Hi, I’m Candice!

In 2016, I learned to scuba dive because I wanted to try something new and because I’ve always loved the water. It changed my life.

A few years later, I joined Scuba Diving magazine and began traveling on story assignments. I flew to places I’d never have imagined visiting before becoming a diver—Chuuk Lagoon, Palau, the Orkney Isles, Galapagos, the Red Sea, Sri Lanka.

Diving gave me unparalleled access to adventure but it also gave me a deep sense of meaning and community. It turned me into an ambassador for our ocean planet and it made me want to share the transformational power of scuba.

I’m a PADI scuba instructor, a learner, a writer, a photographer, an animal lover, a gear junkie, and a maker. I’m also an insatiably-curious South African expat currently cutting my teeth on semi-nomadic living in the U.S.A.

I hope my content will inspire you to try new things. Life is short. Feel the fear and then go out and do it anyway.