And he descended upon a shark. Maybe it was a sign from the scuba gods on Ernst Van Der Poll’s first dive in Awiwal Shoal. He loved it– “It was sensory overload, just with all the colors, and all things underwater”. But Ernst wasn’t exactly born a diver; he was...
A lot of things suck about scuba equipment—but there’s one thing that really sucks. The mask. Putting on the mask. It’s a struggle. It’s awkward. Between that stretchy, taught plastic thing and your sticky skin—good luck. I’d rather just do without. If there were any...
I woke up at 7:15am.. so freaking late. Had some breakfast, checked the swell forecast and tried to make sense of it—according to my sense-making abilities of the surf, which is not much, I told myself wow—tide should be on the lower side, going out. That means pura...
By Carys Mahoney, Since arriving in Costa Rica the pure abundance of species has always been surprising and being part of a dive shop the surprises just keep coming from Squirrel monkeys(Saimiri oerstedii) and colourful birds on the side walk to jumping into the ocean...
DAY 6: Thankfully we were out on open water again today. I was starting to get withdrawal symptoms… only 2 days in Open water since the course began makes this mermaid feel funny! With 4 more scenarios to run through today I knew it would be challenging but I...
