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Avid outdoorsman and underwater photographer, Barry Brown has spent the last seven years documenting life above and below water in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Focusing on the island's coral reefs, he has worked hand-in-hand with several businesses and environmental groups, including SECORE, a marine conservation organization based in the Netherlands. His image of a research submersible was recently featured on the cover of DIVER magazine.

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Nov 20, 09     Comments Off
Double Dolphin Tailwalk

Double Dolphin Tailwalk

Hi friends, just a quick note to say hi and that all is well.  I worked today and it was pretty busy not to mention super hot and humid!  So far we have had a pretty mild storm season much less than last year but we are still having some pretty rough seas so there must be something going on in the Caribbean.  At 3:15 I took off from work and raced to Penn Resort where I did a crazy rough dive!  The owners of this new proposed hotel were showing up at 4:00 so I had to hurry and swim out and place some buoy markers before they got there.  The ocean was so rough making my exit and entry something only a certified crazy man would or should do, my momma and Aimee would not have approved!  There’s only one spot you can get in and it’s behind this big chunk of concrete that has partially fallen in the water, it’s the only thing separating you from these big in coming waves.  So one by one I counted as wave after wave hit this thing and sent a wall of water over my head and then before a new set rolled in I dove under and kicked as hard as I could and off I went with three yellow buoys in hand.  Aimee and I had already marked where these buoys were to be tied yesterday so thankfully all I had to do now was to find those markers.  I got a bit sea-sick today out there floating in those waves man was it rough but eventually one by one I found the markers, dove down and tied a floating buoy to them.  Just as I finished the owners showed up giving them the visual confirmation they needed and with an OK signal from land I was out of there!  The exit wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, I timed the waves perfectly and boy was I ever glad to be out!
 
Aimee just made a great dinner and I still feel like my head is spinning, going to bed!  Till tomorrow, Barry
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