The August

Sea-gram

from MilaBooks.com

For ocean lovers, divers,

and "deep-thinkers."

A Hawksbill Sea Turtle Says, "Hello!"

Paul Mila photo, Cozumel, Mexico (c)

How The Process Starts!

A female loggerhead sea turtle approaches a beach in Cozumel after a long journey of many hundreds of miles, searching for a suitable place to climb ashore, make her nest, and lay her eggs.

This green sea turtle lays her eggs, covers the nest, and then drags herself back into the sea. Sea turtle volunteers use special lights invisible to the turtles.

Hatchlings Race To The Sea!

Sea turtle volunteers released the nest when it was ready, and the hatchlings raced to the sea before crabs, birds, and other predators catch and eat them.

Dangers Sea Turtles Face!

Only about 1 in 1,000 sea turtles make it to adulthood. These videos show the dangers they face,

many of which are man-made.

This video shows a baby sea turtle fighting through sargassum sea weed to reach the sea. Sargassum has exploded due to warming sea temperatures and runoff from fertilizers. However, floating sargassum provides protective habitat for turtles in the open ocean.

Even Adult Sea Turtles Are Not Safe!

These three videos illustrate the dangers

that adult sea turtles face:

Sea-gram contributor Tom Helmke sent us happy endings for these two adult sea turtles.

This first turtle was trapped in plastic trash!

Tom's second short video shows a sea turtle entangled in a discarded fising net.

Our underwater encounter in Cozumel, with an injured loggerhead sea turtle that survived a boat strike, was the inspration for "Larry Loggerhead Travels to the Sea Turtle Hospital."

Note the deep scar in "Larry's" carapace (shell).

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Kids Korner

Children love learning about sea turtles and other marine life in the Harry Hawksbill adventure series, featuring actual underwater photography instead of illustrations.



Click on the cover spread below to learn more about each story, available on Amazon or directly from the website.

The fourth story in the series, Sally Stingray finds Her Way Home, co-authored with grandson Luke, is now avaiable!

Click on our photo for details.

New Jersey residents can also find the Harry Hawksbill Sea Turtle series at the Jenkinsons Aquarium Gift Shop at Point Pleasant Beach . . .

. . . and Divers 2 Dive Shop in Avon.

As an author, it is gratifying to see so many happy young readers!

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Diving Milestones!

Martha Katz, owner of Scuba Network, Long Island, reached an amazing diving milestone:

Her 5,500th dive!

Details from Martha:

"The dive was in St Eustatius with 30 of my dive friends. The dive site was The Triple Wreck. The coral was amazing, as you can see! Full of color and fish.

The photo was taken with the SeaLife micro-3 camera and light."

Thanks,

Martha Katz

Thanks for sharing, Martha!

Click on Martha to learn about

Scuba Network of Long Island

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The Authors' Corner

For Exciting Beach Reads, click:

Click on the Tropical Authors logo below

and dive into adventures

from our other Tropical Authors!

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Funny Photo Department

Dive Buddy Greg Stadter, diving in Belize,

sent in this photo, titled:

"Papa Sharks cool new underwater look.🤣🤣"


New Minion headgear modeled by Greg Stadter on Trick Ridge on Southeast Caye Barrier reef system in Belize.

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Other Fun Things to Check out!

My beachfront studio condo in Cozumel, Mexico is available for rent.

Perfect for your romantic getaway or dive vacation!

For additional details please visit:

Cozumel Is Paradise

Also call 516-578-1482

or email me at pjmila@hotmail.com

Loggerhead Marinelife Center Update

There's always something exciting going on at Loggerhead Marinelife Center. Check out:

Marinelife.org

Discover the

Coastal Discovery Museum,

Hilton Head, SC.

You can adopt a

sea turtle nest,

and so much more!

Click on the

sea turtle hatchlings

for more information

Two Great Dive Industry Sources of Information:

Ben Davison's Undercurrent Magazine

Scott Jones' Dive Newswire

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For the best

New York Area and

World-Wide Diving

www.scubadiversusa.com

In Avon New Jersey, visit Divers Two

www.diverstwo.com

For the best

Cozumel diving

contact:

Scubawithalison.com

For West Coast &

Pacific Diving:

DolphinScuba.com

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Fulvio manages my 

Little Slice of Paradise. 

For other properties that Fulvio manages, visit:

Fulvio's Cozumel Rentals

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About MilaBooks.com

Your home for exciting dive adventure novels, nonfiction, children's books, and YouTube videos.

Just click on the reading dolphin, and swim around our website for more information.

C

Thanks for visiting;

we'll see you next month!

Paul J. Mila

MilaBooks.com

12 Portchester Drive

Jackson, NJ 08527

516-578-1482