30 June 2013 It was a beautiful sunny Sunday. We all met at the Magic Island beach park by the Ala Wai harbor. This notorious harbor is the last filter point from…
May Day’s
May has been an incredible month. I have been fortunate to have had some wonderful adventures that thought me a few things about the ocean and peoples love for it. On the…
Connecting Trees to Seas
On Sunday the 14th a squad of volunteers came to Ala Moana park for one reason. That was to clean up as much trash as they could find in the depths of…
Magic Island Treasure
It was a dreary morning at Ala Mona Park. Magic Island was almost deserted, like a scene out of Zombie land, the Ferris wheel and other carnival rides spun empty in the…
Into the Lion’s belly
On February 9th I had my first incident of the season. I was hunting lionfish, I had found 3 in this really low swim through and I had to squeeze under there…
Lions in Belize
I am in Belize. I’m living on a small island on Glover’s Reef called South West Caye. For the past 3 years I have been living here for a few months at…
Eagle Scout Clean Up
It began as a light breezy day. I arrived at the Kaimana Divers shop and was met by two of my Dive Master Candidates (DMC) John and Morghan. We were on our…
welcome home clean up dive
On September 1st i welcomed myself home by hosting a clean up dive. I had the best turn out yet of my 5 previous clean ups. This really excites me because the…
Tsunami Debris
Inevitably in any disaster there is fall out, destruction and debris. in 2011 an 8.9 earthquake occurred creating a 30ft wall of water that raked over Japan, creating 25 million tons of…
Picking your battles
Today my dives were cancelled because of rough conditions. This occasionally happens, so instead of diving I watched a documentary on sharks. It’s called Sharkwater. I am quite aware of the urgency…