14 articles
Granite headlands, golden sand and golden kelp: New Zealand's smallest national park meets scallop country at the top of the South Island.
Tom Okafor ·
A Coastal Atlas guide to the Coromandel Peninsula — golden kelp reefs, the Cathedral Cove marine reserve, kina barren science, offshore islands, visibility seasons and access.
Tom Okafor ·
Point Lobos limits divers to a handful of reserved buddy teams a day. How to get a slot, dive Whalers Cove's kelp, and respect California's oldest rules.
Tom Okafor ·
Milford, Doubtful and Dusky: a guide to Fiordland's drowned glacial fjords, where a dark freshwater lid hides kelp forests and shallow-growing black coral.
Dr. Lena Fischer ·
A windswept volcanic island in the sub-Antarctic South Atlantic, ringed by giant kelp and breeding seabirds — and part of one of the most remote marine reserves on Earth.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Kapiti Island rises out of Cook Strait's tidal machinery — a predator-free bird sanctuary above water, and protected kelp reefs, seals and blue cod below.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
1,000 km northeast of Auckland, the Kermadec Islands hold kelp at its warm edge — volcanoes, tropical fish and one of New Zealand's great marine reserves.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Granite, grey seals and kelp jungle in the Bristol Channel — England's first marine reserve, first no-take zone and some of Britain's best diving.
Tom Okafor ·
Off New Zealand's Tutukaka Coast, the Poor Knights Islands protect the clearest, warmest kelp forests in the country — and fish that belong to a warmer sea entirely.
Tom Okafor ·
On the Berwickshire coast, one of Britain's first voluntary marine reserves protects tangle kelp forest, wolf-fish dens and clear North Sea water.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Taputeranga Marine Reserve, the Island Bay snorkel trail, orcas in the strait: a guide to Wellington's kelp-fringed south coast, ten minutes from the CBD.
Tom Okafor ·
Maria Island pairs a World Heritage convict site with one of Tasmania's pioneering marine reserves. A diver and walker's guide to its reefs, wildlife and kelp.
Tom Okafor ·
Bladder kelp beds, a storied pāua fishery, tea-coloured inlets and daylight kiwi: a guide to Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand's southern kelp coast.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Goat Island — Cape Rodney–Okakari Point — was New Zealand's first marine reserve and remains its finest shore dive: big snapper, crayfish and golden kelp in five metres.
Tom Okafor ·