[Bending Down for 825] A Group of Divers Taking Action to Protect Taiwan's Macro Diving Mecca

Behind the Macro Diving Mecca

Along Provincial Highway 2 on Taiwan's Northeast Coast, at the 82.5k marker in the direction of Longdong,
lies Taiwan divers' ultimate macro diving mecca.
Countless underwater photography masters have praised this dive site as a match for the world's greatest macro destinations.
Yet beneath all that glory,
how much marine debris lies quietly along the shoreline,
waiting — perhaps for a decade or more...

Divers can pick up any trash they spot after every dive,
quietly caring for the ocean in their own way.
But those who take the initiative to organize beach cleanups and ocean cleanups deserve our full support.
After all, planning these events demands enormous time and energy —
and even a personal financial sacrifice.
Your small word of encouragement can outweigh a million online keyboard warriors' cynical attacks.

Dive instructor Music Lin 林音樂 (我是潛水教練) shares in the video:
A beach cleanup is not the best or ultimate answer to the problem of marine debris.
But the hope is that by organizing these events again and again,
we can raise awareness of how to start reducing plastic use in daily life.
Only by tackling the problem at its source do we have a chance to truly change the ocean.
The ocean changes because I dive.

Photos courtesy of 羅賓 Robbin Chang