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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,…
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Don’t Pet the Sea Life: It might follow you home or worse.
When snorkeling, I try to follow the rule “touch nothing.” It simplifies my life, because I don’t have to remember which things are dangerous and which are not. I can simply enjoy myself, and the sea life appreciates it, too. Bill doesn’t always follow the “don’t touch rule.” Most notably was the time we were walking on the beach near…
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Yesterday I was swimming with about 50 spinner dolphins about (the adults are 150 to 200 pounds each) and I felt nothing but excitement. A few minutes later, I swam over an eight-inch fish sitting in the coral inches from my face that I didn’t see until I was right on top of him. It…