South Australia’s worst algal bloom on record The water was green. Not the turquoise that divers know so well, but a toxic, unhealthy hue that clung to the shoreline. Beneath the surface, movement slowed on the beach at Port Noarlunga, lifeless fish lay tangled in seaweed. Below, rays, octopus, and sea dragons drifted in the swell, silent witnesses to something deeply wrong. By early winter 2025, the ocean along South Australia’s coastline had changed beyond recognition. What

I don’t really remember the first time I saw the ocean, but I do remember the first time a movie made me feel like I was deep inside it. Since then, I’ve collected ocean movies the way some people collect seashells. My friends know I don’t usually get emotional over films, I’m always half-aware that it’s “just a movie.” But a few rare ones manage to pull me all the way in. Playing With Sharks (available on Disney+) is one of them. This documentary follows Valerie Taylor, a fe

I can remember it as if it were yesterday. The Coral Bay sky was glowing every shade from yellow to red, the sea calm and endless, no...