The weather has been beautiful the last few days. The sea is calm enough we can look over the railings of the Golden Shadow and see the bottom clearly, 20 meters below. We were treated to a gorgeous sunset this
Throughout the weekend, our Global Reef Expedition research team continued to crank out dives and surveys in the far northeast corner of Cay Sal Bank. Tomorrow afternoon, following our team’s morning dives, the M/Y Golden Shadow will leave its current
After arriving at our new anchorage point around noon, the expedition team was quickly underway again on the M/Y Golden Osprey for more research dives on Cay Sal Bank. During the transit, I caught up with coral reef scientist Dr.
Our time in Cay Sal Bank is going fast – we’ve already reached our halfway point, marked by a short trip back to Freeport today. We’ve covered a lot of ground on the East side of the bank in a
During the last four days at our first anchorage site near Anguilla Cay, the expedition team covered a large amount of ground, including nine research dives. You can see the various research sites on the map below labeled as red
We completed another full day of research today with two dives in the morning about an hour away from our anchorage, and an afternoon dive nearby just off the point of Anguilla Cay. Our team continued with their surveys of
We had a very busy and successful first day of Cay Sal Bank coral reef research today, completing 6 separate dives in the vicinity of Anguilla Cay. The groundtruthing team, comprised of Dr. Sam Purkis and Jeremy Kerr, set off
Following our overnight transit from Freeport, the M/Y Golden Shadow pulled into the southeastern corner of Cay Sal Bank known as Anguilla Cay. It was already mid-afternoon, so the team divided up into three groups to do some prep and
After months of anticipation, the Cay Sal Bank research team finally met up with their temporary home for the next three weeks: the M/Y Golden Shadow. The Shadow, along with the M/Y Golden Osprey, and their crews sailed yesterday from
Coral reefs have been called the heart of the ocean. They weave around our blue planet, forming a life-sustaining circulatory system for all varieties of life – from phytoplankton to sea slugs, and from fishes to, ultimately… us. As creators
