Tag: travel
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TUNNEL DIVING WITH THE BIG BOYS
The dive boat was packed, we were six divers and two Instructors. It was only when the dive briefing started that I realised I was on a dive with the Big Boys. I was the only girl on the boat and only started diving 16 months ago. The other divers appeared distinguished, well-travelled, experienced divers,…
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ISLAND STYLE CAVE DIVE
Diving Lobster Cave with Scuba World Diving Mauritius A dive planned outside the reef creates a heightened sense of expectation in me as my dives there are fewer due to weather limitations. They are also more challenging with a possible moving surface, currents or surges, as well as possible deeper dives. It is however the…
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A PERFECT DIVE 20/20 VISION
A perfect dive, a feeling after most dives, right? But hey, this time I had 20/20 vision! I bet you’ve not had a dive with so many highlights, some starting on land already. While packing our gear bags I thought I would irritate my dive buddy, an instructor at the Dive Centre, who has been…
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DIVING A SUBMERGED SCULPTURE GARDEN
Trou Moutou is a dive site in the Mahebourg Lagoon, Mauritius. It is popular for its protected shallow 9m depth and open sandy seabed areas ideal for doing Open Water Diver practical tests. It also has a couple of Hawksbill Sea Turtles living there, but mostly it stands out for its Submerged Sculpture Garden that…
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POST CYCLONE DIVING
BELAL AND CANDICE Two cyclones in ten days, but then again, I knew my departure was in the island’s cyclone season. I found myself cyclone watching, first Belal and then Candice. Mauritius was in the path of both. 15 and 16 January 2024 Belal caused flash floods in Port Louis, turning streets into rivers. Widespread…
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DIVING INTO 2024
The start of a new adventure! I am wishing all my readers, fellow divers, ocean lovers, marine conservationists, travellers, photographers, adventurists and dreamers a blessed, peaceful, safe and healthy 2024. May you materialise those goals that you have been dreaming of and those you have worked on so diligently. Eleven months ago I started a…
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ROMANTIC CORALS MAKING BABIES
When the moon is full and everything is just so right! Last week, with the full moon at the end of October, the coral reefs, in the Grand Port of Mahebourg and Pointe d’Esny, Mauritius, had their annual mass spawning! Everything must have been perfect for them to feel romantic! The light, water temperature and…
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NEUTRAL BUOYANCY
A question of balance. New divers often struggle finding that sweet spot where they can just hover, neutrally buoyant. You either rise uncontrolled, struggling to descend or you sink and risk damage to some sensitive marine organisms. When I thought I was going to do coral transplantation shortly after qualifying as a SSI Open Water…
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CROSSING BORDERS
CROSSING BORDERS I knew it was time to go. I knew that crossing the border back into my country of origin would be an adjustment. To start with, the temperature differences would be extreme after 3 months and 2 weeks of constant day and night temperatures around 25˚C and the sea about the same. There…
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CROSSING THE REEF AGAIN PART 2
A different view A different view When I crossed the reef again, the view was a very different one. Upon arriving in Mahebourg and writing my blog, ‘The back-roll entry’, it ended with the following paragraph: “I scrolled through some of my Butterfly Project Facebook collages today and found the one stating, ‘Relax, you can’t…
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