Field notes from the bay.
Short-form writing from the team behind the apparel — what we are seeing, what we are reading, and the policy fights we are paying attention to. Written between tides, posted when it is ready.
Latest field note
Hands off the cradles.
A field note on responsible dive tourism, the dive shops that run a no-touch playbook, and why the people wearing our line will never post a photo of a shark nursery.
Saltwater stewardship
Why Tidebreak divers won't touch a shark nursery.
A nursery is a maternity ward, not a photogenic backdrop. Here is what the no-touch playbook looks like from the boat, and why the apparel and the cause are the same thing.
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Field note
Why the reef moved north this season
A long, slow summer shifted the temperatre band the corals feed in — and they walked with it. A brief note on what it looked like from the boat, and what we will be reading up on before the next dive.
Forthcoming
Policy watch
The bay we are watching this fall
A short-list of the marine-conservation fights we are paying attention to, who is leading them locally, and where the 1% pledge from our last capsule is going to land this season.
Forthcoming
Material
What we learned printing on recycled cotton
Two seasons in, here is what we would tell anyone considering an apparel line on GOTS-certified, recycled-cotton blanks — including the one supplier we would NOT use again.
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