We've got the Solmar V reserved
for whale season in March 2010
Last time I was in Socorro for whale season we
could hear the whale song underwater on every dive we did. In between dives we
had humpback whales breaching and spy-hopping around the boat. But we didn't
get to see the whales underwater. Only
three
weeks
later my friends enjoyed a 3-day underwater close encounter with a mother humpback
whale, her calf and escort. They got some amazing pictures and left all of their
friends green with envy. So we're going back for more and have booked the whole
boat. Would
you
like to join us?
Scuba Club Cozumel Workshop in
August
Our photo workshops in Cozumel
continue to be a big hit. So much so that we've
found it necessary to scale
things down a little to keep the group size manageable. We're
making some adjustments to the way we run the workshops.
Future workshops will be limited to no more than 20 divers unless we can find another photo pro to assist. We'll also be charging a $250 fee per person for the workshop. We'll no longer accept walk-ins and the hotel reservations and workshop must be booked through us. In the past we've had people show up at the workshops who we were not expecting and not prepared for. We've also found out that those people who booked with anyone else did not get the pre-workshop information that we send out. The cost of the rooms, meals and diving will be exactly the same as if you booked with your favorite travel agent or with Scuba Club directly.
Please join us for our next CZM trip from 8/7/09 through 8/15/09 with the Underwater Photography Workshop from August 8 through August 14, 2009. We'll have the same great photo contest prizes as always and will make the latest camera gear available to you at discounted rental rates. If you decide to buy at the end of the week, we'll apply all the rental fee toward the discounted purchase. Try it in the warm Cozumel waters with the help of a photo pro and get great pricing too!
Borneo in October -
Sorry, this trip is sold out!
Sorry, but this trip is sold out too with a waiting list. If you are really
interested please do contact us.
Join us in the Fiji Islands -
Sorry, this trip is sold out!
We're lining up our workshops
for 2009 and have added Fiji to the schedule. Join us for four
days at Beqa Lagoon Resort
and a week aboard the Fiji Aggressor for an Underwater
Photography Workshop. More about this underwater photography
workshop...
Our
PNG trip was amazing
We just got back from the Papua
New Guinea highlands and Milne Bay live-aboard trip on
the Spirit of Niugini. Check
out some of the photos from this trip. I've also finished
the highlands part of the trip report, but just got too busy
for the diving part. Maybe some day I'll finish that too. For
now, enjoy my trip
report from the PNG highlands!
February Cozumel Photography Workshop is scheduled for February 15-20 at Scuba Club Cozumel. This is the week before Carnival, so you might want to stay on for a couple more days to join in on the celebration! More info about this underwater photography workshop...
How to choose a dive operator in Cozumel
Cozumel is one of the world's top
dive destinations. Its quick and easy to get to, offers great
diving at an affordable
price, but for the first time visitor choosing a dive operation
and place to stay can be confusing. Here are some Cozumel
guidelines to help you to choose the right dive boat
and hotel for your needs.
I'm honored to have been chosen as one of the judges in the Reef Check Underwater Photography Contest 2008 in the company of two of my favorite people, Dan Gotshall and Dave Fleetham. Be sure to check out the contest at http://www.reefcheck.org/photo_contest.
Florida photographers are invited
to attend
I will be the presentor at the South
Florida Underwater Photography Society meeting in July. The
presentation will be "Photo Composition
and Ideas For Creating More Interesting Images". For more
info visit www.SDUPS.org or
on my Scuba
Meetup Group website.
Images from our Truk Lagoon Digital Photo Workshop aboard the Truk Odyssey
Thank you! You've made my day...
When I posted this
photo, my goal was to put Roca Partida
on the map when Google Earth developed its alliance with
Panoramio.com. My
ulterior
motive
was to find another place online to tell people about one
of my wonderful clients, the Solmar V. At the time I didn't
know people could comment on the photos. Now I receive
a message every couple of weeks telling me that someone has.
I didn't think this was such a great photo, but sure do
appreciate
the comments people have left about it. Since I took this
picture I've been back to Roca Partida on the Solmar V
four more times. I guess the place is magical like one of the
comments suggests. It keeps drawing me back.
Just Back From A Socorro Trip Aboard Solmar V
We just got back from my sixth trip
aboard Solmar V, the fifth time to Socorro. We had an AMAZING
trip,
as always with giant
mantas on every dive, 20-30 dolphins at Cabo Pearce, lots
of sharks, big schools of skipjack & yellowtail, whale
song underwater that was so loud it rattled our eardrums,
and
whale tail all the way home. To wrap up the trip we spent
the last night dancing on the tables and pole dancing in
the cage at El Squid Roe. We've got several of the photos posted
on the Scuba & Underwater Photographers Meeup Group and
have just posted a
trip report on this site.
Galapagos / Amazon Trip Photos
We've just returned from the most
AMAZING Galapagos trip ever! This was my fourth trip to the islands
and it was better than the other three combined. We were fortunate
to be aboard the Peter
Hughes
Sky Dancer on one of the last 10-day Galapagos trips
allowed
to any dive live-aboard there. We spent one day at Cousin's Rock
and Bartolome where we found seahorse colonies, many turtles,
sealions
and
schools
of snappers. The penguins at Bartolome were out in force and
performed for all the snorkelers. In two days at Wolf Island
we had Galapagos
sharks, schools of barracuda, 10 eagle rays that stayed with
us through
two dives,
dolphins
literally
jumping into our panga, hundreds of hammerheads, and turtles
lining up to be photographed.
In four days at Darwin we enjoyed 36 whaleshark sightings, thousands of hammerheads, friendly dolphins, thousands of the fattest tuna I've ever seen, and golden rays. Cabo Marshall delivered colder water, marbled rays and manta rays. The St. James land tour was full of marine iguanas, birds, sealions and too many other tourists. Our last day at Gordon Rocks satisfied the needs of the macro shooters with lots of colorful juveniles, nudibranchs, octopus and other critters.
Several of the group continued on to the Ecuadorian Amazon to visit the Napo Wildlife Center for a couple more days. This place was an unexpected surprise. The resort sits on Añangu Lake inside the Yasuní National Park and is owned and operated by local Quechua Indians who ensure that visitors have an outstanding wildlife and cultural experience while causing as little impact to the environment as possible.
Our complete trip report will be online someday. For now you can enjoy the photos.
More Underwater Photography
Workshops Coming in 2008
We've added several new trips
to our Digital Underwater Workshop schedule.
Solmar V to the Socorro Islands - Jan. 24-Feb 1, 2008 - SORRY, SOLD OUT with a short waiting list!
Scuba Club Cozumel - March 2-March 7, 2008 - Sponsored by Inon. Free to all guests of SCC this week.
Solmar V to the Socorro Islands - April 22-30, 2008. Dive With The Mantas! Socorro Trip With Marty Snyderman & Bonnie Pelnar. This is the third workshop Marty and I are doing together aboard the Solmar V. This workshop is free to guests on board this week.
Truk Lagoon Aboard the Truk Odyssey - Sponsored by South Pacific Island Travel - May 4 through May 11, 2008. 7 nights accommodations, 5 1/2 days diving, all meals, Nitrox fills for Nitrox certified divers, roundtrip transfers & taxes. Starting at $2695 per person (airfare, port & fuel surcharges not included). This trip is filling up fast! 2 spots left!!
Papua New Guinea Aboard the Spirit of Niugini - Sponsored by South Pacific Island Travel - September 18–27, 2008. 9 night cruise - $3034.00 per person. We've also added a pre-cruise trip to the PNG highlands. Trip is filling up fast so sign up early to reserve your spot.
