big blue? Do you resent the [...]

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My First Time…….Underwater

Written By Topics: Scuba Diving

I was messaging with a friend of mine after my last post went up (5 Responsibilities of a Certified Diver). He told me he was going to recommend my blog to his new Open Water class tonight. So we started talking about how cool it was to be an instructor and watch students take their [...]

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