One of my passions is scuba diving. I've been fortunate enough to dive in many beautiful places around the world, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, Barbados, the Red Sea, Tahaiti, Florida, and Hawaii. The above picture is of me diving in the Coral Sea, on the Great Barrier Reef. Visibility that day was over 100 metres! Awesome!

One of the best (and cheapest!) ways to dive is to join a club. Other club members offer experience, advice and great company.

Diving at Florida State University
For many years I was the faculty advisor to the scuba club at FSU. Check out the Seminole Scuba Club.

Interested in diving in Australia? Check out:

• D.O.U.T.S.: Diving Organisation of University of Technology, Sydney
• This is a great club that is very active and does lots of diving. Based in Sydney, most of the diving is up and down the New South Wales Coast, but they frequently run or organize trips to the Great Barrier Reef and other diving locations around Australia and the world.
• U.R.G.Q.: The Underwater Research Group of Queensland
• I was a member of this club when I lived in Brisbane. Located in Brisbane, this club is responsible for creating the largest artifical reef in the southern hemisphere.
• Diving in Australia: A Great Site with all sorts of information on Aussie diving.

I find my spare time with the environment enjoyable and I am interested in diving some of the more remote / pristine places in the world. It is really wonderful to be diving and think that you might be seeing something that no one else in the world has seen.