Photo Blogs – Page 2

Diving The Eureka Wreck, Kingston, Lake Ontario.

June 11, 2018
Great Lakes Shipwrecks / Lake Ontario / Shipwrecks

Eureka wreck near Kingston, Lake Ontario. — The Eureka wreck. The stock of a large anchor can be seen here sitting upright on the port bow. Note the broken bow sprit, which lies partially on the Lake bottom at the starboard bow.

June 2018.

The Eureka is a 130′ pre-Civil War , double-masted schooner. The ship foundered on Nov.1, 1883 due to a gale, enroute from Oswego, New York to Kingston with a load of coal . With luck the captain and six crew managed to escape without loss of life.

Only a handful of people have seen this wreck since it sank 135 years ago, and these are the first ever published photographs of this beautiful wreck. Needless to say, this is one wreck I’ll never forget dropping down on.

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Diving St.Eustatius-the Historical Gem.

January 30, 2018
Caribbean diving

January, 2018

If you’re a diver who loves history, then St.Eustatius (called “Statia”) is THE place to go in the Caribbean. It has been said that the island has more Colonial Period History per mile- above and below water- than anywhere else in the New World. And new finds are continually being uncovered. This has earned it the nicknames of the “historical gem” and the “Pompeii of the New World”. But Statia also has a dark history. It was a major slave trading center, and its local economy once thrived on slave labour. One trip won’t be enough to fully absorb all the fascinating history, archaeology, hiking, wrecks and marine life that this island boasts.

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Third Annual Trip to God’s Pocket, British Columbia.

August 25, 2017
Pacific Diving

Wolf Eel at God's Pocket. — My favourite fish, the Wolf Eel. Despite its ferocious look, its temperament is just the opposite.

August, 2017

On this year’s trip we scored with some close encounters with the Grizzlies on a day trip with Sea Wolf Adventures. But the diving conditions didn’t cooperate as expected. This called for some macrophotography, close-ups, portraits, and turning off the camera to just enjoy the silent moments.

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Diving Curacao, Dutch Antilles.

August 9, 2017
Caribbean diving

July 2017.

diving curacao — A Purple Tube Sponge at the Car Pile Site, an artificial reef created to attract underwater wildlife.

Curacao is the well known “bigger brother” of Bonaire, and is one of the three “ABC” islands in the Dutch Netherlands, located in the southern Carribean. It has some good diving-shore diving in particular-offering the independence and top side attractions that many divers enjoy. Here’s an update on some of the well known sites, as well as an introduction to some of the lesser known and must do sites.

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Diving With Great Hammerheads, Bimini, Bahamas.

April 1, 2017
Caribbean diving / Marine Life

Diving with hammerhead sharks, bimini, bahamas. — Undoubtedly the most recognizable silhouette in the world-the Hammerhead shark. Seen below is the common, and ever-present Nurse shark.

March, 2017.

A little over a decade ago it was discovered that Great Hammerhead sharks, particularly females, aggregate at Bimini Island in the Northern Bahamas during the winter months (December-April). Since then Bimini has become a shark diver’s pilgrimage. You’ll get consistent, close-up encounters and long bottom times with these elusive sharks. And you can also expect Nurse sharks to join the mix, and maybe (hopefully) even some Bull sharks.

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Rob Stewart Wall of Sharks Tribute.

February 20, 2017
Marine Life / Uncategorized

sharkwater movie poster — Rob Stewart’s groundbreaking and influential 2006 Movie, Sharkwater.

February, 2017.

Filmmaker, cameraman and shark advocate Rob Stewart tragically lost his life in a diving accident in Florida late last month while filming Sharkwater 2.

I’m honoured to have one of my images selected for Wetpixel’s Rob Stewart “Wall of Sharks” Tribute.
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Kingston Wreck Diving- the City of Sheboygan wreck and the Wolfe Island Graveyard.

October 9, 2016
Great Lakes Shipwrecks / Lake Ontario

October, 2016.

When the weather is calm it’s time to take advantage of some of the more exposed, and seldom dived wrecks. One such wreck is the three masted schooner “The City of Sheboygan”, which lies deep in a very exposed area south of Amherst Island. It’s well preserved, mostly intact and regarded as one of Kingston’s “A” wrecks. The other wrecks on this dive- the “Wire Schooner” and “Bismarck”- are unidentified, rarely visited, and have their final resting place in an area that is known as the “Wolfe Island Graveyard”.

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Diving the Browning Pass, British Columbia.

September 1, 2016
Pacific Diving

August, 2016.

Browning_Pass_Diving — The Browning Pass. Life is so abundant here that you won’t be able to find enough room to put a finger down to steady yourself.

Colourful plunging walls, pinnacles, thrilling drift dives, abundant life, orcas, whales, and encounters with weird and wonderful animals. Every dive begins with all of the thrill of a treasure hunt. That is enough of a reason to return.

But there’s a second reason. The more you dive it, the more you will see. Let me show you what I mean.

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The Nakwakto Rapids- Dive into the Guinness Book of World Records.

August 24, 2016
Pacific Diving

August 2016.

Turret rock at Nakwakto Rapids. — Turret Rock (nicknamed “Tremble Island”) materializes out of the morning fog as we approach. It sits smack in the middle of the infamous Nakwakto rapids, and is our next dive site.

The infamous Nakwakto rapids is one of the top cold water dives that you can do in Canada. The Guiness Book of World records lists the Nakwakto rapids as having the fastest navigable tidal rapids in the world, up to 16 knots (30 km/h). There you can also find the beautiful and unique Nakwakto Goose-neck barnacle, found nowhere else in the world. (Oh, and don’t forget the bragging rights that follow!) Take the plunge…

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Diving Hornby Island, British Columbia.

July 21, 2016
Pacific Diving

July, 2016.

Diving_Hornby_Island — Hornby Island Dive Lodge and shop, at Ford’s Cove on the SW of the Island.

Two short ferry rides from the east coast of Vancouver Island lies a unique and enchanting island in the Strait of Georgia. It’s thirty-square kilometer size belies the diversity of wildlife and experiences to be discovered there. Many divers return year after year because of the overall experience, with plenty of topside activities to do.

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