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Why I'm obsessed with...

The world's seas are rich with treasures, many just out of sight. This series will profile the naturalists, oceanographers and hobbyists who have become obsessed with something in the ocean – from seals to sharks to shipwrecks – and uncover why they have developed such a fascination

  • A woman in diving gear on the deck of a boat

    I’m obsessed with ocean sounds: ‘I can’t see but I can hear the whole reef, like an orchestra’

    Padi’s first South African blind scuba diver describes how her other senses enhance her experience underwater
  • Seahorse survey being conducted by Neil Garrick-Maidment in diving gear.

    I am so obsessed with seahorses, I had 26 tanks full of them in my home

    The founder of the Seahorse Trust explains how his life-long fascination with the enigmatic creatures helped us to understand and protect them
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