John Liang
John Liang is the News Editor at DeeperBlue.com. He first got the diving bug while in High School in Cairo, Egypt, where he earned his PADI Open Water Diver certification in the Red Sea off the Sinai Peninsula. Since then, John has dived in a volcanic lake in Guatemala, among white-tipped sharks off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, and other places including a pool in Las Vegas helping to break the world record for the largest underwater press conference.
Cancer Claims Life Of Underwater Cameraman Bob Cranston
If you love watching IMAX movies about the ocean, chances are they were shot by underwater cameraman Bob Cranston.
Cranston, who shot a multitude of IMAX films about the ocean,...
GoPro Unveils New 2-Year Warranty Program
Live in the USA and use your GoPro camera a lot while diving? Well, the company just unveiled a new warranty program where if you break your camera during...
Curacao Coral Reef Restoration Effort Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
A coral restoration effort off the shores of the Caribbean island of Curacao celebrated its one-year anniversary last week.
The effort began in May 2015 when the Coral Restoration Foundation...
Shark Documentary ‘Of Shark And Man’ Gets Closer To Being Released
Hollywood, California-based Project 8 Films has bested three other companies in snagging the international sales rights to the award-winning documentary "Of Shark And Man."
The documentary last month won two...
REEF Fest 2016 Scheduled For September 29-October 2
If you're a coral reef junkie and like doing "citizen science," the 2016 dates for a big, annual festival on that specific topic held in Key Largo, Florida have...
NAUI Green Diver Initiative Planning Big Harbor Clean-Up In Florida
NAUI's Green Diver Initiative is in the midst of planning a big diver clean-up event of the downtown Tampa, Florida harbor and channel waterways next year.
As part of that...
Diveheart Concludes First Cozumel Dive Trip, Preps For More In August And September
The awesome folks at the Diveheart Foundation recently took their first trip to Cozumel in 2016, and have a couple more planned before the end of the year.
The organization...
Mission Blue Organizing Online Petition To Protect The California Plastic Bag Ban
The folks at Mission Blue are campaigning to ensure that California's plastic bag ban, which faces one final hurdle, goes into effect after this coming November.
While the California State...
Scuba Show Taking Place This Weekend In Long Beach, California
If you live on the West Coast of the USA and are interested in getting into scuba diving (or know someone who is), the Scuba Show in Long Beach,...
Thailand Closes Multiple Dive Sites
Thailand is taking some pretty drastic measures to try to help its coral reefs recover from a one-two punch of a more-powerful-than-usual El Niño and the high number of...
Global Vision International Offering Volunteer Marine Environment Research Trips
Ever thought about taking a month-long vacation and helping the marine environment at the same time?
With World Oceans Day on June 8 fast approaching, why not make this the...
Diving From A Traditional Chinese Junk Liveaboard Should Be On Everyone’s Bucket List
If you’re going to spend the money to travel to Thailand for diving, might as well make it memorable by doing some of your dives off a liveaboard that’s...
Check Out DEMA’s Latest ‘Go Dive Now’ Marketing Campaign
Know someone who's thinking about learning how to dive? The Diving Equipment and Marketing Association might have you covered.
The website for DEMA's new national marketing campaign, Go Dive Now,...
Autonomous Underwater Camera Drone Smashes Crowdfunding Target and Raises $200,000
The folks who built the iBubble -- the first autonomous underwater camera drone -- recently wrapped up their IndieGogo campaign and exceeded their US$75,000 (67,340 Euro) crowdfunding target by...
Twelve-Year-Old Becomes Youngest PADI-Certified Junior Master Scuba Diver
Just because you learn things a bit differently than others doesn't mean you can't master a certain skill.
Check out Tennessee Cumming, who at just 12 years and one day...
