2013 Week 1

My hut awoke to the sharp buzzing sound of the alarm clock. Then we all prepared for our short, basic breakfast at the Dive BVI office. At the office everyone ate bread, cereal, poptarts, and a large assortment of fruit. After breakfast the marine biology one group headed out to the Rhone wreckage site on the coast of...

Past the models posing for the cover of sports illustrated there is an abundance of life in the ocean on the shore of The Baths in Virgin Gorda. We visited The Baths this morning as part of our scheduled snorkel for the day. It started with a brief hike down to the ocean where we saw immense...

Today was thoroughly packed, yet one of the best days I've had this year; There were a lot of firsts for me as well. This morning I woke up to the sound of a Rooster, which was definitely a first. The morning came very fast, but the crow of the rooster was just a symbol that today would not...

I joined this class to learn about marine life, and so that I could visit and dive in the Virgin Islands. I have been diving since I was 13, and in those five years I have gone on 7 dives in Cozumel and Cancun. Since the Virgin Islands seem to be like both Cancun and Cozumel, I am looking...

Today I woke up, having forgotten to set my own alarm, by my room mate Jackson White. Unbeknownst to all of us at the time being, Jackson would later stake his claim to fame in the afternoon to come. I immediately rushed to the coffee pot that Andrew had been working on for the past 15 minutes and made...

We made it! The guys did great and are getting some rest before we hit the ground running with checkout dives in the morning. They will be blogging tomorrow, so look forward to hearing their stories. I can already tell it is going to be a great week! Ben Kirby

Every aspect of today simply was strong; every day out here seems to just get stronger. This morning we woke up at 7:10 after a night of playing cards in the cabin. I felt pretty sleepy at first but as soon as I had my coffee I was up and ready to go. We met at the road at...

The day first began when both roosters and sharp, bright bursts of sunlight awoke both me and one of my roommates. Whom then proceeded to prepare for the day by putting on sunscreen and packing scuba gear. Next we headed to a restaurant via a taxi. There we ate a breakfast of eggs, ham,...

I chose to take Marine Biology at Jesuit because I saw this as an opportunity of a lifetime. I had a little peer pressure from my sister who attends Texas A&M and has taken oceanography and a cousin who took marine biology at the University of Miami. They both told me of the endless possibilities and how this would...