Captain Don's Habitat, Bonaire
An off-season special turned into a favourite: deluxe rooms, real dive freedom on a protected reef, excellent food — “We will definitely return!”
Voice of the Sea · Underwater Images by Vivian Weber
Hello Divers
Underwater photographs and honest dive-trip reports from a Divemaster with 1,825 dives in the Caribbean and the South Pacific — for divers planning their next trip and anyone curious about the life below.
- 30years diving
- 1,825dives logged
- 901photos online
- 14trip reports
Browse the photos
901 images in 11 categories — every one with its name, every one viewable full size.
About Vivian
“Find your passion.”
Vivian Weber is a native of Wisconsin; a retired public school Speech Pathologist and Clinical Supervisor in the University of Wisconsin system. She has been diving for 30 years and has logged 1,825 dives in the Caribbean and the South Pacific. A Divemaster and underwater photographer, Vivian describes her affair with the ocean in this way:
“The ocean is my passion -- its force, depth, indescribable blue, and its secret life of brilliant corals and odd creatures. There is nothing quite like floating, suspended in a column of water, sunlight glistening from above as the wonders of the sea spread below. Words cannot adequately communicate the exhilaration of gliding over the edge of a coral wall and peering into the abyss or staring into the gaping mouth of a 30' whale shark as it surfaces or intruding on the private life of squid engaged in their mating dance.
So for a few minutes, sit back and allow me to be the Voice of the Sea and share with you my collection of underwater images. Enjoy your visit. Find your passion.”
Latest trip reports
Candid reviews of resorts, dive operations and destinations — written so you can weigh them against your own preferences.
Liberty Dive Resort and NAD Resort
A photo review of a return to Indonesia: about a hundred images from Liberty Dive Resort in Bali and NAD Resort in Lembeh.
Bonaire Town Homes
A delightful, owner-run lodging alternative to the big resorts, close to Kralendijk, the beach and several dive shops.
On the walls and in print
“Treasures of the Deep”
In 2010 the Riverfront Arts Center in Stevens Point showed about 150 of Vivian’s underwater photographs in the exhibit “Treasures of the Deep”. Her story of the Roatan coral spawn was featured on Alert Diver Online.
What visitors say
Vivian's underwater photography is an amazing capture of life beneath the sea. The vivid color, texture and composition of her photos are incredible. She has an uncanny ability to seek out the most hidden and miniature creatures with her astute observation of slightest movement, as well as the bigger and better known creatures like sharks and turtles. She brings to the eyes of the viewer the intense beauty of the underwater habitat as she experiences it. This slice-of-time snapshot of intense beauty is as close as it gets for the majority of us to experience this undersea world. Besides taking the photos, she learns about the subjects that she captures and shares that knowledge as well. Thanks Vivian for sharing your passion.
Your photos are just amazing. You are able to capture the little things that many of us overlook. I have shared your website with many of my friends and coworkers so that they could have an idea of what is down-under. I have also purchased one of your photos which now hangs in my home that I can enjoy everyday. Thank you so much for sharing your visions of the sea.
Viv, WOW!!!! Not only are you a wonderful dive buddy, but a photographer of skill and sensitivity. Who knew I would fall in love with those graceful, funny cephalopods or your beautiful abstract corals? Diving with you is a pleasure and reliving the experience in your photos is a treasure. Wonderful!!!!!!
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“The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
Say hello to Vivian
Questions about a destination, a resort or a critter in one of the photos — or just a comment for the guestbook.