I’ve just arrived here in Rocky Bay, outside of Durban, South Africa, to dive with Mark and Gail Addison of Blue Wilderness. Mark and Gail have been running this unique marine ecotourism operation for 15 years, and the pioneering efforts they’ve made in support of the natural history of the coast for filming, photography and […]
Category: Scholar Journeys
Freediving with Catsharks
Steve Benjamin (Animal Ocean) has been helping me improve my freediving skills — when we went out on the boat today, I was able to dive down to about 13 meters, where these catsharks were aggregating. Catsharks are beautiful, and later that day we found one on the sand that was no bigger than Steve’s […]
Chasing Big Wave Surfers at Sunsets
On The Water With Thomas Peschak
For the past three days (Feb. 6-9), I’ve had the privilege of accompanying Thomas Peschak, Chief Photographer for the Save Our Seas Foundation, on an underwater photo shoot here in Cape Town. We’ve been out every day on Steve Benjamin’s Animal Oceans boat, and it’s been amazing to watch such a high-calibre photographer at work. Thomas […]
Cape Point
On February 5th, after another dive with the seven gill sharks (or cowsharks, as they’re called here) off of Miller’s Point, Steve Benjamin (Animal Ocean) took me up to Cape Point at the Cape of Good Hope, the most south-western point of Africa. Although it’s not the tip of Africa, it’s definitely the photogenic tip […]