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NOAA confirms 4th global coral bleaching event . This could probably be listed in 20 places on scubaboard , but clearly Cozumel was affected The world is currently experiencing a global coral bleaching event, according to NOAA scientists. This is the fourth global event on record and the...

I was in R4 for a little over two weeks in February. I did a few days at Sorido Bay (didn’t dive much due to lingering sinus injury ) followed by 11 nights on the Blue Manta going from Misool area back up to Central Raja Ampat with @Dan and his friends. I was happy with both Sorido Bay (my...

I stopped by the Philippines for 8 nights after a couple of weeks in Raja Ampat (which will be handled in different post under Indo forum). I stayed at Crystal Blue Resort and was happy with my choice. I had read postive comments regarding CBR on this forum and I also happened to do a...

From yesterday. I have seen them in the Caymans, but this was my first time in Cozumel (though I think someone posted a trip report with one a few years back). The grains of sand should give it away, but these are very very small (probably less than 1/4 inch) ay.

We saw a lot of sea hares over the past six months among many other things. Photos at link below Sony A1/Retra Strobes/Nauticam Housing/various lenses [Cozumel 2H 2023 - CozCharlie]

Aldora held what was their 1st (and hopefully not last) annual Blackwater Week. I happened to hear from a neighbor here that they were having the event and I hopped on at the last minute. They brought in Mike Bartick who works out of Crystal Blue Resort in Anilao Philippines and has written...

Cozumel pics from 1H23 for anyone interested. Ignore the “Buy” button, that is just a service if someone wants a physical print. Sony A1 wirh Nauticam housing Retra strobes. Sony G master lenses. [Cozumel 1H 2023 - CozCharlie]

I don't think I have posted any photos in a while. Links to galleries from last year and the first few from this year are below. Didn't take that many Cozumel photos in 2H22 because I was travelling elsewhere and my camera was getting serviced for a while. Pelagic Ventures is my usual...

I visited Yap for a two week stay in late January 2023. While I had been there before, that was more than 20 years ago. Yap was basically closed off from the world for 2 1/2 years due to Covid travel restrictions before beginning to re-open in mid-late 2022. Given how long the island was...

I am planning on heading to Yap in January. It looks like United is flying every other week from Guam (leaves shortly before midnight Tuesday and arrives Yap very early Wednesday). This pretty well means a two week minimum stay, though I think a saw some sort of puddle jumper service maybe...

I wanted to look back at how Lionfish spread across the Caribbean and found this animated time lapse map. Nothing shocking , but a good visualization for those that are curious . [Reported lionfish sightings: Animated Map (1985 - 2020) | U.S. Geological Survey]

Flew into Jakarta in early September 2022, left in early October. Stayed at Anara airport hotel at Jakarta airport on both the inbound and outbound. I never left the room , but it was a nice airport hotel attached to terminal 3 of CGK airport in Jakarta. You could access with what I think was...

Happened to see this Facebook discussion of people getting sick at Occidental on the Cozumel 4 You public forum. Just flagging to any that might be staying there soon as something you might want to run down to see how true it is. In general I have heard reasonably good things about...

I am trying to catalog some old photos, does anyone happen to know what the following 2 photos are? I thought maybe a twinhorn blenny (doesn't look like a secretary blenny or a spinyhead blenny), but not remotely sure. The other one is possibly a juvenile peacock flounder, but I thought I...

Might add a few pics over the next few days, but for those who are bored you can see 1st half 2022 pics on my smugmug account. Bought an account to avoid having to avoid posting a bunch of in individual photos here at dramatically reduced resolution ( I completely understand why scubaboard...

Stumbled across this on the Palau islandtimes website (which is actually a pretty good news source, sadly much better than some paid local newspaper subscriptions I keep in the US). The wording of the release indicates that lifting the requirement isn't a done deal yet, so I would certainly...

Not a great trip report (may edit later ), but didn’t want to delay longer Lodging: Rock Islands Aggressor. This is my 6th trip on one of the two sister Aggressor boats in Palau. I loved it and the people I was with loved it. Boats are a little older but the interior is well designed...

a few photos from today, Think we saw 8 in total.

Shouldn’t be a surprise given that flight cancellations have been in the news for weeks, but my United flight to Cozumel today was cancelled due to COVID. They gave me about 24 hours notice give or take (which is way better than getting cancelled at the airport ). Can’t remember if it was...

I had intended to post these along with the other ones I posted last month, but computer got bogged down while uploading and I had a flight to catch. Posting the rest of them now Sony RX 100 VII in Nauticam housing, dual Sea&Sea YS-D3 strobes, WWL-C or CMC 1 or CMC2 macro lenses where...