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John Liang

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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.
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Scuba Diving

Deepblu Leads Dive Agencies Into The Digital Age

The International Technical Diving Agency (ITDA) the International Diving Association (IDA) and the Diving Instructor World Association (DIWA) have begun to adopt Deepblu to extend their reach and complete their e-learning programs. Keeping...
Diving Travel

Celebes Divers Will Open Its Third Indonesian Resort This Coming July

If diving the waters off Indonesia has ever been on your bucket list, Celebes Divers is adding temptation to the fire with the imminent opening of its third resort...
Scuba Diving

PADI Instructor Who Certified 25-Millionth Diver Goes On Dream Trip

Imagine being the instructor to certify the 25-millionth PADI Open Water Diver, and as a result, winning a dream trip to Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Well, that's what happened to...
Scuba Diving

Latest Novel In Eric Douglas’ Mike Scott Thriller Series Releases This Week

If you love books based on the Florida Keys, a new novel by author Eric Douglas is set for official release this week. Douglas' latest thriller, "The 3rd Key: Sharks...
Ocean

Kickstarter Campaign Underway For ‘Wayan And The Turtle King’ Book

There’s a new crowdfunding campaign underway for a bilingual book on the ocean and its connection to Indonesia. Yvette Bezuidenhout has written “Wayan And The Turtle King,” a children's book that...
Freediving

America’s Cup Sailors Use Freediving As Part Of Their Training

At first glance, one wouldn’t think that professional sailors — particularly those racing in this year’s America’s Cup in Bermuda — would need to learn freediving, but Craig McFarlane...
Diving Travel

Dive Bonaire This Coming Fall

Have scuba diving off Bonaire in the Caribbean on your bucket list? You might want to check out a special promotion the island nation's tourism board is running. For the...
Scuba Diving

Spiegel Grove Artificial Reef Celebrates 15th Anniversary Next Month

Fifteen years ago, the former U.S. Navy amphibious ship Spiegel Grove was sunk to create an artificial reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. To mark the occasion, divers...
Ocean

Planet Earth II Snags Two BAFTA Awards

The BBC's Planet Earth II nature documentary recently won a pair of British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards. The show won BAFTAs for "Best TV Moment of the...
Diving Travel

Happy World Turtle Day!

If you have an affinity for sea turtles, May 23rd -- World Turtle Day -- quite likely could be a special occasion for you. The purpose of World Turtle Day -- founded...
Ocean

U.K. Company To Build Modular Artificial Reef To Protect Crayfish

A small company in the U.K. wants to help protect that country's indigenous white-clawed freshwater crayfish population from extinction. ARC Marine is constructing a custom-built reef structure at Vobster Quay, an inland...
Diving Travel

Dive Friends Bonaire Now Has A Shop At New Marriott Courtyard Hotel

The Marriott Courtyard hotel on Bonaire is partnering with the island's largest independent dive shop chain. Dive Friends Bonaire's sixth location is now open in a building adjacent to the...
Scuba Diving

PADI CEO calls purchase by a group of rich families a ‘positive transition’

In the wake of Providence Equity Partners' US$700 million sale of PADI to Mandarinfish Holdings -- a group of rich families -- last March, PADI's President and CEO Drew Richardson...
Ocean

Nonprofit Diving Group Supporting Underwater Conservation In Fiji

A nonprofit dive group called Global Underwater Explorers this month is conducting a survey of coral reefs off the coast of Fiji. The project, called Project Baseline, is documenting coral...
Ocean

NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuaries Introduce ‘Virtual Dive Gallery’

If diving the USA's myriad underwater marine sanctuaries is on your bucket list but you have a spouse or partner who isn't into scuba diving, one potential compromise could...
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