Did you know the day was created as a yearly observance to help people celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and their disappearing habitats around the world?
Read MoreHarvesting Stone Crab | Salt Life Podcast
A few weeks ago I was with host Kieran Anderson from Salt Life to discuss stone crab fishing in Florida and why it’s considered one of the most sustainable forms of fishing. Listen to the Podcast!
Read MoreFree Dive For Longer! Must Know Exercises & Tips For EVERY DIVER
Salt Life Video - Let me walk you through my most effective exercises to free dive for longer. I focus on breathing techniques, stretches, exercises for depth, and more. Make sure your buddy knows what to do and stay safe- happy diving!
Read MoreNew ♒︎ Life in Shades of Blue ♒︎ Merch Available Online
Life in Shades of Blue is inspired by the sea and made for all ocean people. It's for the sun seekers, the sea lovers and the day dreamers. For the girls with wild hair, salty skin, sun kissed souls who have a ☼summer state of mind☼ all year round while chasing a never-ending adventure.
Read MoreSustainable Fishing - Save the Mermaid Podcast Interview
In this episode of @savethemermaidspodcast I have a chat with Chelsea & Blake (@themermaidchelsea @blakeintheblue)
As a water woman, photographer, and spear fisher, I have a massive love and respect for our oceans. We chat about my journey to the water, sustainable fishing practices, and what it means to care for the sea. You won't want to miss this interview!
Read MoreWelcome to My Life in Shades of Blue!
Gabriella Gerbasi - Ocean child passionate about ocean conservation and sustainability. I’m a waterwoman living life in shades of blue. Whether it’s freediving, spearfishing, scuba diving or boating I try to spend as much time as I can in the water.
The sea is my second home. The ocean is central to my existence, it is where I go to exercise, to explore, to fish and feed myself. For me, the ocean is a source of energy and power. It calms my mind and recharges my body. When I’m in the water, I experience joy and contentment. I delight in the sea, I can taste the life in the water.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to be a waterwoman ?
The sea is my second home. The ocean is central to my existence, it is where I go to exercise, to explore, to fish and feed myself. For me, the ocean is a source of energy and power. It calms my mind and recharges my body. When I’m in the water, I experience joy and contentment. I delight in the sea, I can taste the life in the water.
Read MoreSea you in 2023 - Happy New Year!
My goal is to be filthy rich. Rich in adventures, in health, in knowledge, in laughter, in family, in friends, in love and stop along the way to take photos. All the things I want in my sphere this new year: ocean, nature, positive people around me, laughs, intentionality, and LOVE. SO MUCH LOVE because I don’t have time for anything less.
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Can’t wait to give my best in 2023 and to spend as much time as possible in and on the water!
What happened to sea urchins in the Caribbean?
Did you know Diadema previously experienced a massive die-off throughout the Caribbean in the early 1980s?
A waterborne pathogen beginning near the Atlantic Panama Canal entrance caused history's largest recorded marine animal die-off, wiping out 95-99% of Diadema antillarum populations throughout the Caribbean.
Read MoreJoin me on International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICCD)
I joined my neighbors for a beach clean up for #CoastalCleanUp day to promote global awareness about plastic pollution, and drive positive action on behalf of the world’s oceans and waterways.
Read MoreJoin me in supporting the clean ocean movement with 4ocean
My goal is to bring awareness to conservation and empower action through art and sustainable living and .that’s why I’m stoked to be joining forces with 4ocean to help them in their mission to end the ocean plastic crisis. Their captains and crews have already recovered millions of pounds of trash and you can help pull the next one.
Read MoreNEW Merch Now Available Online ♒︎ Life in Shades of Blue ♒︎ Sustainability • Conservation • Art
Life in Shades of Blue is inspired by the sea and made for all the children of the tide. It's for the sun seekers, the sea lovers and the day dreamers. For everyone with wild hair, salty skin, sun kissed souls who have a ☼summer state of mind☼ all year round while chasing a never-ending adventure. Give back to our oceans with every purchase.
Read MoreJune is Ocean Month
June is Ocean Month. It’s time to shift from thinking of the ocean as a victim to seeing it as an essential part of solving global challenges. We do not have to choose between ocean protection and production. We can have both for a healthy, prosperous future.
Read MoreHappy World Oceans Day
On #WorldOceansDay, people around our blue planet 🌍 celebrate and honor the ocean, which connects us all.
The theme this year is Revitalisation: Collective Action for the Ocean, drives home the message that we need to combine forces across the ocean community—and beyond—in order to revitalise ocean health and restore (and protect) vital marine habitats.
Bahamas Adventures - The Ocean Provides
I am incredibly grateful to have been introduced to freediving and spearfishing by no other than Valentine Thomas, a freediving instructor, published chef and advocate for sustainable eating, who quit her job in London to live a simple life and to spread the word about eating responsibly and following her dreams.
Read MoreThe Daily Salt - Get to Know Me Better
‘‘The Salt Life has always come naturally to one of our newest team members, Gabriella Gerbasi. The French-Canadian native and self-proclaimed “ocean child” has been diving for as long as she can remember. She first became a PADI-certified junior diver at the age of 12, and by 14, Gabriella had a full open-water certification.’’
Read MoreSisters of the Tide
We all come from the sea, but we are not all of the sea. Those of us who are, we sisters & children of the tides, we are bound by sand, salt, sea and we must return to it again and again 🧜🏼♀️🌊
I love how diving and the ocean forms bonds with people. Ocean people are my people. We still like to play just like when we were kids meeting after school. We look outside in the morning and when the weather’s nice and the water is calm, we make plans to spend time outside, no phone, no distractions. Just friends, nature and stories to tell.
Read my Interview with Salt Life on Cold Water, Warm Water, and my Mermaid Diving Bucket List
Read my Interview with Salt Life on Cold Water, Warm Water, and my Mermaid Diving Bucket List
It seems with every passing year more and more people are taking up diving as a hobby, and for good reason! The ocean is absolutely breathtaking and the creatures that live below the surface are equally as fascinating. Many divers have their sights set on warmer waters such as those in Cozumel or Belize, but often forget you can also dive in colder waters.
Read MoreJoin me in the Florida Spearfishing Tournament
Join me in the @floridaspearfishing tournament. An event that allows people from all over the state of #Florida to compete! Spearfish all the time like you normally do, except now when you get a fish you can enter it to win prizes.
I’ve always felt inspired by the sea women of Jeju and the Ama divers who represent the feminine strength and resilience as a self sufficient sisterhood of diving women, mothers and grandmothers. These women are treated like heroes by the people of their island because they support their families, they fish and harvest what they eat and provide in the most natural way possible.
Read MoreTalking Sustainability on Above and Below; a Salt Life Podcast
I have deep passion for conservation and sustainability. In this episode of Above and Below: a Salt Life podcast, Kieran & I discuss easy ways to live an environmentally conscious life, while protecting the ocean and its inhabitants.
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