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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

Divers to Attempt Guinness World Record for Largest Underwater Human Pyramid

If you happen to be in Hurghada, Egypt on March 1st, you might get the chance to be part of a Guinness World Record. Organizers are looking for divers to...
Ocean

Reef Safe Suncare Begins Producing Bio-Safe Bottles

Tropical Seas has begun  production on packaging the company's Reef Safe SunCare products in new, plant-derived bio-resin bottles. Reef Safe is a biodegradable sunscreen that doesn't harm reefs or oceans. In March...
Underwater Imaging

GoPro to discontinue entry-level HERO, HERO+ camera line

If you're in the market for GoPro's basic, entry-level HERO or HERO+ digital cameras, better get them soon. The company announced this week it would stop manufacturing the HERO and...
Scuba Diving

PADI Europe cofounder Jack Lavanchy passes away

The folks at PADI are mourning the loss of Jack Lavanchy, a pioneer of the European dive community, who passed away on January 27 at age 87. A Swiss native,...
Scuba Diving

Huish Outdoors offering free wireless transmitter with Suunto dive computer purchase

Live in the USA and in the market for a new dive computer? Well, Suunto's U.S. distributor Huish Outdoors is offering a deal where if you buy a Suunto Vyper...
Scuba Diving

Identify fish via ByoGuides’ ‘Reef Finder’

Ever been scuba diving and didn't have a guidebook to figure out what kind of fish you were looking at? Well, the folks at ByoGuides have a book you can...
Spearfishing

Three countries registered so far for the 2016 CMAS World Spearfishing Championship

Three countries have already registered for the CMAS World Spearfishing Championship scheduled for this coming September, the Hellenic Federation of Underwater Activities and Sportfishing recently announced. In addition to host...
Underwater Imaging

GoPro announces capability to broadcast video via Periscope

Let's say you're hanging out on a boat during a freediving or spearfishing competition and want to broadcast the event but would rather not schlep a bunch of camera...
Scuba Diving

New scuba diving board game being crowdfunded

Are you an avid tabletop gamer as well as a scuba diver and need something to while away your surface intervals? Or maybe you want to spark an interest in...
Underwater Imaging

Leica unveils new, waterproof camera

You know that old saying, "If you have to ask how much, you can't afford it"? Well, let's say you won the lottery recently, and you're in the market for...
Scuba Diving

Shearwater unveils new Perdix technical dive computer

If you're going to the Dusseldorf Boat Show later this month, be sure to check out Shearwater Research's latest technical dive computer, the Perdix. The new Perdix dive computer is...
Underwater Imaging

Underwater film festival to be held in Roatan in April

If underwater videography is your passion, you might want to get to Roatan this coming April. Turquoise Bay Resort will hold the inaugural Turquoise Bay International Underwater Film Festival in...
Ocean

Great white shark dies in Japanese aquarium

A great white shark that had been inadvertently caught in a fishing net off southwestern Japan last week died in an aquarium barely three days afterwards. The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium...
Scuba Diving

IANTD to use Diviac for its online dive logbooks

The International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers recently announced a partnership with Diviac for logging dives online and in the cloud. With Diviac, IANTD-certified divers will now be able...
Ocean

Crowdfunding campaign for new Cousteau film to launch soon

Looks like a new Cousteau film about the underwater world is in the works, and members of the public will have a chance to help fund it. Independent film company...
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