Tag: scuba diving
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AGRRA Monitoring
I finally finished my training with Healthy Reefs which I started in Punta Allen last year!! This means that I can assist Healthy Reefs when they monitor the Mesoamerican coral reef, going out with other trained people to count fish. Roughly the methodology is you lay a 30m transect and count all of the fish that…
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Return to Cozumel
A few weeks ago I packed a bag and headed off for some diving in Cozumel. Almost one year ago had been my first visit, (the weekend before I did so much damage to my knee), and two dives hadn’t been enough time there, so this time I had planned an afternoon and night dive…
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The New Year
After spending Christmas at home I am back to full pace in Mexico. We have had a few new projects in the pipeline and everything seemed to need attention as soon as we were back on base. Miguel had two weeks in the British Virgin Islands booked, so while he was sailing around getting a…
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I am a Divemaster!!
A previous post on here details what I had to do to qualify, so this is just to tell you that I have finished! It may be the longest Divemaster ever, but I finally made it. I started with Ellie as my instructor, then Kayla took over when Ellie was overwhelmed at work, and then…
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Let’s talk about Cozumel!
An island and municipality in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, Cozumel is world-renowned for its scuba diving, in fact Jacques Cousteau named it one of the top 10 dive sites in the world!! Hopefully you remember from previous posts that the Mesoamerican reef system is the second-largest reef system in…
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Hi!
It has been a while, and I have so much with which to update you. After injuring my knee I was pretty down in the dumps. It was possibly the most painful injury I have had, certainly in the last ten years, and I found working and looking after the puppies while getting around on…
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News
I was planning my next post after the marathon that was Panama. I have fostered two lovely little puppies, we only have them for 1 more week! they are called Snapper and Chub after two of the fish we monitor on the reef here. I have been diving in Cozumel which is consistently named as…
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Happy New Year!!
Well here we are, 1st January 2024. How are you feeling? It’s 7pm here, I’m in the kitchen in the Mexico house, my colleagues are still away so I made a margarita and thought I’d take advantage of having my laptop on the dining table and catch up with you! The weather here in December…
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Bull sharks
About bull sharks…. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Carcharhinus leucas TYPE: Fish DIET: Carnivore AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN THE WILD: 16 years SIZE: 2 to 3.5 metres WEIGHT: 90 to 220 kgs Bull sharks, great whites and tiger sharks are the three species most likely to attack humans. Bull sharks get their name from their short, blunt snout, as well as their pugnacious disposition…
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