Tag: dive

Scuba Skills Update


① memo 20181207 ~ Scuba Skills Update ~ I have been diving since 1991 (starting in Gozo, Malta) but my last dive was 12 years ago (dive #57 in Bonaire) so I got a Scuba Refresher last month from Diane Lundy from the Looe Key Dive Center in Ramrod Key ( http://www.diveflakeys.com ) in their pool in the morning before diving in the ocean in the afternoon on the Looe Key Reef, Florida Keys

Diving Florida Keys Looe Reef


① memo 20181125 ~ Diving Florida Keys Looe Reef ~ Diving again (12 years after my last dive) earlier this month with divemaster / camerawoman Diane Lundy (Looe Key Dive Center, Ramrod Key) using a GoPro Hero 3 and filter at the beautiful Looe Key spur-and-groove coral reef at the middle and west side – spotting dolphin (from the boat) , Goliath Groupers , sharks, stingray, barracuda, puffer fish, huge Spiney Caribbean lobster , sergeant barrel fish etc. Editing in Final Cut Pro X.

Chasing Barracudas


① memo 20180530 ~ Chasing Barracudas ~ Dive #55 (with a leaking regulator) on May 21 , 2006 , filming with the small Sony DSC-T1 camera between 7-18 meters at the Andrea 1 dive site in Bonaire , Caribbean Netherlands

Night Dive


① memo 20170518 ~ Night Dive ~ First night dive 18 May 2006 with buddy David Wassing in front of Captain Don’s Habitat , meeting a hairy crab and a tarpon – filming , holding a camera and a flashlight while diving is pretty difficult ;) – Dutch Caribbean Bonaire

Sara and Me – Selfie for the Sea

① memo 20160608 ~ Sara & Me – Selfie For The Sea ~ This short film that I made today is a ‘Selfie For The Sea’ for World Oceans Day. My encounter with Sara the southern Sea lion diving in the open Caribbean Sea along the coast of Curaçao (Netherlands) was filmed by Gordy Cox in 2004. #SelfieForTheSea #WorldOceansDay @CelebrateOceans