WORDS AND PICTURES BY BRENT DURAND
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La Paz Trip Report 2025
Mexico
Read all about Bluewater Travel’s November 2025 La Paz photography workshop offered a week of unforgettable underwater experiences.
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Beginner Dive Sites in the Caribbean
Worldwide
Looking to start your scuba diving journey in the Caribbean? This guide highlights the region’s best beginner-friendly dive sites—calm waters, vibrant marine life, and easy access make them perfect for first-time divers.
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Best Liveaboard Destinations for Beginner Scuba Divers
Thailand
Liveaboards can seem daunting if you've never been on one, and even more so to newer divers. We've rounded up the best liveaboard destinations suitable for beginner scuba divers, with options ranging from the nearby Caribbean to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. Read on to find the best liveaboard destination for you!
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Bluewater Travel's 50 Amazing Adventures
French Polynesia
Join us as we explore unique destinations around the world. Each video showcases a recent dive adventure with a Bluewater team member, customer, or a Travel with Bluewater group in an exotic location!
Swimming with wild dolphins has been a dream for as long as I can remember. It's probably a dream for most divers and wide-angle underwater photographers.
This dream turned into Bluewater Photoâs Bimini small group photo trip in late June. Nine lucky divers and I spent 6 days on the water swimming with dolphins, diving with sharks, stingrays and exploring the Bahamas reefs with Neal Watson's BiminiScuba Center. Bimini is known for its super friendly population of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins, which we got to swim with for many hours across several days.
The small group size enabled us to have some very intimate encounters with the dolphins, motoring until we found the dolphins in crystal clear blue water. There are several tips and tricks to get the best photo opportunities with the dolphins, and by the end of our trip we were all masters of engaging the dolphins. And we all flew home with some incredible images.
Our two Caribbean reef shark dives were the perfect venue for working on our big animal photography with strobes. We also had a dive to photograph stingrays, plus a couple reef dives â one as a gentle drift along a beautiful reef with the largest turtle I've ever seen â a loggerhead larger than I am.
Our group had great energy, which was fueled by Neal Watson and his crew. Our busy yet relaxed schedule allowed us to swim around the iconic Sapona shipwreck shooting split-shots, lunch on Cat Cay Yacht Club's private island and have a few dinners out in North Bimini.
A big thanks to Bluewater Travel for putting this trip together!
- Brent Durand
All photos shot with Bluewater Photo's rental Canon 7D MkII and underwater housing.
Want to join a Bluewater Photo trip or photo workshop? View our full trip schedule.
Looking to dive Bimini or other areas in the Bahamas? View the live availability of some of the best Bahamas liveaboards or contact us for land-based options!
Read more about our Bimini trip and photo gear in the articles below:
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Cozumel Trip Report 2025
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Bluewater Travel’s 2025 Cozumel Photo Workshop at Iberostar featured vibrant reefs, warm water, and expert photo instruction, with highlights including splendid toadfish, turtles, and sharks.
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South Australia Great White Shark Trip Recap 2025
Australia
Read all about Tim Yeo’s unforgettable South Australia expedition with Bluewater aboard the Rodney Fox, featuring great white sharks, sea lions, leafy sea dragons, and the world’s largest cuttlefish aggregation.
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Fakarava Grouper Spawning Trip Report 2025
French Polynesia
Read about Bluewater's unforgettable Summer 2025 Fakarava Grouper Spawn Trip—an exhilarating adventure featuring shark-filled drifts, rare grouper spawning events, and pristine Polynesian reef diving led by Mark B. Hatter!
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Dumaguete Trip Report 2025
Philippines
Read about Bluewater Travel's 7-day underwater photo workshop to Dumaguete, highlighting vibrant marine life, standout dive sites, and memorable underwater photography experiences.
