Between researching coral reproduction at the University of the Philippines in pursuit of a Ph.D., guiding nature-oriented expeditions throughout Asia and spending time with his family, Lee Goldman keeps himself busy. Still, the Philadelphia native’s schedule always allows time to snorkel in one of his favorite spots in the world: the Philippines’ Bacuit Bay. Nestled [...]
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Posted in Snorkeling, WWF news on Jun 30th, 2010 No Comments »
Just in time for your summer tour, online apparel retailer New Headings has added new swimming and snorkeling gear that features the WWF panda logo. Not only will you be outfitted for your adventure, but 20 percent of the sale goes to support WWF’s global conservation efforts, so you’ll be helping to protect the planet [...]
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By Lee Poston/WWF “Over there, over there!!! Get your masks and flippers on!” our interaction officer, Embet Guadamor, yells. He’s standing high on the mast of an outrigger pointing southwest to what looks like open ocean. But it’s not open ocean to his eagle eyes. He’s spotted a dark, spotted mass under the water, and [...]
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Posted in Snorkeling on May 13th, 2010 1 Comment »
WWF Travel has added a truly spectacular new snorkeling itinerary to our 2011 lineup: Snorkeling the Palawan Islands of the Philippines. This land-based trip runs February 26 – March 13, 2011. Untouched beaches lined with soaring marble cliffs make up many of the islands throughout Bacuit Bay in the Philippines. Its marine reserve is speckled with [...]
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Posted in Snorkeling on Mar 26th, 2010 1 Comment »
Alvaro Hernandez jumps at every chance he gets to dip into the ocean with whale sharks. As a former senior fisheries officer with WWF’s Mesoamerican Reef team, Hernandez is among the researchers and conservationists trying to learn more about the elusive, massively fish. We spoke with Hernandez from his office in Cancun, Mexico, about the [...]
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Just how large is a whale shark’s mouth? Abraham Cantu, who lives on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, found out first hand, during one of his many experiences swimming with the world’s largest fish. Cantu shared with WWF this stirring video he made while observing whale sharks feeding underwater near Holbox Island. Join us for our Expedition [...]
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Posted in Snorkeling, Wildlife on Feb 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
President and CEO of WWF-US, Carter Roberts, shares thoughts on his experience swimming with whale sharks. We left Isla Holbox at dawn, transported by a local fisherman at the helm of a 20-foot skiff. We were off the north coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, where some of the world’s largest concentrations of manta rays and [...]
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Posted in Snorkeling on Nov 20th, 2009 No Comments »
Casey Marker describes visiting Taveuni Island in 2008 aboard the Clipper Odyssey. Today we visited the “garden island” of Fiji, so named for its high volcanic ridge, waterfalls and indigenous plants and animals (found here due to the lack of introduction of the mongoose). We began our day with water sports, snorkelers and divers alike [...]
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Naturalist Rafa Robles traveled to Corcovado National Park during a Costa Rica and Panama expedition in 2009. Here’s what he wrote about this biologically diverse preserve in Costa Rica: “The morning found us going ashore for some excursions at our morning destination: ‘Caletas Beach,’ near by the Corcovado National Park on the Osa Peninsula. Several nature walks [...]
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Posted in Q-and-A, Snorkeling on Oct 24th, 2009 No Comments »
Bobbie Martin, a Program Manager for Zegrahm Expeditions, WWF’s tour operator for our Rain Forests and Reefs expedition, shares her thoughts on the voyage, which she accompanied in 2009. What was the highlight of the expedition? Panama! I am completely taken with this country. From the beautiful beaches of Escudo de Veraguas, and its endemic [...]
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