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.

PADI Club Is Inviting Ocean Lovers On An Exclusive Dive Trip To Bonaire This September

A second “dive trip of a lifetime” has just been announced by PADI Club to Bonaire this coming September 23-30, 2023.

Sibling Scientists Warn Of Upcoming Collapse of Atlantic Ocean Current System

A sibling team of scientists is predicting that certain Atlantic Ocean currents will shut down around the year 2060 if current greenhouse gas emissions persist.

Endangered Rice’s Whale Could Get New Habitat Designation

The US National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing to designate a certain area in the Gulf of Mexico as a "critical habitat" for the endangered Rice's whale.

Vertical Blue 2023 Day 1: Arnaud Jerald Sets New Freediving World Record

France's Arnaud Jerald set a new World Record in the Constant Weight Bi-Fins (CWTB) freediving discipline with a dive to 122m/400ft during Day 1 of the Vertical Blue competition at Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas.

PADI and Blancpain Expand Partnership to Launch Global Shark & Ray Census

PADI and Swiss watchmaker Blancpain are teaming up to create the Vulnerable Marine Species Program.

HBO To Premiere ‘After The Bite’ Documentary Next Week

A new HBO documentary about a fatal shark attack in the waters off Cape Cod, Massachusetts in 2018 will premiere next week.

7TILL8 Wetsuits Is Archiving Its Custom Dive Collection

7TILL8 Wetsuits announced this week that the company will be archiving its current line of custom wetsuits to make way for a new one.

Aggressor Adventures Raffling Off Axiom i3 BCD, Leg3nd MBS Regulator

The folks at Aggressor Adventures are celebrating the company's 40th anniversary by holding a sweepstakes.

US Government: Look At Sunken US Shipwrecks, But Otherwise Leave Them Alone

The US Maritime Administration is reminding divers that recovering objects from sunken US government-owned ships is pretty much forbidden.

Venues For 2023 Apnea Pirates AIDA Cup Announced

Organizers of this month's upcoming Apnea Pirates AIDA Cup in the United Arab Emirates have announced the venues for the freediving competition.

Surfshark Joins Big Shark Pledge

Cybersecurity company Surfshark has joined the Big Shark Pledge — an initiative run by shark conservation organization Shark Trust.

JBL Spearguns Unveil New ‘A.I.’ Composite Fin Blades

The folks at JBL Spearguns this week introduced what the company calls their new line of "A.I. inspired composite fin blades."

Dive Shop 360, PADI Announce Integration

Dive Shop 360, a dive shop management system and an all-in-one, cloud-based point-of-sale platform created exclusively for dive shops, this week announced an integration with PADI.

US Navy is Developing a Dive Suit That Doesn’t Need Decompression

The US Navy wants to invent a diving suit that can allow the diver to not have to worry about decompression.

Divers Helped Confirm US Navy Wreck Site as World War II Carrier USS Ommaney Bay

A group of Australian divers were among the ones who helped confirm that a wreck site in the waters off the Philippines was that of the US Navy's World War II aircraft carrier USS Ommaney Bay.

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