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Explore 700+ miles of the Sea of Cortez … and learn how to photograph it all!
Join award-winning photographer, Todd Winner, on a liveaboard trip from Puerto Penasco to San Jose del Cabo and learn how to photograph the smallest of small critters to the largest of large mammals!
Baja California is a unique adventure … it is a journey where there are no roads, a handful of people and only an occasional boat.
Each day you will awake to an amazing sunrise amongst some of the most breathtaking scenery in the world…clear skies, deep blue seas and terrain only millions of years could create. Enjoy 3 to 4 dives daily as you move from island to island. Legendary diver Jacques Cousteau described the Sea of Cortez as the “world’s aquarium”. Dive on untouched walls and reefs abounding in marine life.
The northern portion is a macro photographers’ dream with nudibranchs, colorful blennies, dancing jawfish, and sea horses. You will snorkel with whale sharks and do multiple dives with playful sea lions. Going south you will experience an exciting night dive with mobula rays, see schooling hammerheads and dive wrecks, Fan Ming and Salvaterra. And divers are seeing giant oceanic manta rays again!
The bio-diversity between the northern and southern Sea of Cortez is incredible and diving the entire Baja is truly a spectacular experience. You will also see equally incredible sea life on the surface including dolphins, pilot whales, humpback whales, bluefin whales (the second largest mammal on the planet), orcas and sperm whales, flying mobula rays, blue and brown-footed boobie birds, cormorants, frigate birds, and the endemic yellow-footed gulls. The Sea of Cortez remains a secret oasis where the desert meets the sea.
Todd Winner has been diving and photographing marine life since 1990. As a professional underwater photographer and cinematographer, his work has appeared in commercials, museums and private collections. Todd is a regular contributor to Sport Diver and Scuba Diving magazines and has won over 60 international underwater photography competitions.
Recently, Todd co-founded Immersed Imaging focusing on marine environments. Todd is a proud member of the Ocean Artists Society which uses ocean art to inspire people around the world to a greater awareness of our need to protect and preserve our natural world.
Daily workshops and image critique with topics to include:
- Setup and maintenance
- Mastering exposure
- Manual and TTL strobes
- Strobe positioning
- Focusing techniques
- Macro
- Wide Angle
- Lightroom
- Video
For more information visit the website by clicking here.
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Four opportunities to go pro in 2024 with Dive Friends Bonaire
Dive Friends teaches the Instructor Development Course (IDC) several times a year to students who are eager to share their passion for diving with the world.
Dive Friends is known for the personal approach throughout the course. Their in-house course director will lead the students through every essential step, mentoring them to achieve their fullest potential as a dive instructor.
Applications for the following IDC start dates are now open:
- 12 April
- 5 July,
- 20 September
- 29 November
Partnership with Casita Palma
If the student opts for the IDC-Deluxe or IDC-Supreme package, their accommodation will be arranged for them at Casita Palma. This small and quiet resort is within walking distance from Dive Friends Bonaire’s main dive shop location and has everything you need to relax after an intense day of IDC training. Breakfast is included, so the student will always be fuelled and ready for their day.
Contact Dive Friends Bonaire’s Course Director Eddy for more information: coursedirector@divefriendsbonaire.com.
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SOMABAY: Scubaverse Trip Review (Watch Video)
In a video created exclusively for Scubaverse.com, Jeff Goodman visits SOMABAY in the Egyptian Red Sea to experience the diving on offer there.
Book your next Red Sea dive adventure with SOMABAY! For more information, visit www.somabay.com.
Stay at the Breakers Diving & Surfing Lodge when you visit! For more information, visit www.thebreakers-somabay.com.
Find out more about ORCA Dive Clubs at SOMABAY at www.orca-diveclubs.com/en/soma-bay-en.
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