. A girl with a GoPro, travelling from dive site to dive site.

Life is what happens underwater, everything else is just surface interval and it's my quest to show you this wonderful world.

I make videos, take photos and write dive reports. Why? Because I love to inspire fellow scuba divers about good dive spots and I hope by showing people the beauty of the ocean that they'll help to protect it.





Summer schedule 2019

Providing useful scuba information

I'm your online dive guide

Conservation

Come and descend with me into the magical underwater world. Who am I? The Dutch Mermaid May - Australia: Clean up vlogs mostlyJune - Solomons: Taka liveaboard, Gizo & Munda - scuba diving vlogsJuly & August - Papua New Guinea: Tufi, Walindi, Rabaul & brand new liveaboard MV OceaniaSeptember - Egypt: Ramadan 3 liveaboard, Brothers/Deadalus/Elephant stone.As you can see, lots of fantastic places in the agenda, which means that I can guarantee a lot of cool content.The main focus of Dutch Mermaid and this page is to provide useful information about dive destinations, marine life on site, tips what wetsuit/gear to pack, travel and accommodation insights and anything else relevant.When I say I travel around the world, I mean it. And I try to get off the cliché and beaten path often as well! For example, in 2018 I dove in Indonesia (Bali, Komodo, Lembeh, Bunaken), Mozambique (Tofo and Vilanculous) and South Africa (Proteabanks and Capetown). This year I've so far done Egypt and Papua New Guinea (fantastic!). I'm about to leave for the Solomons.For those who can't go on these scuba trips themselves it gives a good idea what it's like and I hope you get to experience it through me. For those who can travel, this will be your initial dive guide to plan a fantastic holiday and ofcourse, be inspired!My main product is vlogs. Short vlogs, usually no longer than 5 minutes. My vlogs take you with me a day on a liveaboard in ancient Egypt, releasing a baby sea turtle in Bali or.... scuba diving with seals off the coast of South Africa. They're diverse and full of information. I hope you find the useful and feedback is always appreciated!How deep are the sites?What is the visibility?What's the water temperature?What is there to see?What should I pack?What's the best time to go?All questions I'll answer in my special Patreon Dive reports! These reports will be ready end of September 2019, for atleast destinations in Indonesia, Egypt, Mozambique, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Costa-Rica. More to come as I either go there or catch up on older destinations I've been to such as: Hawaii, Jamaica, Bonaire, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Thailand, Zanzibar.By showing what's out there, I hope not to only share a bit of the underwater kingdom with you, but also create awareness to safe the ocean. For example, I participate in a lot of ocean clean ups and started my own NGO focussed on clean ups. In 2019 I sailed a month around Australia to clean up uninhabited islands, vlogs are still in the making. The first few vlogs can be found on my YouTube channel . Please subscribe ❤️Ever wondered how to make a plastic brick? I made a 1 minute tutorial 😁