The COTS Problem Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (COTS) are fascinating creatures – boasting up to 21 spiny arms, they are the only venomous starfish species and are native to Indo-Pacific reefs. Adult COTS, which can grow up to 80cm (~30in) across, feed on coral and can eat up to 10 square meters (around 100 square feet) of […]

I flew to Las Vegas to attend DEMA 2024, a global diving and travel show. This was my first time attending an event like this, and it was really interesting to see an inside perspective of the diving industry! I had a lot of fun catching up with OWUSS family, meeting lots of new people, […]

(3-minute read) I’m finally a scientific diver! I have been back home for the past month bouncing from Bodega Bay and South Lake Tahoe taking the UC Davis AAUS Scientific Diver Course. I have been wanting to take this course for over a year now and I am so happy to finally have completed it. […]

One of the special things about being the 2021 North American Scholar is that many times, you get to go to some truly amazing places and thus I’m happy to say that one of the neat places I got to visit was Deep Dive Dubai. After seeing some of the amazing work that they had […]

As an avid traveler who loves nothing more than to wander and explore different parts of the world, I must say that when I arrived in South Africa, it somewhat felt like home. While this place is, of course, no stranger to having its fair share of strife, I found it a place ripe with […]