Escaping from the winter doldrums in the Midwest to a tropical location is good for the soul; my soul anyway. How about a trip to the Caribbean for some sunshine and warm temperatures on a remote private little island surrounded by azure waters? I’m all in! We made a return visit to Isla Marisol on…
Over the years, we’ve always loved periodically visiting the Cayman Islands (Grand, Brac and Little Cayman) for the vast underwater vistas, as well as the sedate and warm water diving with a good diversity of reef life. In 2013, we decided that it was time for a trip back to the Caymans. We planned a…
Sitting just roughly 100 miles off the coast of Venezuela is the 116 square mile island of Tobago, along with her big sister, Trinidad, sitting just 22 miles away. Many people may be familiar with Trinidad, famous for her spectacular Carnival celebration in late winter (the largest in the Caribbean), but fewer are familiar with…
We visited Wakatobi in June 2018. You can read more about our trip on another page, Our Wakatobi Experience, Remote and Refined: https://underwatersplendor.com/our-wakatobi-experience-remote-and-refined/ There we experienced amazing diving in a pristine remote location! Over the course of two weeks, we took in 37 dives, and with only a couple of repeat dive sites. We didn’t…
Most divers are familiar with the Bloody Bay Wall which drops down several thousands of feet off the northwest side of Little Cayman. There are fantastic swim throughs on your way to the wall, then with the clarity of the blue water, you can appreciate the tapestry of colors on the wall and the visibility out into the blue, making it truly…
Rarely do I stay at luxury dive resorts. My focus when planning a dive trip is on the quality of diving and the dive operation, more-so than what’s on land. But this trip was organized by Ed Robinson’s Dive Adventures as part of a group trip, so I’m all in! I knew the diving would…
Indonesia lies within a region of our oceans that is known as the Coral Triangle, which extends from the Philippines through Indonesia and eastward through Papua New Guinea through the Solomon Sea. It is within this region where our oceanlife first was born. And because of this, the diversity of fish and coral life in…
When you live in the Midwest USA, let’s face it, scuba diving is not what comes to mind for recreation. Maybe football, baseball, fishing, or “floating” our rivers (what I used to call canoeing). Whenever I meet fellow divers on trips, the same old question comes up, “So where are you from?” Then I tell…
