Scuba Diving Blog by Heather | Underwater World

9 May 2014

Diving in Mexico

In general, they say scuba diving in Mexico is “the best along the Riviera Maya and Costa Maya coastal areas”, where the Yucatan Peninsula meets the quiet, warm waters of the Caribbean Sea.

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7 April 2013

Diving in Belize with Whale Sharks

Whale Sharks are the largest fish in the world. Around the April, May and June full moons are the opportune times to swim with these gentle giants. The whale sharks filter feed and mate around some of the best dive sites off Belize offering an amazing experience.

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10 April 2013

State of the Reef: Australia's Great Barrier Re...

Since the mid-1970's Australia has led the way in protecting its Great Barrier Reef. By protecting the world's largest reef ecosystem Australia is influencing the rest of the world's policies and perspectives on reef and marine conservation.

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29 October 2014

Diving Nasau, The Bahamas-The Land of the Shall...

The Bahamas is made up of over 3,000 islands, islets and cays, and 180,000 square miles of ocean space. Most of the tourism and traffic in and out of the Bahamas takes place around its larger islands, residing in the northeastern part of the island nation.

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15 March 2014

USA Diving

Scuba diving in the United States offers prime diving sites off its southern and west coast as well as inland. World class saltwater scuba diving sites in the United States are primarily in Florida, California and Hawaii.

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29 April 2013

Dangerous Sea Creatures Encountered While Scuba...

Keep your hands and fins to yourself! Potentially venomous creatures abound within competitive coral reef ecosystems. Most species are harmless if you leave them alone. One of the most important scuba diving rules is to simply not touch anything.

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19 March 2013

Kid-Friendly Shore Snorkeling at Grand Cayman I...

The perfect way for a kid to learn to scuba dive is to first master swimming then snorkeling. Grand Cayman Island's George Town shore offers some of the best snorkeling I have ever experienced to learn to snorkel out into calm, clear waters. The memory of the Cayman Islands from my childhood is still fresh.

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10 April 2013

The Legend of Jacques Cousteau

Jacques Cousteau was an explorer of the underwater world, a pioneer underwater filmmaker and writer, ship wreck diver, co-inventor of the first commercially successful regulator, and one of the chief pioneers of marine conservation.

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29 April 2013

State of the Reef: An Introduction

This is the first in the series State of the Reef. Each post focuses on conservation, science or news about the health of our world's coral reef ecosystem.

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20 March 2013

In Defense of Sharks

Sharks are ancient creatures that have swam Earth's oceans for over 420 million years, long before any creeping creature crawled onto dry land. Many shark species are top predators vital to the health of the oceanic food chain. Fear of sharks has infected the human mind and shark populations have taken a hard hit in the last several decades. Overfishing, exploitation and ign...

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Heather

Sub2o Author

Heather is a recreational scuba diver from Boulder, Colorado far inland from the clear blue Caribbean where she loves to dive. Her academic background is Environmental Biology and Geology. Professionally she is a writer and blogger. She is ever passionate about the planet's oceans, its marine life and the role humanity plays in shaping this small blue world. She imagines that scuba diving is the closest thing to a spacewalk that she will experience in this lifetime.