Learning Pacific marine life after years of knowing only the Caribbean
Snorkeling in a small creek just in front of the boat, Lauren Landers Sailing finds small coral heads and strikingly beautiful blue giant clams. The observation leads to a broader reflection: after years of knowing Caribbean fish and marine life well, there is a whole new vocabulary of Pacific species to learn, and that process is genuinely exciting. It is a reminder that each ocean has its own ecosystem, and transitioning between them means starting a fresh phase of underwater exploration.
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Diving coral bommies: what to expect on overgrown Pacific patch reefs
The morning after anchoring, several boats in the group dive the bommies in the area. These are patches of coral that rise from 70 to 100 feet below the surface up to the waterline. Lauren Landers Sailing notes that a lot of the coral was o
Arriving at a South Pacific atoll anchorage after navigating the toll
After about an hour to an hour and a half of navigation through the atoll, Lauren Landers Sailing reaches the anchorage at Chuimodus. There are roughly 15 boats anchored there. The water is a little stirred up on arrival but the setting is
A juvenile blacktip reef shark found dead in a fish trap net gave the boys a close-up look
During a day of snorkeling, attempted spearing, and watching a hammerhead feed from the drone, Ian and Tara came across a shark tangled in the nets of a fish trap. The shark had already died in the net, so Ian pulled it out of the water so