Okay. So it’s my last day in South Africa (boo), but at least we made it a red letter one: I dove today with Mark Addison of Blue Wilderness, and it was AMAZING. To tick off the list, we started the day swimming with dolphins, then dove down to Cathedral Cave and visited the ragged-toothed […]
Category: Scholar Journeys
Arrived at Blue Wilderness in Rocky Bay!
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 […]
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 […]