Category: Equipment-Snorkel

  • Binoculars for Whale Watching

    Binoculars for Whale Watching

    Four humpback whales played in the sunset at the mouth of the bay. Normally I’m a person that does lots of research before buying, but an impulse buy turned out to be perfect.  We bought binoculars in September, because the package specifically said they were good for whale watching.  I bought them the day we…

  • Dive Skin to Protect Your Skin and the Reef

    Before we arrived in Hawaii, I purchased a new dive skin, which is the Lycra equivalent of a wetsuit.  Skins are thinner, stretchier, cooler, easier to get into, and more comfortable than wetsuits.  A dive skin is a one-piece bodysuit made of very stretchy Lycra material. I hate to sunburn. The day I saw an ad for reef-safe sunscreen, I thought,…