Calling a dive is not as easy as just giving the thumbs-up signal. There are steps to follow after the signal to cancel a dive. The dive briefing should cover these procedures, and the greater the dive’s potential risk, the more attention to detail the procedures and briefing should have to make calling the dive happen as safely as possible.
Sebuah bentang alam yang luar biasa terletak di pantai barat Australia, di mana pedalaman yang merah bertemu dengan warna-warni biru Samudra Hindia. Tempat ajaib ini adalah Ningaloo Reef, atau Nyinggulu dalam bahasa Aborigin setempat.
Mangroves matter. They are unique, complex habitats that guard shorelines. They connect the land to the sea, house a diverse range of animal and plant life, and reduce the impacts […]
“It has been said that the love of the chase is an inherent delight in man — a relic of an instinctive passion.” — Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle […]
It’s not every day you can witness the inner workings of our planet by taking a live look under the hood at the engine of creation. Some scientists claim that life on Earth began from hydrothermal vents in the ocean’s abyssal reaches. That realm is much deeper than where I float now, but otherwise it’s […]
PERTANYAAN YANG PALING SERING DITANYAKAN ORANG TENTANG PERJALANAN SELAM kami selama bertahun-tahun adalah tempat favorit untuk menyelam. Ini bisa menjadi topik yang sulit, terutama ketika mengunjungi resor dengan staf atau manajemen yang tinggal di dekatnya. Kami selalu menjawab, "Tempat kami menyelam sekarang."
The island country of Fiji is part of Melanesia in the heart of the South Pacific Ocean. Volcanic activity more than 150 million years ago formed this archipelagic nation of 333 islands, about 106 of which are inhabited.
When I began working as a dive photojournalist for Skin Diver magazine in the mid-1980s I was like other photojournalists of that era, Rick Frehsee and Michael Lawrence. We all lived near enough to Miami International Airport so we could easily fly to Caribbean destinations to do articles. Our small posse was frequently sent on assignment to “the islands.”
Although striped marlins (Kajikia audax) are slower than some of their billfish cousins, their 50-mph speed is plenty fast for me. I try to swim alongside this stealth bomber of the sea as it works a baitball to separate individual sardines from the silvery mass. While getting outpaced by sailfish and black marlin might be […]
Menyelam di KEPULAUAN TURKS DAN CAICOS menjamin banyak keindahan dan kegembiraan. Protektorat luar negeri Inggris ini memikat wisatawan dengan slogan "Indah oleh Alam." Perairan Karibia di seluruh kepulauan ini menawarkan dinding vertikal yang menakjubkan, pertemuan dekat dengan ikan pelagis, dan kesempatan untuk mengamati keanekaragaman kehidupan laut yang menakjubkan.
