Landlocked Mermaid

A few months ago I started my Diving Bucket List . Since getting Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die (by Chris Santella) for my Birthday, I have been adding to this list. The book is compiled of sites reccomended by diving experts across the world. I've been dipping in and out of the book over the last month, and here are the dips I want to take! The Diving Bucket List Continued.. Channel Islands, CA Kelp forests. Photo from Horizon Charters   The kelp forests look amazing. And like you'd be diving around Finding Dory - follow the shells!   There are a few places on my America wishlist and California is one of them. So this would be two birds one stone for me! There is plenty of life around this area too, which is always a drawing point for me. Gotta see them fishies. Lord Howe Island, Australia Balls Pyramid. Photo from Outdoor Australia Quite often when I talk about diving abroad, people assume I want to go to the Great Barrier Reef in Au

Between working weekends recently and healing tattoos, I've barely been in the water. Not even gone in the pool until this Thursday just gone! While pining after the water I've been mentally compiling a bit of a diving bucket list. It's only three places long so far, but I can always add to it as I think of them. My Pinterest is partually to blame for this, as it keeps showing me this pin: Scuba Diving Map I'm fairly certain it is available as a poster, so I may be convincing the fella we need one. The Diving Bucket List (So Far) The Caribbean Now this probably stems from watching Pirates of the Caribbean a lot as a teen. I wasn't always oogling Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, I was eyeballing the location and the underwater shots. This wanderlust has been further fuelled by Death in Paradise . Photo from Caribbean Diving The Caribbean is home to sharks, corals, sponges - all sorts of life. The water always seems so clear and