Michelle aka Mermaid Michi @guardianofthewaters shares with us how she began her journey as a professional mermaid! 🧜🏼‍♀️🌊 Check out this week’s podcast episode! Now live on all major platforms: YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts! Don’t miss out on this exciting conversation! 🤙🏼 🧜🏼‍♀️: @guardianofthewaters 🎙️: Paddle Perspectives Podcast 📸: @floridaguidejosh #Mermaid #Conservation #Florida | Josh Swander

Yesterday was one for the books 🌊 There’s something powerful about being in the water for a purpose bigger than yourself.💙 I joined @oceanrescuealliance and @diveblu3 for their second Citizen Science Dive to install Coral Lok plugs onto artificial reef structures just offshore dive site #2! 🪸 What blew my mind? These structures were deployed just over a month ago, and already they’re covered in life.🐟🐠 Getting to place the Coral Lok plugs and contribute to something so meaningful made me fe

Manatee Season Starts This Saturday 💙 I am So blessed to have witnessed these gentle giants just in time 🌊 Just one day before the spring closed, Olga @fintasticolga and I were lucky enough to encounter not just one but four manatees, including a mama, her juvenile, and a newborn calf. 💙 It was pure magic. The spring we visited is a designated manatee protection zone, and it closes early if high numbers of manatees are present, giving them a safe and quiet refuge for the winter months. Manate