Scuba diving and sailing occupied many years of my life and were often enjoyed together during my life.
One of my proudest accomplishments is that I hold an active Master Scuba Diver Trainer’s Certificate and led the World Wildlife Fund’s Board of Directors on diving tours in Belize in an effort to educate the board and to secure funding for offshore moorings. I have logged over 3000 dives in my lifetime.
Being on a sailboat or under the water represented a significant part of my life.
I hold an active Master Scuba Diver Trainer’s Certificate and have over 3000 logged dives. In 1978, I was lucky enough to travel to Isla Mujeres off the coast of Cancun to do some snorkelling for a few days.…
Dr. Andrea Marshall is a National Geographic Emerging Explorer and popularly referred to as Queen of the Mantas. Andrea was the first person in the world to complete a PhD on manta rays. After completing her thesis, Andrea stayed…
Cozumel is the largest inhabited island in Mexico and the oldest in the Caribbean group and is located 12 miles off the eastern coast of the mainland (Yucatan Peninsula). A limestone plateau forms the base of the island, which…
Carnivorous and always hungry, sea anemones are not plants, as some people might think, but silent slow-motion predators that will devour any small animal careless enough to stray within reach of their deadly tentacles. Equipped with tiny poisonous harpoons…
I love turtles. I love being able to swim with turtles in the open water. Not particularly large compared to other sea turtles, Hawksbills grow up to about 45 inches in shell length and 150 pounds in weight. While young,…
2014 – One of the projects I hoped would turn into something larger a half dozen years back was the work I did for Janneman Conradie. After receiving a bachelors of science degree from the University of South Africa…
Queen parrotfish are herbivores that graze the reef, using their beaks to scrape plants and algae from the reef surface. This habit involves ingesting corals and sometimes other animals as well, but they are primarily herbivorous. Through their feeding…
2011 – 2016 = The Marine Megafauna Foundation was created in 2009 to research, protect and conserve the large populations of marine megafauna found along the Mozambican coastline. ‘Megafauna’ are large marine species such as sharks, rays, marine mammals…
The Flamingo Tongue Snail is a small marine snail that lives on coral reefs in the western Atlantic Ocean. For many years, I wanted to photograph one but never seemed to have my camera with me when I spotted…
The Wreck of The Rhone lies within the Rhone National Park off the western coast of Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands. The area is teeming heavily with marine life and it’s common to see stingrays, turtles, sharks…
