Category Archives: Deep Free Dive For Sharks

Goodbye 2012! Hello 2013!

[doptg id=”15″] It’s time to get stuck in to 2013 and loads of conservation work, but before doing so I would like to reflect back on 2012: what did we achieve (the organisation I founded, AfriOceans Conservation Alliance, and my team and me), how can we improve, how can we have better impact? These are…

Shark Photography at Tiger Beach

Lemon sharks at night
[doptg id=”14″] “You’re living the dream Lesley!” was a comment on my Facebook wall when I announced I would be returning to the Tiger Beach in the Bahamas, a place that offers the best opportunities for shark photography. I’ve held an underwater camera for almost as long as I have been diving, which is over…

DEEP FREEDIVE FOR SHARKS – NEW CAMPAIGN!

Deep free dive for sharks

Over the past decade a growing movement of conservationists have succeeded in stopping shark fishing and/or the trade in shark fins in certain parts of the world. South Africa, however, a country home to over 100 different species of sharks (excluding rays and skates), and a place considered a shark diving Mecca of the world,…

Freediving with Trevor Hutton & cowsharks

Lesley Rochat Photography Freediving with Trevor Hutton

Wanting to learn to freedive has been a goal of mine for the past 13 years. It started one sunny South African day in False Bay when I snorkeled down and sat on the sand glancing up at the beautiful kelp forest that surrounded me while practicing to hold my breath. At that time there…