I’ve finished my stay at Hanifaru, but I’ve left full of excitement and with future plans full of manta rays.  Unfortunately the last ten days have been heavy with storms and light on the mantas, but uneventful days on a boat spark thoughtful discussions and novel ideas (and more than the occasional game of backgammon), […]

I’ve never seen a whale shark before. The other day, as I was drying off on the top of the Ark Royal’s dhoni (a traditional Maldivian vessel) after a snorkel, a 6 meter whale shark came swimming into Hanifaru Bay, the small semi-enclosure on the southern edge of Hanifaru Lagoon. Within about a minute of […]

I’m on a liveaboard boat anchored a few hundred yards of a paradise-like atoll in the Maldives.  Above me, stars are shining brightly with no light pollution for miles around to dim them out.  I can say with certainty that I’m living the life.  But alas, for me this is still work and not simply […]

It’s funny – it seems like all of the sponsors of the scholarship are on the cutting edge of their area of the industry.  Lucky for me, when I visit them I get to see what’s coming next year and what new products will change the way we explore and experience the oceans.  Lucky for […]

The breathing-gas economy has a lot to do with it (think about spending 8 hours underwater with only two 3 liter tanks), and the idea of doing surface intervals underwater is definitely exciting, but it was the lack of bubbles – the complete and utter silence – that really sold me on rebreathers.  On our […]