I try to include something new in every blog, vlog, or flog. So it’s not always the same, or seems the same. This time, a few firsts:• Inge Koetzier van Hooff snorkels and draws in Dutch waters for the first time.• She draws on stone paper for the first time.•… Read more
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2025 Just snorkeling
As promised in an earlier vlog, I would also share a video where I am just snorkeling and drawing. This is in the end of June (2025) in Vinkeveen. It’s on a Saturday, so you have to be there early, otherwise there are a lot of other divers. The water… Read more
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2025 Nothing to see?
There is a widespread misconception that there is nothing to see in Dutch waters. Or for other dark waters for that matter. Nothing could be further from the truth. Below is an example of various snorkeling and scuba diving sessions in the Vinkeveense plassen in The Netherlands. Here I filmed… Read more
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2025 Why this website?
I have written about it before in my blog Wetnotes. Because I think it is an important goal, I repeat it regularly. I want more people to appreciate the water world (The Wetlife). Of course because of the beauty that is there. But also because this environment may save or… Read more
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2025 Snorkel full face mask (FFM)
In 2024 I started looking into snorkel full face masks. Until then I had been snorkeling for 30 years with diving goggles and a separate snorkel. In itself fine to do, otherwise I would not have kept it up for 30 years. But I saw more and more people snorkeling… Read more
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2025 Cold water snorkeling 4
You might think by now that I’ve only done failed sessions. But nothing could be further from the truth. I’ve already tested so much. I know where I don’t need to snorkel in my own environment in the winter. I also know that underwater life only really comes to the… Read more
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2025 Cold water snorkeling 3
Following the previous experiences in ‘my’ lake, I decided to investigate whether the IJsselmeer was more suitable for snorkeling and drawing. I was hoping for both more depth and underwater life. I recorded a few timelapses at that location in the IJsselmeer. There was no underwater life visible. And then… Read more
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2025 Cold water snorkeling 2
In a previous blog I showed you what preparations I make when I go snorkeling in cold water. I also showed that sometimes you have to make the decision to cancel a snorkeling session. If you missed that blog, look here.But of course it is much more fun to see… Read more
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2025 Cold water snorkeling 1
Yes Mandy. It’s great that you can go to Lanzarote in the winter, but how do you snorkel and draw in the Netherlands when it’s a bit colder? Because I’m a diver, I have equipment for cold water. I wear a wetsuit or drysuit in colder water. I realize that… Read more
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2025 Practicing drawing
Why this vlog when I have previously indicated that nature journaling is not about drawing?The reason why I pay attention to drawing here has everything to do with the mobility under water. Not only of the medium water itself, but also of the underwater life. For this it is nice… Read more