Santa Catalina Island is located 22 miles southwest of Los Angeles, California. It is more commonly called Catalina Island and is known for its active boating community. It is generally a very rocky island with about 4,500 people inhabiting it. The majority of the...
The Volvo Ocean Race is a sailing race around the world and is held every three years. Typically the race begins in October and departs from Europe. This race has the sailors endure some of the most ferocious conditions that you can imagine. Throughout the entire...
In California right now, wildfires are raging across much of the State, endangering people and wildlife in many areas. This year’s wildfire season is particularly volatile, owing to the environmental factors related to climate change. Rising global temperatures and...
Tasmania is an island state of Australia located about 240 km off the south coast of the Australian mainland. It is the 26th-largest island in the world and is surrounded by 334 other islands. The population on the island is about 519,100as of June 2016. This island...
Here at Seas Lyfe, one of our main goals is to spread awareness regarding the plastic pollution in our ocean. It is obvious to most if not all of us that something needs to change if we expect to have the ocean within the next 100 years. It has come to the point...
Boracay is an island in the Philippines that is becoming one of the major tourist destinations in the world. Boracay is located not far from Manila, the capital of the Philippines, at the tip of the island region known as the Western Visayas. The island has recently...
It's a constant message: save the ocean, protect marine wildlife, stop water pollution. Though it may seem like a tedious onslaught of the same information, it remains extremely important and impactful to continually remind people about the dangers facing our oceans...
Milos is a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea, which is north of the Sea of Crete. This is the most southwestermost island in the Cyclades group. Milos has a total of 160.147 sq. km and has a population of about 5,000 inhabitants. Milos was first valued heavily...
Sailors are people who aren't shaken too easily, but what will have a sailor quaking in their boots are their own superstitions. Most of them revolve around bad luck and the weather; well that is pretty much our entire life isn't it? Here is a list of sailors'...
Pollution is becoming a huge problem for everyone. From pollution on our beaches to the pollution on our streets, it is absolutely everywhere and getting out of hand. Where is this pollution really coming from? Here are a couple of the terms you use to refer to the...
Our world is covered in water, but every year, the oceans that make up the vast majority of that water become extremely polluted and increasingly create threats to our environment. Raising awareness about the precariousness of our position is one of our goals here at...
The Canary Islands, or Las Islas Canarias, is an archipelago of islands off of the coast of Morroco that belongs to Spain. The Canary Islands consist of seven islands that form the southernmost autonomous community in the Kingdom of Spain. The Canary Islands are an...
LYFE: Life You Find Exploring, is a central idea that we have been thinking about for years. Some of the best things in life, like adventure, peace, and happiness, are often found when traveling and exploring, finding a sense of fulfillment by transplanting yourself...
Cuvier's Beaked Whale is a species of whale that is found in many oceans throughout the world, including the Pacific. Cuvier's Beaked Whale, with the scientific name Ziphius cavirostris, is the most populous species of beaked whale. There are an estimated 100,000 of...
Sint Maarten is an island country within the Caribbean. It sits 1,347 miles southeast of Florida and is made up of two major cultures, French and Dutch. It has a population of about 40,000 people all living on fourteen square miles. It is an island that is heavily...
Sailing is one of those pastimes that takes a lot of dedication and work to see everything pay off. There are certain requirements and pre-requisites that you need to obtain in order to become fully licensed as a captain. This is a list of everything needed in order...
As a sailor, you will start to familiarize yourself with the geographies and different types of wildlife on each island. One of the islands you might not be that familiar with is Guadalupe Island. Guadalupe Island is a volcanic island that is located 150 miles off the...
One of the most common questions we get here while sailing the San Diego Bay is how to learn to sail. We’re more than happy to help any first-time sailors out on the water learn some of the basic skills it takes to sail under your own power. Here are just a few basic...
Sailing is a pastime that requires knowledge and the ability to learn quickly and on the go. Not only having to learn the parts of the boats themselves, but you also have to become privy to the everchanging sailor slang. Many of the phrases we even use today have...
We’re always looking for daily ways that we can reduce our impact on the environment, and San Diego is a great place to explore more sustainable ways of living. In many places, summer is a season of high energy use, with higher usage of air conditioners, higher...
With our ocean becoming a less hospitable place every day, organizations have begun to set up areas in the ocean to protect marine life by keeping waste and humans out. As we begin to study the effects of these protected areas, it turns out they might be doing less...
That feeling of wanderlust; it drags you in and shows you the world of possibilities (literally). The travel bug is an extremely common thing to catch nowadays, especially with the proliferation of Instagram posts showcasing all of the fantastic places around the...
The tide comes and goes daily, but what’s the importance of the tide? The tide is measured by the rise and fall of the sea level caused by the effects of gravity, the moon, and the sun, as well as the rotation of the Earth. Tide tables are used to predict and...
This weekend, the 2018 Paul Mitchell Supergirl Surf Pro was held in Oceanside, California, in North Coastal San Diego. Every year, participants head to Oceanside for the largest women's surfing competition in the world. This year, over 100 of the world's top female...
Some may think of it just as a passing craze, but electric vehicles (EVs) are quickly becoming more and more prevalent throughout the country, especially in California. Nearly 500,000 battery electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles are on the road in California, with the...
It should come as no surprise that much of the debris pollution that is found in the ocean originates at beaches worldwide. Over half of the world's population lives within relatively close proximity of a coastline, and going to the beach is a common summertime...
Lately, we have been getting a lot of questions regarding exactly why we are sailing around the world. We at Seas Lyfe all have a couple of things in common, more than anything we absolutely love the water and living on it. Many...
Did you know that historically the term "sea legs" referred to sailors who had spent so much time on the water that their legs were bowed and they tended to sway as they gained stability upon arriving at the port? On the ship sailors had to move and sway with the...
With our ocean becoming a less hospitable place everyday, organizations have begun to set up areas in the ocean to protect marine life by keeping waste and humans out. As we begin to study the effects of these protected areas, it turns out they might be doing less...
Most of us enjoy a drink now and then while celebrating with friends or even unwinding after a long day at work, but did you know our feathered friends also like to indulge? If you've been to the beach you've probably witnessed a seagull steal away with snacks but...