Merry Christmas!

Baja never disappoints!

Yet again the Sea of Cortez delivered an awesome show!

The sealions were super playful again this year at Los Islotes and Pancho, the dominent bull, paid us a visit in Cabo san Lucas, off Land's End.

Whale sharks, mobula rays, diving cormorants... wrecks, massive schools of fish, silky shark...

Just got to love BAJA!

Thanks to good friends Oscar, Ricardo, and Chris for the great diving!!!

Whale shark feeding in the Bay of La Paz, Mx.

Sealions... eveything becomes a chew toy!

Fun at the DEMA 2015 - Olando, Fl.

Just pics this time :)

At the Turquoise Bay Int. Film Festival booth with Amos Nachoum

At the Women Divers Hall of Fame Pirate Party

Who's under the hammerhead mask ? Michel, Julie and Lynn Funkhauser

In the company of legends! Stan Waterman

Mermaid Martha and TV celeb from Sea Hunt, Zale Perry

Silently Film Festival in Belgrad

Best Editing for Aquarium of the World!

Want to see it?

Looking for Greenland sharks

Thanks to all our New England friends for coming to visit.

We spent 2 days diving in the Baie-Comeau area, hoping to encounter the elusive Greenland shark.

No luck with the sharks but loads of laughs and great diving!

Off we go - photo by captain Carl

Great weekend in Rhode Island

Our group is back from an amazing weekend of wreck diving in Rhode Island. We enjoyed beautiful weather and conditions were mostly good although Saturday's dive on the USS Bass, that lies in 160' of water, was a bit more challenging due to current and bumby deco conditions.

On Sunday, we dove the U-853. Conditions were smother with good visibility on the wreck and tons of marine life also.

Fantastic group and a lot of fun!

Exploring the Midriff Islands

We are just back from a week of diving in the Midriff Islands, located in the northern portion of the Sea of Cortez. We spent a week on the Rocio del Mar liveaboard.

We had overall good weather but visibility was rather limited on most of our dives so we concentrated on the wide variety of macro critters.

On a few sites, we were able to play with sealions and on the last day we snorkeled with whale sharks in Bahia de Los Angeles.

Diving this portion is very different from diving the South in the La Paz area. In the North, the reefs are much more colorful and the black coral is outstanding.

Macro time

Drone action - amazing landscapes and sunsets

Sealion colony

Roatan – upcoming trip

From May 4 to 11 May, we will be diving in Roatan Honduras. We will be staying at the Turquoise Bay Dive & Beach Resort for a week, discovering the reefs of the more remote North side of the island. Don’t miss our trip report.

Turquoise Bay Dive & Beach resort

Beneath the Sea (BTS) 2015

Had a great weekend at the 2015 edition of Beneath the Sea.

Had fun catching up with friends and meeting new people such as Leslie Rochat, a well-known shark activist from South-Africa.

BTS 2015

The film festival started off with a bang! First off, the always incredible short film BAJA by our good friend Erick Higuera.

Julie, Michel and Erick, after diving in Baja

Also a feature of the BTS show: the introduction of the year’s new inductees in the Women Divers Hall of Fame.

Finalist in the Natural World Category – Smithsonian Photo Contest

Finalist - Smithsonian Photo Contest - Natural World Category

Michel’s Mobula rays have been chosen as of 10 finalists.

This year the contest received 25 600 entries. Michel’s photo is the only fully underwater photo chosen as a finalist in the contest.

Grand prize, Category Winners and Readers Choice will be announced in early April.

In the meantime, you can VOTE for Michel’s photo at:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/12th-annual-smithsonian-photo-contest-finalists-180954445/?utm_source=twitter.com&no-ist

61st Boston Sea Rovers clinic

Michel and Julie were once again speakers at the Boston Sea Rovers clinic, March 6-8, 2015.

This year they gave a talk on diving Quebec’s salt portion of the St. Lawrence and the status of Greenland sharks sightings in the area.

They also participated in the kids program on Sunday.

As always, a great time with the Rovers :)

Festisub, Neuchatel Switzerland

Night of the Mobulas will be screened during the Friday evening film festival in Neuchatel on March 6, 2015.

Busy weekend in Chicago!

N2pix expedition leaders Michel and Julie were guest speakers at Our World Underwater, Feb 27^th to March 1^st.

Giving 5 talks over the course of the weekend, they still had a bit of time to catch up with old friends, make new ones and work on exciting projects.

Their program topics for the weekend:

Beqa Island Fiji. A small island with big diving

Egypt’s new hot spot; Diving BDE

Big action diving off the Baja peninsula

Top 10 sharkiest places to dive

The Maldives: Blue oasis in the Indian Ocean