Walt Stearns, Author at Underwater Journal

Bonaire’s Salt Pier

Back when Bonaire became the high point of diving destinations in the Caribbean, there were two man-made structures received a[…]

Encounters with this comically clever species of Indo-Pacific octopus are not only entertaining they also make fantastic photo subjects. Humans[…]

Blackwater photography has become one of the hottest forms of underwater macro photography due to rich and highly varied subject[…]

Diving Jupiter off Florida’s Southeastern Coast, you never know what you might see. However, if there is one thing Jupiter[…]

An open ocean diving adventure by night offshore of South Florida’a Palm Beach Coast. It’s well past sundown and we’re[…]

When implemented properly, the technique of using a camera’s slow shutter speed paired with its Rear Curtain Sync mode can[…]

Off the tip of Southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia in the Banda Sea, Wakatobi Dive Resort offers an unforgettable Blend of Pristine,[…]

The poem Whales Weep Not! by D.H. Lawrence begins like this: “They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the[…]

You may not be a professional underwater photographer, and your dive buddy is certainly not a professional model. As the[…]

It was day six of a nine-day trip aboard the dive liveaboard Arenui, and we were back for a night[…]