You might be thinking, “But I don’t eat shark fin soup!” However, the reality is that sharks are being killed for more than just their […]
Author: Alison Beere
🦈 How can YOU help our sharks? Be a Finspotter…
Fin Spotter is a database of shark encounters that Cape Radd (Simonstown-based conservation institution) uses to estimate and monitor the size of the population for […]
Cape Radd — a ‘rad’ shark conservation experience
OMSAC’s fave club scientist Sarah Jane Ackland was lucky enough to do the Cape Radd Shark Week workshop last November. Cape Radd is a research institution that focuses on […]
👌🏼Let’s Say “No!” to Styrofoam
Styrofoam isn’t recyclable. Instead t breaks into tiny bits; then fish and seabirds eat it (thinking it’s food) — it clogs up their tummies and […]
Defenders of the Blue — #STBP
As a youngster I lived land-locked but was lucky enough to holiday by the sea. I can still remember the mad excitement each time we […]
Become a plastic-aware Citizen Scientist
(with the Beach Co-op’s Dirty Dozen tracker app) You can help scientists collect rigorous data that supports the call for change to the way we […]
Stephanie Titus
Stefanie Titus is a free-diver, scuba diver, underwater photographer and director of the environmental non-profit Sea the Bigger Picture. She recently qualified as a Dive […]
How to do a Back Roll entry
South African oceans are rough, so boats that allow you to elegantly ‘giant stride’ your way into the water from a flat dive platform at […]
How to deploy a DSMB
DSMB stands for Delayed Surface Marker Buoy and it’s the acronym for the colourful, inflatable tubes used to mark a diver’s location. They roll up […]
How to be a more Sustainable Diver
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” –Margaret Mead, anthropologist, […]