Can you really overdive a site?

I sometimes read about certain dive sites being over dived and ask myself "How does this happen?" I view these photographs and I am appalled by the behaviour of the dive guides - they need to take responsibility of the divers in their charge.

Scuba diving entails visiting a site, swimming around underwater for a bit, surfacing somewhat slower than swimming around and then departing - not difficult, one would think. When diving South East Asia and the Southern Pacific; dives are guided, the guide takes responsibility for both the group and the environment. Let's face it, this is their livelihood at stake here, you would expect the guides to be extremely protective of their work environment and ultimately their future.

I was researching material for a dive post on Blue Corner in Palau and came across these photographs, it's hard to believe dive guides allow such practices occur. Sitting on top of this amazing wall crunching the coral is eco-vandalism - this has to stop.