World Oceans Day falls on the 8th June every year, and to celebrate this year’s global event, The Nautilus Project, a local charity in Gibraltar, organised a photographic competition held at John Mackintosh Hall. I entered 10 macro photos of species found in Camp Bay, Gibraltar. The prices was given out by the honourable minister Dr. John Cortes - Minister for Education, Heritage, the Environment, Energy and Climate Change. My shrimp photo was selected by the judges for Adul

Weeks of strong westerly storms here in Gibraltar have resulted in an invasion of our coastlines! The Portuguese Man O War, have been blown in from the Atlantic Ocean, into the Bay of Gibraltar and as far up as the beaches on the East Side of La Linea in Spain. I first heard of them on our local news page in social media. It made the news when we finally had a break from the bad weather, and people headed to the beaches with their families. Little did they know that the shore

My first dive in Gibraltar's East Side Caves! Despite the many years I've been diving in Gibraltar, Sunday was my first time diving in these caves. It was a stormy morning, with high westerly winds and some rain. We decided to head to the eastern side of Gibraltar, which is rarely dived. Here the sea was flat, sheltered from the wind by the rock of Gibraltar. Originally we planned to dive the Fred Flintstone Submarine dive site, a deep dive at 38 meters, but just as we made o

The Bristol Bombay is a high-wing monoplane bomber, which developed engine trouble on the 6th July 1941, and was ditched into the sea. As I got on board our dive boat, I couldn't wait to get to the dive site. I was filled with excitement. This would be my first Technical Dive after completing my Tec Deep courses, and also the first Tec Dive I will do in Gibraltar! We headed out to the GPS coordinates provided, and with the help of the sonar, we dropped the shot line. We later