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The Rarest Underwater Photographs

Yes, you read that right. You are about to see the rarest underwater photographs ever taken in West Palm Beach, Florida. Not so much because they are super extra rare and unique sea creatures, although they are quite beautiful. No, they are rare photographs because of who took them. So what makes them rare? Well, anyone who hears mentioned the name Mike Walker…

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2016 Scuba Diving New Year’s Resolutions

With January chugging along, Walker’s Dive Charters wants to know… What’s on your 2016 Scuba Diving New Year’s Resolution? If your list doesn’t include scuba diving in West Palm Beach then maybe you should reconsider. As a traveling art show artist, I come across countless divers who see my underwater photography. The first…

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Diving with Giant Groupers

Call off the dogs! It is now official. The world-famous goliath grouper diving season is in full swing in West Palm Beach, Florida. For the last couple of weeks these giant groupers have been aggregating around our wrecks, but there was one essential ingredient missing that makes this dive with these giant groupers so unique — baitfish! As you can see in…

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West Palm Beach Underwater Macro Marine Life

Every once in a while I enjoy changing the perspective from which I look at the coral reefs of West Palm Beach. Instead of looking for the larger marine life such as the sea turtles, sharks, lobsters, countless tropical fish, and more, I enjoy slowing way down and looking carefully at the intricacy of the coral reefs and its abundance of macro marine life. West…

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Scuba Diving Vacation

When people think of a scuba diving vacation the thought of faraway exotic places come to mind. Little do most divers know that you don’t need to travel half way around the world to experience an amazing dive vacation. We come across vacationers all the time who experience scuba diving in West Palm Beach, Florida for the first time and one thing quickly…

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Swimming with Sea Turtles

Swimming with sea turtles is usually one of the fondest experiences scuba divers are lucky enough to have. You’ve heard me tell you before that scuba diving in West Palm Beach is one of the greatest places to go if you want to have the best sea turtle encounters, so let me elaborate a little more and share with you the story and photographs from today’s…

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Celebrating World Oceans Day

Celebrating World Oceans Day is something we do here at Walker’s Dive Charters every day. World Oceans Day is a reminder to stop and think about our life-giving oceans and the importance of caring for them. Every day on the ocean we are mindful of the items, such as plastic and fishing tackle, that harm our ocean and its inhabitants, so we are always in…

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Great Underwater Moments!

“All good deeds towards nature are rewarded, ” I like to say. It never fails. I pickup some garbage underwater or right an upturned coral, and the next thing I know nature is rewarding me with a really cool underwater moment. As I was slowly drifting along the reef today, I came across some fishing line entangled throughout the reef. The first thought…

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Palm Beach scuba diving is full of surprises

I know I sound like a broken record player, but I have to say it again: Scuba diving in West Palm Beach, Florida is always full of surprises. You never know what wonderful encounter you will experience next! If you have been following my blog posts for the past week you can see how diverse and special every dive can be. Today was no different! Within a handful of…

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Palm Beach Diving – Great Visibility!

While showing my underwater photographs to scuba divers who have only visited the coral reefs of West Palm Beach, Florida, once or twice,  I often surprise them with the blue water visibility that some of my photographs depict. They are quick to question whether this is really West Palm Beach, or whether I have enhanced the photographs in the computer. While…

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