One Ocean Scuba

Fantastic weekend of diving and a new group of divers in the One Ocean Family!

So excited to kick off another MCPS Summer Rise Internship program! Diving, kayaking, native planting activities…it’s going to be FINtastic!

Is anyone else counting the days?
It’s 103 😍🏞️

Breakfast with a view! Saint Lucia style ☕️🍍

Mornings at Anse Chastanet begin with fresh tropical flavors, warm coffee, and iconic Piton views stretching out beyond the table.

A simple moment, made unforgettable by the setting.

Extra arm space? Needed.

Comic by Nate Fakes

Do you have a favorite reef-safe sunscreen? We’ve started using Stream2Sea Coral Care - pick some up before your next trip!

It’s National Sunscreen Day! Visiting a coral reef does not mean you have to sacrifice sun safety 🌞

Find sunscreens that avoid chemicals potentially harmful to marine life, and check out these other ways to protect yourself from too much UV radiation.

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/sunscreen-corals.html

Meet one of the ocean's most disarming secrets — the newborn stingray. Just hours old, its body is almost entirely transparent, a ghost wrapped in silk, drifting across the seafloor like a living whisper. Beneath that translucent wing, tiny pink gills pulse with life — fragile, yet perfectly engineered. Born fully formed, with no mother to guide it, this creature enters the world completely alone, armed with nothing but instinct. What appears to be a smile is actually one of nature's greatest illusions — those 'eyes' you see on its face? Not eyes at all. The real ones sit on top, watching everything. The ocean has never looked more innocent — and yet, nothing here is ever quite what it seems.
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