Oceans of Opportunity

Month: December 2008

Blue Hole expedition a success

Our December 5-9 expediiton to the blue holes of the Bahamas was a success. Over three very full days in the field, my guide Brian Kakuk, of Bahamas Underground and the Bahama Caves Research Foundation, provided an insiders view of the scientific and cultural significance of the blue holes. Over the course of 6 dives…

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Past to Present | the Inland Blue Holes

In 2008, Lombardi’s journeyed to Abaco to explore and document the inland blue holes with veteran cave explorer Brian Kakuk. These caves are deep, dark, even tedious at times – yet full of potential.The project was made possible with support from Bahamas Underground, the 1LT Gregory Zavota Memorial Fund, and Ocean Opportunity Inc.

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DAN’s 2008 Technical Diving Workshop

It takes time to make change. When I started technical diving in 1998, it was a community of self-proclaimed experts(rightfully so in most cases) who were each very successful in their own right in accessing the previously inaccessible by taking progressive strides in adopting new technologies and techniques. As new interest grew in this type…

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