Labrelotte Bay, St Lucia – It was my first time scuba diving in nearly two years, and rediscovering the reef was pure bliss–admiring the ubiquitous tube sponges, spying on a peacock flounder hiding in the sand, swimming amid schools of…
Breathe Deep
A St. Lucia resort turns the Caribbean Sea into a yoga studio with its Underwater Breathwork Program. Yoga and scuba diving wouldn’t seem to have much in common, but the two pursuits do share one critical element: controlled breathing. Taking…
How I Became a Reef Rescuer
Dive staff at this St Lucia resort are helping to save the reef–and you can too Labrelotte Bay, St Lucia –Like many divers, Eget Martyr has a longstanding love affair with coral reefs—source of spectacular underwater scenery, rich marine life,…
Diving Vis Island
Vis Island, Croatia – Spotted while diving Vis Island at Lighthouse Host: three octopuses (including one who squirted ink at me), dozens of red sea stars, and a couple of fire worms. Not to mention thousands of Ancient amphorae left…
Dos Ojos Cenotes
Tulum, Mexico – The Yucatan Peninsula is dotted with cenotes, which are “natural swimming holes formed by the collapse of porous limestone bedrock, which has revealed a secret subterranean world of groundwater pools,” according to Lonely Planet writer Pilip Tang. …
Great Blue Hole
Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize – When Jacques Cousteau puts a dive site on his Top Ten list, then you know it must be good. That’s what I was reminding myself as I descended along a wall into the depths of the…