Diving on the ocean, something he’s passionate about, Zapata has devoted his free time to the environment. But no cause is more important to him than protection of the sea. He is a lifelong diver and explorer.

Photo Cred By Pablo Zapata Aramburuzabala

Carolina Rodríguez Hernández: How do you start your interest in diving?

Pablo Zapata Aramburuzabala: I studied at SMU in Dallas, and we needed to take an optional class some sport and the one I felt attracted was a diving course that offered that university, it wasn´t the better experience as it was winter and the weather in Dallas is very cold at that time of the year. We did the training at the university pool, but the final test was in a lake outside Dallas. My first diving experience wasn’t exciting, the weather was under 0 degrees and after getting down the lake we make dust with no visibility. Anyway, I did finish my exercises and I was certificated, and I don´t was motivated in order to keep diving. Some months after the course, my mother told us that she wanted to visit Indonesia in the summer for a diving trip, which was so exciting, because Indonesia is widely recognized as the best destination for diving in the world. Since that moment my first diving experience in Indonesia I felt in love and I knew that was something I wanted to still doing the rest of my life.

CRH: Which have been your expectations until now?

PZA: I´m very lucky to met with Manuel Lazcano, he´s not just a great person, but also one of the best divers/photographers in the world, not to mention that he´s an ocean advocate in Mexico, I really want to learn from him, knowing places, new species and keeping on photos and video.

CRH: Which is your favorite destination to disconnect under water?

PZA: In Mexico we´re proud to have so much incredible places to dive, but it´s so difficult to choose only one as my favorite, because you´ll find different things in each place. In Cozumel, you will find a lot of Coral Reef and an incredible biodiversity, but there´s no big fauna, just few sharks and turtles. In Cancun, you will find big rays, whale shark and sailfish, but no coral reef like in Cozumel.

I have to discover many places as the Sea of Cortez, where Jacques Cousteau named as world aquarium, dive at the famous cenotes of Tulum, as well to swim with the crocodiles at Chinchorro, among many places. I believe what makes funny the diving is the surprise moment to discover something new, as well to find new experiences with the time.

CRH: Which is your vision on ocean preservation?

PZA: The immensity itself of the oceans, make us to think that we can´t destroy them. But the fat growing of the population have been drive us to exploit in a no responsible way the natural resources, among them the ocean.

The damage is very clear, we not just destroy almost a 90% of the big species of fish, but we also did the same exact thing with the coral reef that is a fundamental part of the ecosystem. For that reason, Indonesia is a key place for the ocean future, because is the only place in the world where the coral reef is not death because of the climate change of the water. I believe that with the ideas of Silvia Earle in her documentary https://www.mission-blue.org/ or the one from http://www.mexicopelagico.org/, we can think of a balance where we use responsible this resource, and to restore the fish populations and coral reef without hurt the fisherman economy and local economy.

CRH: Which is your message to ocean preservation?

PZA: Enjoy the ocean, go diving and to interact with sea animals, just like me, people will fall in love and protect it.

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