According to Jan Breckman, co-owner of Sea Dragon Charters out of Horseshoe Bay, business continues to be strong a year later: “Yes, it looks like another great year is coming up! It takes time for dive stores and trip leaders to organize group charters, so we will continue to have new business for some time. We already have many bookings for 2016 and visibility has really been good since last summer.”

In Bikini on 24 July 1946, an enormous water column beneath a mushroom cloud left 500,000 tons of radioactive mud in the atoll’s lagoon. As a result of the underwater nuclear bomb, “Baker Test”, the Bikini atoll was so devastated, that nearly all of the atoll’s vegetation was destroyed, and the islands were sufficiently contaminated to render them all uninhabitable until at least 2030. This was just the beginning of an insane atomic arms race that jeopardized many pacific islanders’ lives and destroyed the surrounding nature.

 

Although I am the only female in the group, and a travel journalist, I am accepted because I create these escapes and weave a recipe of pleasing surprises, challenging dives and always add a twist of exploration to the mix. The guys are also impressed that I am a grandmother of five and use a single tank to their doubles.