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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.

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...

DiveTech Cayman To Hold Photo Week

Are you past the point-and-shoot phase of your underwater photography and ready to take your skills to the next level? Well, the folks at DiveTech in Grand Cayman could have...

‘Her Deepness’ Dr. Sylvia Earle To Host Underwater Kelp Forest Livestream This Weekend

Can't get enough of "Her Deepness" Dr. Sylvia Earle? Loved her "Mission Blue" documentary on Netflix? Well, you'll be able to watch a livestream of her diving in a...

SingleDivers Announces Dive Trip To Cuba In October

If the president of the United States has been to Cuba, shouldn't divers get the chance to check out the island nation's waters too? Well, the folks at SingleDivers.com...

‘Of Shark And Man’ Wins Two Awards At Nice Film Festival

The documentary Of Shark And Man recently won two awards at the Nice Film Festival in France. Having been nominated for the "Best Cinematography In A Documentary," "Best Editing In...

PADI Freediving Instruction Now Available In The Maldives

If traveling to and diving the waters off the Maldives is one of the items on your bucket list, looks like you’ll even be able to learn to freedive...

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