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Before you kit up, read the water. Learn how swell history, wind, rain and water colour predict dive visibility — and how to check a site in five minutes.
Tom Okafor ·
A liveaboard dive trip is the best way to see remote kelp coasts — if you pick the right boat. Here's how to plan, pack, and not be that passenger.
Tom Okafor ·
Swell height is only a third of the story. Learn to read period, direction, wind, tide and sea state so you can judge a site before you pack the car.
Tom Okafor ·
Significant wave height, swell period, direction, water temperature — learn to decode ocean buoy reports like a waterman and plan safer, better days on the sea.
Tom Okafor ·
Plan a day paddle along kelp coastlines — choosing routes, timing tides and currents, reading the canopy from seat level, and staying safe on exposed water.
Tom Okafor ·
How to plan a multi-day sea kayak trip along a kelp coastline — route shape, tide and swell strategy, landing through kelp beds, and camping with a light footprint.
Tom Okafor ·
When is kelp diving best? A hemisphere-by-hemisphere, month-by-month guide to visibility, water temperature and kelp condition in the world's temperate forests.
Tom Okafor ·