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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.

Ocean Art Underwater Photography Contest Winners Announced

Talk about underwater shutterbugs getting their groove on. The folks at the Underwater Photography Guide this week announced the winners of the Ocean Art photography contest, and their pictures are...

RAID launches Chinese-language freediving website

Do you live in China or Taiwan and are more comfortable communicating in Chinese? Or are you an English speaker who is studying Chinese and want to combine language...

Activist Warns Against Florida Shark Fishing Beginning January 1, 2016

Have diving among sharks on your bucket list? One shark advocate is circulating a petition to make sure you get that opportunity. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently...

Diviac Partners With TrekkSoft AG

If you think Diviac was happy to just sit on its laurels after releasing an updated version of its scuba travel booking website, diviac.travel, well, think again. Diviac announced this...

Treasure Diving Workshop To Be Held In February 2016

Have you read author Robert Kurson's latest book, "Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession And The Search For A Legendary Pirate Ship," or DeeperBlue.com's interview with two of that book's subjects...

ScubaPro Co-Founder Dick Bonin Passes Away

ScubaPro co-founder Dick Bonin has died at the age of 85, the company announced this week. Bonin led Scubapro for almost 30 years, according to the book "Diving Pioneers: An...

Owner of Lost SeaLife Camera That Made Epic Solo Trip From Cayman to Florida Still Sought

SeaLife sure knows how to make durable cameras. The proof? One particularly barnacle-covered DC1200 camera was found washed up on the beach in Titusville, Florida, and based on the finder's...

SeaLife Releases New iPhone App For Micro HD+ and 2.0 Cameras

Traveling light on a dive trip and don't want to have to bring a laptop or an SD card reader to view the pictures you took? Looks like the...

GoPro Lowers HERO4 Session Price to US$199

GoPro is making it really, really hard not to give into temptation and buy the entry-level HERO4 Session camera. The company recently announced that it was slashing the price of...

Cozumel Underwater Photography Festival To Take Place Next June

Underwater shutterbugs will be able to try out their skills and have their pictures critiqued by a professional photographer in Cozumel next June. Mexicandiver Magazine's Sixth Annual Underwater Digital Fiesta...

Freediving Pioneer Bob Croft Selected As 2016 NOGI Recipient

Bob Croft, the "father of American freediving," has been selected by the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences as one of five recipients of the prestigious "NOGI" Award for...

The SEABOB: for the water enthusiast who already has everything else

Okay, so suppose you won the lottery and were set for life. And you're a watersports nut -- you love to snorkel/freedive/scuba. Why not get a SEABOB water sled, made...

Platinum Pro Diver Card Applications Now Available

How avid a diver are you? How many dives have you logged since you got certified? Scuba Schools International has this "Platinum Pro 5000 Diver" card that certifies you've done...

Island Tec Retreats Has New 2016 Dates For Roatan, Palau

Remember back in June when DeeperBlue.com reported on a group of dive resorts around the world offering a really cool series of technical diving events in 2016? Well, Island Tec...

SeaLife Unveils New Micro 2.0 Camera Sets

SeaLife has introduced two new sets for its Micro 2.0 underwater camera: the Sea Dragon 1500 Pro and the Sea Dragon 2500 Pro. The Sea Dragon 1500 Pro includes the...

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