Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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

DAN Research Internship Program Application Deadline Approaching

Are you a student and love diving and scientific research? Well, the Divers Alert Network’s Research Internship Program is entering its 18th year of offering internships to a select...
Underwater Imaging

Our World Underwater Photo, Video Contest Submissions Now Being Accepted

Underwater shutterbugs that live in the midwestern USA can now begin submitting their pictures or video for the Our World Underwater photography competition. Currently in its 12th year, the contest...
Underwater Imaging

National Geographic Announces Nature Photographer of the Year Winners

Greg Lecoeur’s photo of Cape Gannets, sardines and dolphins has won the grand prize of National Geographic’s Nature Photographer of the Year contest. Scott Portelli’s “Jellyfish Feast” — a photo...
Ocean

Reminder For USA Viewers: ‘Planet Earth II’ Premieres On BBC America on January 28th

If the boffo ratings in the U.K. are any indication, chances are "Planet Earth II" will do pretty well in the United States, despite not being on The Discovery Channel. If...
Scuba Diving

Sunken World War II Shipwrecks Off Indonesia Illegally Salvaged For Scrap

If you’re an experienced technical diver with dreams of diving World War II ships sunk during the 1942 Battle of the Java Sea south of Borneo, you probably won’t...
Diving Travel

Bonaire Wins 12 Dive Destination Awards

Bonaire has become quite the dive destination, having earned 12 different awards in Scuba Diving Magazine's Readers Choice Awards, including three No. 1 rankings. For the 24th consecutive year, Bonaire...
Scuba Diving

Divers pay hefty fines for looting Scapa Flow shipwrecks

Word to the wise: Don't try making off with pieces from sunken warships in a historical underwater site. It'll cost you a good chunk of change. A British and American...
Freediving

Listen To ‘JUMP BLUE,’ A BBC Re-Imagining Of Freediving Champion Natalia Molchanova’s Final Dive

Ever wondered what a deep freedive would sound like? Written by Hannah Silva and narrated by British actress Fiona Shaw (who played Petunia Dursley in the "Harry Potter" films), BBC...
Freediving

Check Out DAVOSA’s New Apnea Diver Automatic Freediving Watch

Ever wanted to do your breathing exercises prior to a freedive, but didn't want to fiddle with a watch to set up the stopwatch mode or mentally count the...
Freediving

Argentine Freediver Ludmila Brzozowski Sets South American Continental Freediving Record

Ludmila Brzozowski of Argentina recently set a pair of new records in the Dynamic No Fins (DNF) and Dynamic With Fins (DYN) categories at an AIDA pool competition in...
Freediving

U.S. Freediving Legend Bob Croft Is The First Guest On A New Diving Podcast

If you're a podcast junkie and need a new one to add to your rotation, check out The League Of Extraordinary Divers podcast created and hosted by ScubaGuru.com's Tec...
Underwater Imaging

Check Out The Camera Housings From Italian Company GioSim

Underwater shutterbugs might want to check out the latest player in the camera housing market. Italian company GioSim is offering housings for mirrorless and DSLR cameras. The new company’s owner has...
Ocean

Subway Watersports Unveils New Eco-Friendly Divemaster Internship Program

If you're a budding PADI Divemaster with a really strong interest in ocean advocacy, Roatan, Honduras-based Subway Watersports might have just the internship for you. Subway Watersports recently launched its...
Underwater Imaging

Now’s The Time To Start Planning Your Underwater Photography Trips For Next Year

If you're a novice underwater shutterbug and have had diving the Caribbean on your bucket list, there are a couple of photo festivals in Roatan, Honduras and Cozumel, Mexico...
Scuba Diving

Scuba Diving Helps U.S. Military Veteran Battle PTSD, Reconnect With His Son

PADI recently began touting the benefits of diving for folks who might have a physical disability or are dealing with psychological issues like Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The organization supports groups...
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