Scuba Diving

Shivering for Science

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Cold Water Diving Shortly after sunrise the main dive boat, Calcutta, set out from Golden Shadow to survey a gently sloping spur and groove reef system on the south eastern side of Ill des Pins. The dive team and crew …

Trick or Treat?

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Several hours after dark on Halloween, a large school of bait fish attracted to the lights given off by the Golden Shadow, congregated near the aft deck to feed on plankton.  This fish behavior (and the lights) also attracted other …

A Colorful Defense

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Floating along above the reef on our coral surveys here in Tonga, we are occasionally distracted by flashes of bright colors crawling along the reef.  These bright colors come from a group of sea slugs called nudibranchs.  For the uninitiated, …

Sport Diver Magazine

SportDiver Magazine recently featured an article about Living Oceans Foundation Global Reef Expedition.

Scuba Diving

Almost all of the Living Ocean Foundation’s scientific research is conducted via SCUBA diving.  Since the start of the Global Reef Expedition in 2011, the Foundation has worked with 196 different scientists and has safely conducted over 6000 SCUBA dives, …

Lagoon Life

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One of the most exciting aspects of this expedition is that every morning we get in the water having no idea what we’re about to find. There’s always something interesting to see, but sometimes the reefs we find are a …