Colorado Freshwater Fish

Scuba Diving with Colorado’s Freshwater Fish

Lake diving can offer a similar experience to ocean diving, if you treat it with the same amount of enthusiasm. In the ocean, there are amazing things to see everywhere you look – the same goes from lake diving. The more you dive, the better you get, and learning about fish will help you find …

Aurora Reservoir Crawdad

There’s Nothing to See in Aurora Reservoir

There’s nothing to see in Aurora Reservoir – Scuba Divers Mucky, Desert-Like Lake Bottom? Or glorious ecosystem full of color and critters? Simply put, there’s always something to see when you go scuba diving. Green algae, mucky mud, freshwater plants, freshwater creatures including the trout-favorite Chironomidae family and even some healthy walleye. Maybe it’s not …

parrot fish cleaner wrasse

Underwater Snapshots of Roatan

Roatan offers macro photography opportunities galore, but the underwater world is vast and provides opportunity for wide angle shots as well. While switching from one lens set up and mindset can be cumbersome, the opportunities to shoot both are simply too fantastic to ignore when you have limited time at each site. Natural Wonders: Underwater …

mantis-shrimp

Underwater Macro Snapshots of Roatan

Tiny creatures abound in the underwater world of Roatan, Honduras. From tiny algae plants to worms, to shrimp and crabs and small fishes like blennies and gobies, Roatan offers a vast variety of interesting things to see…with a magnifying glass. In order of appearance: Juvenile Lancer’s Dragonet Sea Pearl Christmas Tree Worms Banded Coral Shrimp …

Underwater Snapshots of Blue Hole, NM

Time has afforded a quick gift to a fun-loving diver: new (and used) gear, shipping just in time to make this trip. The opportunity to bring the dog, the camera and some scuba gear allowed us to capture a few of the moments which make life worth living. The Blue Hole in Santa Rosa, NM …

Underwater Snapshots of Aurora Reservoir

The first thought upon entering the reservoir: green. Everything is green. Large, healthy crawdads start crawling out of their wintertime mud beds, the algae is already starting to take over as the Chironomids start dancing in the water column. Each sight and sound signifies the beginning of spring and the local diving scene opening. It’s …

Rays and Skates

Scuba diving with eagle rays, manta rays, southern stingrays, electric rays, cownose rays, and skates in Mexico, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Belize and Florida. Elasmobranchs in the Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.