Our Mission
Les Fruits de Mer are dedicated to pioneering the sport, art and science of Extreme Shallow Snorkeling (“le E.S.S.”) all over the world, through documentary film-making, scientific photography, outreach, and other initiatives.
Extreme Shallow Snorkeling Team
"pour les sciences. le plaisir. et le boating."
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- Guides
- The Complete Guide to E.S.S.
- The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of Saint Martin
- Sea Life
- St. Martin Wildlife Guide
- Birds
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris)
- Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
- Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
- Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)
- Butterflies
- Angerona Hairstreak (Electrostrymon angerona)
- Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius cassioides)
- Checkered Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus)
- Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
- Columella Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon columella)
- Disjunct Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon bubastus ponce)
- Florida White (Appias drusilla)
- Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)
- Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
- Hall’s Sulfur (Eurema leuce)
- Hanno Blue (Hemiargus h. hanno)
- Little Yellow (Eurema lisa)
- Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
- Mimic (Hypolimnas misippus)
- Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
- Tropical Buckeye (Junonia genoveva)
- Tropical Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus oileus)
- Moths
- Reptiles
- Anole (Anolis gingivinus)
- Anole (Anolis pogus)
- Dwarf Gecko (Sphaerodactylus macrolepis)
- Dwarf Gecko (Sphaerodactylus sputator)
- Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
- Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
- Ground Lizard (Ameiva plei)
- Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
- House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)
- Red-footed Tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria)
- Spiders
- Birds
- Saint Martin Snorkeling Guide
- Locations
- Businesses
- Attractions
- Expeditions
- Solo and Mini Expeditions
- St. Martin, Winter 2008
- St. Martin & Saba, Spring 2008
- Bermuda, July 2008
- Bermuda, August 2008
- Roatan, Winter 2009
- St. Martin, Winter 2009
- Roatan, May 2009
- Bahamas, Sept. 2009
- St. Martin, 2009-2012
- Saba, October 2010
- Costa Rica, July 2011
- Îles Vierges Britanniques, Fall 2011
- USVI, March 2012
- Bonaire, June 2012
- Tour de France, Fall 2012
- Turkey, October 2012
- Grand Cayman, Fall 2012
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