Douglas David Seifert

Life Returns – coral reef restoration in Mustique

Life Returns – coral reef restoration in Mustique

ByDouglas David SeifertMar 24, 2023

A coral restoration programme and an environmental clean-up around the island of Mustique have brought a remarkable amount of marine…

The mutual benefits of ocean cleaning stations

The mutual benefits of ocean cleaning stations

ByDouglas David SeifertDec 13, 2022

The ocean’s cleaning stations are one of nature’s most remarkable examples of how evolution finds solutions to life’s challenges Nature…

Eye to eye: seeing underwater

Eye to eye: seeing underwater

For fish, and humans, vision is the most important sense in understanding the outside world. Douglas David Seifert takes a…

Diving in God’s Pocket

Diving in God’s Pocket

ByDouglas David SeifertJan 12, 2022

Temperate reefs can be as rich and vibrant with life as their tropical counterparts as Douglas David Seifert discovers exploring…

wide eyed and whiptailed thresher shark by Doug Seifert

Threshers – wide-eyed and whiptailed

ByDouglas David SeifertJan 11, 2022

You look around, into the smoky, blue-grey waters: visibility is pretty good, something approximating 20m horizontally, maybe more, hard to…

Hunting creolefish Coco Island

The best scuba diving adventures in the world

If you are looking for high-energy encounters with the big stars of the ocean, the Galápagos, Cocos, Malpelo & Revillagigdos in the…

blue whale reflected on ocean surface

In the company of giants: diving with the blue whales of Sri Lanka

ByDouglas David SeifertJan 17, 2020

The blue whale is a catalogue of superlatives. It has a 2.7-tonne tongue. Its breath exhales to a height of…

Mexico’s Isla Holbox whale shark aggregation

Mexico’s Isla Holbox whale shark aggregation

ByDouglas David SeifertMay 21, 2018

It is now well known that the Mexican waters – especially those around Isla Holbox – offer a good opportunity…

Is Paradise Lost? | Maldives Special Report

Is Paradise Lost? | Maldives Special Report

ByDouglas David SeifertFeb 13, 2018

Can the coral reefs of one of the world’s premier diving destinations survive the twin blows of rampant development and…

Is this the world’s best shark dive?

Is this the world’s best shark dive?

ByDouglas David SeifertNov 17, 2017

Village communities in Fiji are reaping the rewards of an extraordinary shark dive that has transformed a dead reef into…

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