Can you stop by the Xcel booth please!? I hear they are unveiling a new suit, It would be great to get a peak.

thank you

Definitely there are more videos that should be featured on this article.

My favorite video if not the best is:

Freediving Canyon - Dahab, Egypt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvxfttMv-qc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBQJbStdGxE&feature=feedu

Hello my name is Theodora Atanasova. I want to show you my video from summer 2011 when I went free diving in Cyprus. My facebook profile is Thea Atanasova.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HdYyk4XPyE&feature=related

This just in 🙂

"Freediving Encounter at -70m"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMt6UsRbOzc

This is also good: Self-discovery on a single breath - http://vimeo.com/31771784

See http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/11/23/3374307.htm

Just adding some:

 


Deep dive ship wreck Fernando de Noronha - Karol Meyer

http://www.youtube.com/user/karolmeyer?blend=21&ob=5#p/a/f/1/5xO6r04QdQA

 



Freediving with Goliath Groupers - Karol Meyer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Up0uAwpfA

 


Freediving Bonaire - Karol Meyer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWXQCfzsUQk
 100m Karol Meyerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB0HMLlm_rU

Freediving Bonaire with Karol Meyerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWXQCfzsUQk

 Freediving in a deep shipwreck at Fernando de Noronha - Karol Meyerhttp://www.youtube.com/user/karolmeyer?blend=21&ob=5#p/a/f/1/5xO6r04QdQA

Freediving with Gouliath Groupers - Paraná - Brazil (Karol Meyer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Up0uAwpfA

Kalamata 100m - Karol Meyer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB0HMLlm_rU

Freediving with Gouliath Groupers - Paraná - Brazil (Karol Meyer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Up0uAwpfA

Kalamata 100m Karol Meyer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB0HMLlm_rU

 

you forgot about my top freediving video! but on vimeo:
http://vimeo.com/31880560

Everyone is welcome, home and abroad. Easy access from Liverpool airport and you could fly to Manchester and get over easy enough to.

I see cranial injuries and head tauma in your immediate future...

I see cranial injuries and head tauma in your immediate future...

Can you get that overnight mail.

I expect this to spread...

Um speaking for the residents of the ocean, It seems rather destructive and wasteful. Too many attachments and too prone to failure. I see it as a rich man's toy. Hope you do well with the tiny percentage of those that will own one. Looks to me like another fad.

Could perhaps include:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2osGJLA18lk&feature=player_embedded#! 
trailer for "breathe" featuring of course William Trubridge

Some android apps for freedivers:
"Apnea tables"
"Static Apnea"
"Breath Hold Trainer"
"Unaerobic Apnea Trainer"

Some android apps for freedivers:
"Apnea tables"
"Static Apnea"
"Breath Hold Trainer"
"Unaerobic Apnea Trainer"

Francesca - Thanks so much for taking a look at United By Blue and our work!  Everyone's support is such a blessing and makes what we do for oceans and waterways possible. 

How do marine mammals manage to not get the bends? I always assumed they too dove with compressed air scuba tanks attached to their backs....

Dr. Paul's got it right. While it is still possible to get some gas anomalies without compressed air, it is exceptionally rare and usually involves other issues being present. For diving marine mammals, they are diving with a set amount of air in their lungs, a volume that no matter how fast or slow they ascend will never expand beyond its original size at the surface, which means that since they have no way of "loading" their bodies with excess amounts of gases at depth, the partial pressures of the gases in the bloodstream will be negligibly similar along depth gradients. 


The real topic of interest is how marine mammals are able to avoid things like shallow and deep water blackouts so effectively, along with the physiological aspects related to such a skill. 

I sat here for two hours after reading the post about the America's Cup and then this wonderful plan. I tried very hard to rationalize these actions against the outcome everyone is hoping for, I can't. "DOE", is the acronym for the department of energy, did anyone not make this connection? The whole premis that these plans are made upon are wrong. You are approaching these problems with the thought proccess that you can end over fishing by making a movie that will be seen in the overall majority, by people that don't fish. that by coupling with the largest, most expensive, most widely corporate sponsored yacht race in the world, you are going to stop a plastic bottle from ending up on some beach on one of the islands of the Marshall's? Good Luck.

I am sorry to be such a negative light on what you are doing, and especially for such a noble cause, I mean that sincerely. But I have got to stand up and point out some dramatic flaws in your plans. First and foremost, you are not going to restore wild stocks in the oceans by simply asking people to stop fishing, it is not going to happen, not now, not ever. There is to much at stake for to many people that do not care about tomorrow, they are to busy getting themselves through today. For those that are not starving or going broke, look at the example Japan is giving to the rest of the world with whaling, and porpoise kills. Where there is a demand, product will be delivered, the price will insure that. If you really want to make a difference, take this money, put it into an active aquaculture restocking facility, and start replacing what has been depleted. That is what you are going to have to come to terms with, replacement of amounts harvested. Use your positions to forward policy and get these projects underway. Educate the law and policy makers in NOAA. Use the American engine of technology and muscle to overthrow the odds being placed against the water. This is how you are going to save the stocks we now are watching disappear, closer to extingtion every passing day. Stop fooling yourselves with publicity stunts that do absolutely nothing in realtime to solve the problems, stand up and lead in a concrete, responsible, and tangible way that will bring real results.

"100% waterproof up to 10 feet/3 meters underwater" - snorkeling maybe - but freediving?

anyone knows about waterproof earphones?

Great post! We're hoping for more travel profiling of Zambia with major carriers now servicing this route. Hope to see more posts about Zambia.

that was awesome! i can't wait to tune my friends children into the mermaid minutes! well done mermaid linden!!

Hi All... there is no such ban on the Zenobia. It was a total misinterpretation of an old 1973 by law in relation to the required permits of any diving with in a 3 mile radius of a port. Someone put 2&2 together and came up with 36 🙂 I can confirm that we at Alpha Divers www.alpha-divers.com have been diving the wreck last week and every day since with no limitations. Yiannis Kokkinos (GM) of the Cyprus Port Authority stated tonight on Cyp' radio that permits have been granted to all dive schools and the law will will be changed to the benefit of the tourism industry as expected.
So pack your bags, book your tickets... this amazing wreck awaits you 🙂 Safe diving all 🙂

. . . fantastic . . . !!!

Well done Chris, epic dive.Phil C

I'm not a free diver but I know that was NOT an easy task.  You rocked it.

Fabulous stuff. Well done Chris

What a performance!
Well done.

Fantastic swim Chris...You made it look very easy. Very well deserved. Hope to see you on Saturday up in Liverpool...

Regards,

Alan

Chris Crawlashore!

Kudos for properly explaining the importance of maintaining an adequate balance of CO2 in order to metabolize O2. It is an exceedingly important and often misunderstood aspect of healthy breathing.

Um, try translating their motto....beatus april stulti die!

Please can you advise the performances? How many time? How many meters?? Thank you

What a stupid article - you can clearly see the crab's original shell, some idiot has just built lego around it as a PR gimmick.

Slow clap.

Very interesting activities, and we are proud of your career. Be succees,...

GOOD LUCK GOD BLESS

Lesson learned: no fish is worth dying for! If you're trapped underwater and you need to breathe, get your knife and cut through the line. I have been trapped underwater once by some fishing line that got tangled around my weight belt at 6m, and I was amazed at how calmly I reached for my knife and cut myself free. 

the diver is feeling fine after a minute under water with a 1/2 breath, then the next thing is hes panicking because...hes out of breath completely!!! (hyperventalation?)Always surface well before you absoultely need to, with about 15 seconds to lesuirely get up. That way, if you find yourself stuck, you have time to assess and release if tangled. If that doesnt work, cut the line immediately with no hesitation. Lines are super dangerous anytime, especially in murky, kelp heavy water.

The people that need to learn a lesson is Omer - this diver was was trapped because of the stupid clip they put on their Stingray footpockets (and the Millenniums had this unnecessary clip too, though the Stingray design is worse). How they could not consider the risk is unbelievable.  No other footpocket design includes anything that line can catch on.

But she was coughing up blood! That can't be good, I was shocked that they took it so lightly. I would have asked to be checked out in hospital.

Comments posted by the diver on another forum. 

Uberman, there was no hyperventalation, knife issue was addressed below. While there was serious concern it wasn't a panicked situation. As the video says, the camera was knocked off his head thus making it look much more shakier than it was.---Wow, so much to absorb. Instead of addressing each issue I'll try to list what I have learned in retrospect, what i would do differently and thoughts on other things posted.1. the footpockets are new, first time they've been tangled.2. Everyone needs to remember, I didn't know I was wrapped by mono, all I saw was some loose kelp around my fins.3. If I had gone for the knife option I'd of been dead. I wouldn't have expected the mono to be underneath, not sure I would have seen it properly enough to cut it and it was wrapped several times around. the cleats on the rubber arms were doubled wrapped on one side4. I don't think I had more than 8 secs to act.5. When I switched to a dolphin kick, I felt some play, meaning i could get a little bit of wiggle room. I worked to widen the gap and eventually could move my fins back and forth maybe 4". I was moving creeping toward the surface. I think maybe if i did not have carbon fins the story would be different.6. The video has a cut in it, when I go above water there is a time lapse. I was only under for 6 or so seconds to take the shot, came to the surface and rested maybe 20 seconds (felt like 10 min), took a breath, not a big bottom of lungs breath, and headed down.7. The fish pulled hardly any line, I knew it was a headshot, and assumed it was hurt bad (BAD ASSUMPTION).OK, I think that may clear some things up. Now what i think i would have done differently.1. The drag on the reel was too tight, had it of been looser, the fish may have run another 50-80'. This was a big one.2. Take a big full breath. Assume nothing.3. Even if my head and body is away from the shooting line it doesn't mean that my fins are. I need to be totally aware of the entire length of my body in it's relation to my surroundings.4. A fellow diver called it the death spiral, when a fish spins you like that. I head no idea that's what was happening as my eyes were focused on the gills. Next time be aware of this.5. Wait, wait, wait. Don't be afraid to lose the fish, let him tire, maybe run again, there's no rush, worse case you lose the fish.6. If he lights up, and I can't get him quickly then let him go and get back to the surface. Wait wait wait. Try again.7. I'm still not sure on this, I like both hands free so I can really get a good hold of him, but maybe think about have the lanyard of knife over my hand.8. And yes as Spearmax showed above, I removed the death cleats immediately. (that's what I'm calling them...)I think that's it, I'm sure I'm forgetting something. The points I've mentioned are notes i've taken from watching the video 20 times, asking people that i really respect and reading the comments posted on forums.NB: I'm glad that people were OK with me posting this video, i was dreading, and even warned that i would get slaughtered with criticism. Goes to show that perhaps we should give ourselves more credit on Spearboard. 

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE THIS WAS FILMED?

Good to see you are still with us. Lessons learned and best of all, past on. Well done.

Rob Allen. 

Did my first freedive today only 20 feet seen a 4 ft long pike in my face...

what a great day. thank you everyone. 

This took place in 2012, not 2102. And there were two yellow cards so "only white cards" is inaccurate reporting.

Thanks Anon - we've corrected the title and text 🙂  Obviously we were too keen to get the news out!

Trevor
Hutton: After careful consultation with all the leaders in my team, skippers,
deep support, surface support, judges, I have decided not to attempt any deeper
dives on this trip. We are very satisfied that the main objectives of this
campaign have been achieved. I had initially hoped to challenge the South
African Constant weight record, but after my second training dive in these
waters it became very clear that this was not possible. We thus adjusted our
goals and I set my sights on improving on the deepest depth ever dived in
official competition in South African waters. I accomplished that on Thursday
with a 70m dive which was 10m deeper than the previous mark. I would like to
thank every single person that has supported Lesley and me in the Deep Freedive
for Sharks campaign.
 I would also like for my own sense of sportsmanship to note that there
has been some journalistic error in media coverage as well as over-eagerness
from some of my friends and colleagues, who do not understand the ins and outs
of freediving. I did not break a national record on any of the dives I have
done on this trip. I did manage to extend the deepest dive ever achieved in
South African waters, but the deepest dive ever recorded by a South African
still belongs to Bevan Dewar, who managed an 85m Constant Weight dive at the
Blue Hole in Dahab, Egypt.
 I will now be putting my monofin and diving kit aside to make time for
campaign work, there are schools to visit, filming to do, and still work to do
with The Sharks rugby team who are lending their support to help us reach
millions more people. 

Hi Guys, my apologies for this section~ "This high profile campaign centres on Trevor breaking a series of
national free-diving records in South African waters, the first of
which wrapped up today." I meant the first dive of the campaign wrapped up, so if I gave the impression that it was a record I apologies. I did say in the opening paragraph that it was the deepest dive in SA waters.  Non the less, an awesome achievement.

that nothing i held my breath once for 3 days and 6 hours .

oh realy,I held my breath for 2 lifetimes and 23 hours, beat that.

oh realy i stoped breathing altogether

Kook.  

Amazing

WOWW! I never thought that was possible! I thought 6/7mins was max. I wonder how he felt after a certain period of time? Was it like shifting into a different world? Would love to hear about what it felt like! My husband did 4:30 a few days ago, longest he's ever done on the surface of the water and he said after awhile he felt like he was breathing he kept checkin to see if the snorkel was in his mouth. I was so amazed watching him hold his breath for that long. it was surreal!

Not essential but a good read is "Breath" by Tim Winton. Check it out

K

well done . i wish all the best and quick recovery

i like chips

What is the latest update on Herbert's condition?

Well done Ahmed..
It's been one year since Adel Buhaliqa has gone missing.. Remember you're raising 2 flags. One for the UAE and the second is for Adel.. And we'll be behind you all the way.. Be sure you've inherited more than a Champion's title.. You've inherited his friends and loved ones..
We wish you all the best, our new friend..
Ashraf

Unconfirmed? Look at his FB Page... :-S

Congrats Ahmed,
I'm proud of you and next i hope to get a new record, insha allah

salem almehairbi,

Let us separate two issues here, Herbert's health and a world record . I like everyone else most sincerely wish Herbert a full and speedy recovery.
 As regards the subject of world record , AIDA has built in fail- safes ( the surface protocols )  to ensure not only that a record is clean and within the competence of an athlete  but also to protect the athlete from the consequences of attempting something not gained systematically and incrementally .
   It my opinion it is utterly irresponsible to talk of a record where a diver ends up in critical care  in an intensive care unit . This also creates an appalling precedent.
   It might be the time to sit back soberly an evaluate what went wrong.    

I'll stick to my cressi longblades.. pretty cool though.

Well looking at the videos this type of fin has NO POWER that is why you need to kick VERY OFTEN with constant little strokes...look at the first video where the lady went to like 20M she had to kick about 20 times to get up and when he went to 38M it was the same thing many many kicks about 1M per 1Kick....so you should know your muscle fiber type ....if you would rather do many many kicks or if you like the regular type of hyper-fins that deliver power and do less strokes (cutting the strokes in half for sure).

Peter,
Thanks for the extensive review. You have answered many of the questions concerning Dol-Fin use. Good job.

Man, that was cool. Thanks for posting. Loved it.

Hi! The location looks familiar. 😉 2-step, isn't it?
Say, what kind of snorkel are you using? what's the mouthpiece?

I will pray for his recovery. I admire his record breaking attempt but I am puzzled as to why anyone would want to free dive. I don't understand the sport.

The trailer was great. Looking forward to seeing it in the US, any idea when/where?

I wish you a prompt recovery Herbert. May you be back on your fins soon to continue push the limits of our imagination

Hello,
I would have liked to participate in the Blue Research Project! But when I wanted to see the "attached form" I got a warning that there is a virus, and I could not open it.... What's the matter?
Barbara Jeschke

It's a pdf, I just opened it no issues. But I have a Mac.

Fantastic Results and congratulations to you both..............Hope there is more on the way!

I disagree about footpockets on hyperfins need to be tight for efficiency. I had one of those tight fins that could only be worn for 10-15 min. I could do a speed dive to 40m in 1 min dive time with it. I ordered my next Glide with the biggest foot pockets so I can wear booties. I now can do  a 45m dive in 1 min.  That's 1.5 m/sec! My toes are loose in the pockets but I get great power transmission on the power kick! And I can wear the fin for hours!

Great review, thank you very much Peter!

From Umberto's Official FB page: "If you are in Paris and you plan to visit the "Cité des Sciences et de
l'Industrie" do not miss the screenings of "Ocean Man" in one of the
world's largest IMax Cinema, "La Géode"! Every day at 19:30!"

https://www.facebook.com/umberto.pelizzari.official

This is so sad another death- but how many of us regularly spear fish alone ?- Shallow Water blackout SWB it is a secret silent killer-   We Freedivers and spearos should all show support to Dr Terry Maas and continued development of the FRV II - Freedive Recovery Vest II- lets hope it comes into production soon. 
http://oceanicss.com/frv/ this is the way forward
hopefully this vest available in 2013 - 

awesome video!

YEAH!!! Way to go Kat! Wish I was there to see it!

Thank goodness that someone is talking common sense at last. A breath of fresh air.

?? ???? ?????? ? ?????!!!!

Bull sharks can also be territorial, especially near or in freshwater spawning areas. In freshwater, they will investigate anything in their turf. So from the above, it looks like everything is in place to cause shark/human encounters. It's the shark's home and territory that they may defend, so maybe we need to keep out.

Excellent story. Congratulations to Carlos Coste and Gaby and my best wishes for continued success in all your endeavours. I am sure you will get back your world record in variable weigth.

I respect the training and discipline that every freediver must have. This is an amazing sport!!!

I'll buy two!

Doesn't the exhale freediving have the potential to increase the chance of blackout at depth? The video explained all the benefits but not the importance of added safety. Are the risks not an greater?

Very, very interesting, definitely worth thinking about and looking into further.
One problem with the discourse - the phrase, "Use up as less energy as possible" simply doesn't exist. The correct phrase is, "Use up as little energy as possible" or "Use the least amount of energy possible".
Other than that it's a very interesting video, thanks for posting it.

Wouldn't equalisation also become an issue at depth due to not enough air to equalise?

Why would the risk be greater? with or without air, you always dive inside your limit, wright? But I imagine he does much shallower dives but for as long time as before.

Since the tank is only 3 meters deep, any recreational skin diver can handle the pearl diving job, no problem.

If one decides to go at the last moment - what is the deadline to register?

Annelie has been approved to attempt variable weight and free immersion records by Aida. All no-limits attempts have been suspended until 2013 pending safety evaluation.

Interesting situation here. First, with the Hero3, GoPro is changing the form factor (same footprint, but slimmer). Older BacPacs and mounting hardware still work, but not the older housings. A bit of a risk here by GoPro. Second, there really are three new models, all with the new lens, new flatlens housing, integrated WiFi, better audio, etc. The entry-level White Edition is more or less an updated original Hero in functionality and price. The mid-level Silver Edition is an updated Hero2 in function and price. The Black Edition has more advanced electronics and thus more performance so users can shoot in 1080p60 and explore 2.7k and 4k video. The big news for divers, though, is that the new stock housing has the flat lens, which means all three Hero3s can focus underwater. The other big news is white balance settings for the Black (and maybe Silver). So much better color underwater.

Good grief! This video is just so excruciating to watch - what horror? Much power to Bite Back and credit to DB for carrying forward the message!

Ashley, congratulations on your new record. I was lucky enough to take Kirk's Performance class in July earlier this year with Ashley as one of the instructors. Her knowledge and passion for the sport are amazing. I was totally impressed by her teaching techniques and also met Ren who drove on the rig during the open water sessions looking after us newbies. I couldn't be happier for her and Ren. They will definitely be a team to watch in the future as she breaks more records. Kudo's to everyone that supported her in the new record.

Congrats from Maldives

Congratulations, Ashley. You're an amazing competitor!

So there is hope for the rest of us! 🙂

Basically, dont mess around... just dive

Good for you, F.

According to the terms and conditions, you have to be a resident of the UK to win this trip

You can watch all the films here! 🙂 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDlhuMt3bvo&list=PLR5g6lYZ0zRHQYfw7gYNEV8CoiKxGjZsR&index=1

And here is the link from the cbs documentation:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50138924n

Excellent article Bex.

god this is unwatchable because of all the dreadful ads how does anyone in the US watch tv???

"Free" diving?!

I so admire freedviers----although a difficult sport, I feel their passion.
Kathy Dowsett
www.kirkscubagear.com

22nd 23rd March next year folks, hope to see everyone there 🙂

Although not a freediver myself, I really admire freedivers---to be able to move so freely underwater with one breath-hold is amazing! Kathy Dowsett
www.kirkscubagear.com ::: thanks for posting this video Stehan---I enjoyed it!

how long did he hold his breath for? at the london dive show o2 challenge?

*** CORRECTION*** That Was The 4th Annual Los Angeles Apnea Challenge :-)))

I thought that once you deplete your short term energy supply of glycogen you then move from anaerobic and enter into an Aerobic system. So any cardio performed after that transition is Aerobic?
Thanks Jim

So sad to read of yet more proposed damage to the fragile waters of Bimini. I am from the UK and have visited Bimini 14 times over the years. The very reason I return is to experience the beautiful blue waters and incredible and diverse sea creatures inhabiting these waters. Please, don't destory one of the few accessible naturual islands on earth.

As a ex-30 yr resident (having grown up) in Hawaii, I am in favor of this.

Sounds great but can anyone let me know the address of Glebe House?
Thanks

Glebe House address is Frome Road, Writhlington - Radstock - Frome - BA3 5UD. You can find out more details at http://www.frome.bedbreakfastaccommodation.co.uk/

"The film will be directed by Alison Ellwood, an award-winning documentary director, producer and editor"

I think Ms. Ellwood's direction of the film is done, a fait accompli. In the past. Not "will be".

Indeed you are right Paul - will get it changed 🙂

Thank you Grant, very interesting article...

I'm surprised there were no Apnea Total certified divers there, there's more than 10,000 of them out there.

I've trained with both PFI and FII (and live near and still do train with Martin Stepanek), and I like them both equally.

Could you please add some more information about the study itself?
It would be very helpful to know how you did it.
(How did you run it? Online? How did you select the participants? Where did the participants come from? How many participants did you question? ...)
THX

To be clear (we've updated the text slightly above to reflect this) - this was a global reader study via this website, FaceBook, Twitter and direct email to our email subscribers.

Almost off topic, but... would be also interesting to know the reasons why freedivers decide to get certified at all, and why have they chosen their specific agency.

Thanks for the news.
I wander if they do ship internationally.

thanks to share

I saw the video and a few minutes after, the video was missing. Does anyone has another link ?

OMG - it still brings tears to my eyes... How could a husband be so negligent?? Tragic tragic, tragic loss.

I would like to see the video as well, please post a new link!

Was trying yesterday as well, but could not see it:(

it was and remains his sin of hybris.

when he couldn't do enough he pushed her further instead.

when they said it was safe no more, he decided he(she) could, and bent the rules.

even when his wife died he refused to take the blame.

"it's the team's fault", he said.

where i come from, if no one is to be responsible directly on a task, then it's clearly the boss's responsibility.

it is a really sad story... as well it is easy to jump on conclusion... to my opinion there is no excuses with security. why that tank was empty? somebody as to leave with that deadly mistake...

Whether it was deliberate or negligence it is a chilling story and a terrible waste of an exceptional life.

Audrey's death was tragic and probably a crime, but every comment stops short of saying that there was only one person responsible....and I suspect that he has convinced himself that it was an accident. All decisions in this life result in consequences either immediately or much later and I am confident in that.

Certainly a damned shame what happened to her and a tragic end to an exceptional life cut short.. the bottom line, Pipin wouldn't even take responsibility for either his screw up or premeditated action that cost his wife her life... and only he knows for sure which one it was.. what a douchebag..

I can only judge by what has been disclosed in this video. I've been a diver for 45 years and the one thing even for a sports diver knows is to always check and recheck your equipment before a dive. These were professionals and her husband was the boss therefore it's his fault that all safety procedures were not followed. I agree that if he was asked if the pony bottle had been filled on more than one occasion and he said it was this just confirms his quilt. I will also say that this apparently was a shoe string budgeted operation and should not have been allowed to take place with out more safety divers in the water and medical professionals at the surface to assist in an emergency. Its sad and gives the sport a black eye only, AIDA records should only be recognized and the IFDA should be banned and her husbands records should be stripped.

Everyone can exploit fundamental services to guarantee you are completely ready for the season. As a diver you realize that unfortunate restorative conditions (principally cardiovascular events), unfortunate diving techniques and gear issues are the most well-known considers identifying with swoop identified mischances.
CrazyScuba.com

What matters most is that their trainers are all trained to the most elevated degree through PFI's instructor program. It's the first stage in advancing the abilities and security methodology that will get you off the surface and into the depths and it's a must to find institutions that that will give you the right knowledge for this.
CrazyScuba.com

Why did the safety diver at 80 m not help? At 42min57s in the video, it seems that Audrey stayed at 90 m for a long time and there seems to be footage of this. Was the 80 m safety diver filming rather than actually doing safety?

When I see pipin face when they asked him whose responsibility was to fill the tank,I can see how not comfortable he was and I can read "LIES" written in his face,the body language will betray you end of the day.If what Bill Stromberg said was true,this guy probably didn't forget to fill the tank but he intentionally did it.A serious investigation MUST be done to give justice to her family and loved ones.

When he was asked whose responsibility was to fill the tank,we can read ''LIES" on his face. Body language might betray you.A serious investigation must be done,this is at least the right of her family and loved ones.

By the way,I m not Ferreras!

I watched the film on ESPN Sunday and it was like a car wreck happening in front of you. You know what is going to happen but can't look away. The sport is crazytrain material! So sad that such a beautiful girl lost her life. The film itself was done extremely tastefully and has stayed with me and been the topic of much conversation in the last couple of days. I feel as if I'm in mourning myself so if you're the sensitive type I advise you to skip this particular film but encourage you to watch other footage of what is achieved by the extreme athletes of the sport.

A mesmerizing tragedy. The collective pall of premonition on 10/12/02 was palpable. In celebration of Audrey - a truly incredible woman. Exceptionally gifted. Exotically beautiful. An amazing spirit. A net loss for humanity.

Much gratitude for making possible the viewing of this fascinating & heartfelt, albeit consequential documentary. Upon my 1st ESPN viewing, & several subsequent times on DeeperBlue.com- still, I'm unable to think, or speak w/out accusatory or inflammatory statements regarding my notions of any perceived "mystery" surrounding THE final dive of 10-12-02. Beating a dead horse achieves nothing, but to NOT acknowledge myriad glaringly obvious & painful details leading to the tragedy- is a travesty itself, essentially validating a perpetuation of injustice.
The denial, & deplorable accounts recalled by "FPF"- not only highlite his malace, but ultimately do this sport, & professional athletic disciplines of any kind, severe & far reaching disservice. To overlook the nightmare & circumstances of that fateful day, I believe, diminishes her essence & lure, her unwavering magnetism, her unbridled passion for the Sea...The film does right by illuminating AUDREY MESTRE'S MEMORY, in celebrating her painfully brief existence.
~RIP MERMAID ANGEL~

Much gratitude for making possible the viewing of this fascinating & heartfelt, albeit consequential documentary. Upon my 1st ESPN viewing, & several subsequent times on DeeperBlue.com- still, I'm unable to think, or speak w/out accusatory or inflammatory statements regarding my notions of any perceived "mystery" surrounding THE final dive of 10-12-02. Beating a dead horse achieves nothing, but to NOT acknowledge myriad glaringly obvious & painful details leading to the tragedy- is a travesty itself, essentially validating a perpetuation of injustice.
The denial, & deplorable accounts recalled by "FPF"- not only highlite his malace, but ultimately do this sport, & professional athletic disciplines of any kind, severe & far reaching disservice. To overlook the nightmare & circumstances of that fateful day, I believe, diminishes her essence & lure, her unwavering magnetism, her unbridled passion for the Sea...The film does right by illuminating AUDREY MESTRE'S MEMORY, in celebrating her painfully brief existence.
~RIP MERMAID ANGEL~

Pipin ... at the very least should be the subject of a murder / manslaughter investigation. Everything else is irrelevant - there was ZERO air in the lift bag tank which he was in charge of. Air in the tank and she lives. After that we can begin to look at why more safety wasn't put into place .. I mean 2 safety divers (ridiculous) and no paramedic on the support vessel = complete negligence. Tanya Streeter had 16 divers ALL with lift bags that could save her life ... Audrey had 2 divers - NONE with lift bags !!! This guy is still around in Florida making a living off of his diving ... in reality he should be behind bars for the rest of his life !!! If law enforcement doesn't step in then run him out of town and back to where he came from !!

Unbelievable! Such a beautiful life simply cut short! I believe that Pippin wanted to "rescue" Audrey and appear 'The Hero'.. Everything is showing on Audrey's face as she goes to the ocean- to her death.. It's like she almost knew! And why did Tonya Streeter deserve and GET better security measures in place? (Maybe because she has a husband who TRULY loves her!!) where was the 'pony-bag' that could have rescued Audrey? a heart breaking story.. Someday Pippin will face Audrey again AND his maker and have to answer to someone at least!

Pippin is a murder !

He might be a great freediver, but the guy's cheesier than David Hasselhoff in a cheddar shop.

is there a link for the ESPM program on Pipin?

I take it that you are doing the walk in proper spearo fins and not some wimpy pool ones?

Pipin has a lot of explaining to do--let's hear it. I expect smoke and mirrors and that he wants to exploit the exposure opportunity, but it will be interesting.

Thanks for the liveaboard workout ideas. I look forward to giving these a go next month. Cheers! - Megan

Audrey Mestre’s story was very well done by ESPN. Audrey's heartbreaking story really
stays with you and I can't help notice that in many of the photos taken of her
with her husband, she seems so distant and sad. She did have great achievements
but you can tell she was pushed. On that horrifying day, if Audrey had only
trusted herself instead of her husband, I don't believe she would have made
that particular dive. She just wasn't up to it that day and paid the ultimate
price. God Bless You Audrey and good luck continuing to live with the guilt
Pippin.

Pipin you are an egomaniac that cost your wife her life. When James Cameron came for your dive on the 1-year anniversary of Audrey Mestre's death, how many safety divers did you have that day?

...What an ass. I met this guy in person and observed while he and Audrey did some "fun" freedives for children while filming for a documentary. He truly is a self-absorbed, all-controlling, egotistical maniac....Zero Respect, Pipin. Your irresponsible approach to freediving is certainly disheartening to those of us promoting safety in the sport.

I've found one of the favorite tactics of some airlines is to look the other way when transporting overweight baggage to the resort/dive area and then to charge for every extra ounce of weight on the trip home (a recent trip to the Galapagos Islands was my most recent sad experience with this practice--almost every diver was hit with overweight baggage fees on the return flight).

I'd be happy with 145 ft.

3 meters extra without all the fanfare, well done!

Big thanks to John and his team at Deeper Blue for helping to get the word out there. I have been keeping this a secret for years and now it time for other to enjoy it as much as we have. Once the right people try it out we expect a whole new subculture to be drawn to the power, speed, and skill level required to really "RIP IT UP ". There are several videos on YouTube and if you want to keep updated "like" DiveGlide page on FB. Later, Glenn

How can yu put a focus a video without any warning?? Mr. Blaine never says clearly in this talk that he uses oxygen, and sounds like he could we world champion with 6 month training... More dangerous he says and recommend to use hyperventilation!!! Please remove this video or make some warnings in your presentation!

Thanks for the update and great video. When do the world championships take place?

I wish that more freedivers knew when to stop. -128m is absolutely stunning, but why push it further? At what point is it enough? Truebridge lost the sense of smell (stroke?), Nitsch is still recovering and probably won't ever be in full posession of his bodily functions. I wish more freedivers would do what Pelizzari did and get out when it is time... Don't get me wrong; great achievement! But worrisome nonetheless...

hwow! a father - daughter tandem! another wow for a brush with a bull-shark...

Nice! What a huge snapper.

BEST DAD EVER

Great report, what is cessation of breathing? I am stumped

Hi Fran, where can we see the WSF rules? The summary on the WSF site doesn't include the rules you mentioned. Trying to understand your report concerning confusion about the rules is impossible without having the actual rules.

Great job, Goran!

Man this guy is a machine, congrats, though I don't think Goran does depth ?! Wonder how deep he could go if he did

Man, stig is awesome, watching his videos, his ted talk and reading his book breatheology is what got me into freediving

and Wakatobi (esp. Tomia), Lembeh, Weh, Derawan, North Maluku, etc...etc..

Indonesia is awesome for diving, but there are a few places in the Philippines that just as easily could have been on that list. Tubbataha comes to mind.

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Way cool Linden!

-DS

Well Done to Dave , and thanks Aharon for the acknowledgment for the ball exercises.

This was pretty cool! I watched it live in South Africa. Well done organisers!

Great video! Thanks for the weekly video feature as well, great idea!

"This is the only freediving event in the world where complete beginners will have a chance to meet and train with world champions..." ...except for the previous 2 weeks when alexey and natalia were running courses for complete beginners 20 minutes away.. hmm =) event looks awesome though, well done =)

that's just crazy! i can't even stand a 20 degrees water!

Glad to read this message. The friends inside make me feel deeper friendly.--Li,2013.10.29

Thanks Stephan and Gang - just a note to say that we DO normally wear lanyards on all dives.... 🙂

That's pretty cool. Geocaching is really fun, I can't wait to get involved with an event like this.

I think diveboard.com is by far the best online logbook available today I've been using it for a while, it's sleek responsive, full featured and 100% FREE!

Thanks, Bruce! We appreciate your support and hope that this article will help spread the word about what we are doing.

A moving and beautiful gesture and let us honour Nick by from this day honour them freedivers who pass away, with the same type if ceremony.

Poor chap. Unfortunately fatalities will become more common as records become deeper and more difficult. Maybe we should re-think what freediving is all about?

Awesome for novices like me that you have created this, especially with the great Only One Apnea team

Fantastic, I'll contribute just to know how to get 24fps from the go pro black, assuming that you are simply not interpolating frames in post?

hmm... i wonder how our Philippines fare 🙂

What does this mean exactly for SSI dive shops? I'm under the understanding that SSI is successful, in part, because of their low operational costs due to a regional approach to management. With this buyout, SSI will have a more global approach, correct? Will this increase costs?
Also, how will this merger effect SSI in general. It seems like this article states there will be no pressure for SSI to change, but how much of that can we believe?

Thanks Stephan very informative indeed, SSI #2 is quite impressive. Knowing that Mares just bought them it would be nice to see more exciting Freediving product from the Italian firm hint hint... ;). PADI at #3, I can't quite wrap my head around it.

It looks more like a fantasy (which has been around forever) than an actual working idea.
http://deepseanews.com/2014/01/triton-not-dive-or-dive-not-there-is-no-triton/

This is extremely fake.. from the idea of breathing pure oxygen, to how much water must be filtered to make one human breath.. it's just not feasible, and the guy didn't even really try to fact check his science fiction.

http://www.nigelhewitt.co.uk/diving/rant/index.html#gills

Great job! Let us know if there is anything we can do like this in the US, California or San Diego. We have some funds to help non-profits for projects similar to this. You can reach me at noel (at) purakai (dot) com.

Welcome on board! From Asian Diver magazine

Nevermind the too large volume, the very real problem is one of image. Spearfishers will look like armed teletubbies.

Seems like a great idea for the majority of recreational snorklers. It would be interesting to see how the volume is displaced and how wide of a viewing angle you can get. Is it priced at 40 Francs? Which would be roughly $45?

Does the light sentence also included a prohibition to disclose his name???

Hey guys, JD of Moana Waterman here:

It was great talking with everyone this year in our booth at Blue Wild and a big thanks to deeperblue for providing great coverage as always!

We just wanted to make a correction about our new blades coming out. They are a much softer flex geared at people looking for that euro type of feel and will be a shorter overall length. They will be just as high quality as our current fins but will also be suitable for an entry level diver just like our current fin! We never compromise in quality and will continue to produce the highest quality product we can!

Thanks for supporting Moana Waterman!


~jd

Haha. Nice one!

I have built and started testing a monofin concept for single leg amputee scuba divers and freedivers. So far, it seems to work and is is on its way to Switzerland for further testing by a leg amputee diver. YouTube video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuintmF2JQ8

yeah, whats the point of these dangerous dives anyway

Really surprised to see the results of my first attempt at strapping a camera to my head and going for a swim being featured here!! Glad you thought enough of my very amateur efforts to include it.

You should give credit to the creators; Benoit Daoust. His vimeo page; http://vimeo.com/aetb

Do they know how Polish flag looks like!?

Thank you for both the in depth review and dive story! As an aspiring videographer I'm finding that my 'standard' regs cause significant problems. Looking forward to learning more about this reg!

The 1st issue of Freedive appears available in Apple's Newsstand store. Does anyone know if the subsequent editions are available outside of Magzter? Magzter's app reviews in the iOS store and on Amazon don't inspire confidence.

Probably the most stupid "sport" ever invented. Next: blast furnace head immersion-see how long you can keep your head inside? (Prizes for survivors).

Could not possibly be real unfortunately because no one can hold their breath that long. Now maybe there were several shots taken and then woven together. This is an exquisitely beautiful video and the cause is right on. We must stop killing sharks for their fins. It is horrible to cut their fins off and throw them back to die helpless on the sea floor. We need more of this kind of beauty to convince people that sharks are wonderful and not to be feared. We MUST stop the killing!

Hay? I thought we could breath the air... Might be a good outfit for fish skydiving.

i don't know what to say, but this is touching, there is so much passion and it is, in a strange way, very inspirational...that video is sensational!

This would be aaaaamazing if it had freedive mode, but it looks like it doesnt? 🙁

What about the Android version?

II've been diving with graduates of FII and PFI courses, and I've never seen anyone make that system work in a California kelp bed, especially when the vis is poor. You can't tell where your buddy will surface, so its impossible to be there to observe him.

Its possible that it would work some time and make the diver marginally safer, but it sure won't result in more fish in the cooler. A guy on the surface trying to keep track of a guy diving is not going to get as many fish as if he were diving himself.

Very good article. Thank you.
There is a say : "The best skier is the one that has he most fun". Same in spearfishing for me.

Nice way to copy Scuba Diver Life! Be original guys!

Just an FYI: A Deeper Blue Forum discussing the new generation of DOL-Fins can be found here: https://forums.deeperblue.com/threads/extreme-dolfinism-g2.100667/

Awesome-----freedivers will love this site!

Amazing footage!!!!!! Wow, loved it so much! I don't think anything like this has ever been done!
Bravo!

I will be happy to see the final product when it gets to the market. The question is how is the "guy on the street" going to receive the training that you got? Will a DVD come with the fins?

It was really nice reading your two posts, and getting to know what goes on behind. Thank you!

Fantastic! Thank you, re-blogged the vid over at Reuse and Recycle, Cairns ~:-)

This paper has been issued 2 years ago already, and noone pointed at the Emperor Penguin as a "mammalian" ? You may want to correct that.

Absolutely, a marvelous documentary! Very well done! Thoroughly enjoyed it.

I never win anything, but am lucky with friends.


Wishing you a very good future in your business.



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I think it's the first stage, not the second stage of the new Scubapro S600DB that has the air-balanced piston!

Ain't no diving where I love but would love to try it some time...M... (EVIL ZJ)

Great article Erin! Thank you for spending the "time" with me at DEMA...The DeeperBlue.com crew provided great coverage of DEMA!

Want! Want want WANT the Sidekick... how about a pair of them on either side of the GoPro?

I was there. Just what this industry needs. It was so inspiring and we can all make a difference

I like that! But there´s so much more the Dive Industry can do! We should be using our leverage - that of generating billions of dollars and providing thousands of jobs - to be heard by policymakers and hogh-level government officials on the major environmental crises affecting our shared oceans, eg overfishing and climate change. Moving toeards sustainability IN the industry is great but we should be able to go the extra mile and mobilize further!

Thank you for giving us the chance to win this seahorse. I also love anything to do with the ocean.

That is a very cool device, and those are sick find too, info please

Hi Francesca! Glad to see your name under The article. We dove together in Monterey (CA) back in 2007. Greetings from Poland! Peter B.

I am wondering. There is a thing called biorhythms. Most people disregard it believing that it is nothing but trash. If William had mad the dive on a day when his biorhythm was down then he could try again at a time when it would be up.

There is an important point here, missed in your article Stephan. As the sport's profile grows and the number of good divers increases, there is building pressure on the athletes to succeed, which could ultimately lead to the tragedy that happened at VB last year. Even under his immense media pressure (live coverage on New Zealand TV with maybe half the country watching) William didn't try to push himself. He listened to his body and knew when to bail out voluntarily. I think he should be acknowledged and praised for this responsible action, and hopefully it will encourage other divers not to push on to the ultimate total underwater black-out.

This bracelet is beautiful

I'm a landlocked mermaid .....I need this necklace ????

I used this computer when it was the Aeris A300 CS. I was really optimistic about using it on a liveaboard trip soon after I bought it, but I was disappointed.

On the flight down, it got accidentally activated, & once on the ground it showed me at 8 ft of depth. I had to pull the battery to reset it. I will say that having an easily replaceable battery is a plus for this computer.

The tank transmitter failed after dive 1, so I wound up using my SPG for the rest of the trip. Replacing the transmitter battery didn't help, it was dead.

Next, the screen contrast was terrible in sunlight. I could hardly read the screen aboard the boat during surface intervals. Underwater, during daylight safety stops, the stop countdown timer was in royal blue digits, & it was hard to read. Increasing the contrast only made the battery life worse, as I'll write below.

I went through 2 CR2 batteries on that computer for 10 days. It was very disappointing, after coming from an ancient Suunto Vytec computer that needed one battery replacement per year.

As an older diver, I found the secondary data data screen underwater to be barely readable. Info like clock time, temperature, O2 saturation, were in text so small I could barely read it. None of this information is visible on the main screen.

On the plus side, the display during night dives was very bright and readable.

All in all, I liked the idea of this computer, and it does have some good features, but I would not recommend it to anyone until Oceanic works the bugs out. I never did get to try the logging software, because I returned this computer in favour of an older Oceanic VT 4.0, which gets excellent reviews.

big wish to win

Win insha Allah

Cliff, your story is fascinating. I do wish that you could have gone into a little more detail. How did they plan for it? How were they able to assess the risk before making such a dive? Were there any near mishaps?

Can't open this on my android but looks like deep ice dive on single 12??

Great coverage of this novel product idea !

Today, 4 January, after much discussion with AIDA International over the last few days, I received confirmation that rule 3.2.20, which is the rule I discussed at the end of the article, was inserted in error into the AIDA Competition Rules just released on 1 January.

The correct wording for the rule, as approved by the AIDA Assembly in a September 2014 vote, refers only to ranking of competitions with world record status.

Other competitions, particularly small ones such as this series will be unaffected by this rule. That correction has been or will soon be forwarded to the AIDA Assembly, and will soon be available for download from the AIDA site.

A realy beautiful Video. Good work.

It looks like Light & Motion already launched the Sidekick for GoPro on Kickstarter. Check it out. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lightandmotion/sidekick-a-gopro-companion-light

What were the conditions that let to the death of Nick Mevoli's death? Was any one sighted responsible for the lack of safe guards?

If my spouse will be diving, I would make sure the tank/instrument that will take her back to the surface is FULL. I would personally make sure of it. And I will make sure that there's lots and enough safety divers.
You are not just her trainer. You are her husband!

Pipin I have read BOTH books written about Audrey ' s death and you should be ashamed of yourself..no one else. You need to be man enough to admit your responsibility in the loss. But then again you were going to lose her anyway...weren't you. Death was the more PROMOTIONAL way than divorce right? You are an egotistical narcissist jerk
and she deserved better. Teresa

I fondly recall watching Hans and Lotte's scuba diving documentaries on TV as a child. Hans and Lotte were true pioneers and along with the late Lloyd Bridges and the late Jacques Cousteau, created a life long interest in diving for so many of us who followed after them. Vale Lotte and Hans.

Where can i buy it?

Thanks Lotte Hass for opening a whole new world under the sea to women. RIP & ENJOY the great blue beyond! Infin8lily ? ~ ~ ~

I just watched the film and was really surprised/shocked that there were only two safety divers at any significant depth with a huge gap in the middle. It blows your mind that no one called the dive. Someone needed to say F-you to Pippin. What a sad train wreck. No physician, no medical emergency plan in place.

1 issue is 5.18 GBP...

No, 5.18 before VAT, after VAT it is 6.48, and then they want the pay in US$, witch I proberbly is being charged to pay a fee to my bank for... and bum bum, I start to feel a bit robbed.. 🙂
But I´m used to that, I´m Danish, and we are being robbed every time we think about completing a purchage.. taxdaddy **** us every time :))

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Whoa! The app for the magazines is really really bad. It's extremely difficult to navigate. Bought three issues but only one is on the app. Very frustrating.

WOW, I liked & shared. Pick me, pick me! Your next winner!!! Show me the money!!! It would be a dream come true and means more to me than anyone else to win. Starving artist here desperately needs the GoPro to work and eat again. Winner, winnner. Chicken dinner. A life changing experience. Top of my bucket list. Thank you for the awesomeness, the contest, and generosity. Dear Santa: I’ve been nice. My X-Mas wish this year is to win this contest.

Ürün çok güzel talihliye ?imdiden hay?rl? olsun

First of all, I agree with ""Dontbelivethetruth". Second of all, "Harry" is a girl. Females have two small claws, and males have a big claw and a small claw. In the video, it says he, his, and him a lot. But Harry is a female, therefor, those words should be she and her. Thanks for reading this.

that is why I love my Intova HD camera

would love to win!!!!!! I would be able to take it with me 4 wheeler riding all the time 🙂

I have a coworker who just got certified to dive. He is planning a trip to the Maldives with his fiance. He was told that when they dive a dive instructor might not go with them. I told him that is not true. For your first time diving, a novice diver, they wouldn't just have you jump in & go down 100 feet& not have someone from the resort, an experienced dive master, go with you. That would be dangerous. His fiance hasn't been diving in 5 years. He has purchased a dive watch & thinks that he would be fine alone. His fiance said she wouldn't dive without an experienced diver& he says she will ruin their trip. Please help me settle this altercation. Thanks!

what are the FOV options of the Xiaomi chinese new camera?

Sorry people, but as a pro photographer I feel there is something not quite right about this picture and my oppinion is it has been photoshop'd. The shaddow details don't quite ring true so before you all post like mad as a result of becomming emmotionally hijacked, you may like to check it out more thoroughly. This comes across as somebody possibly fabricating a hate campaign for the people in the picture. Free-divers take their past time far too seriously to hunt dolphons.

They are not italians, and the place is not Italy. Please do not start a stupid persecution: watch the picture better and ask yourself few things.

People find all sorts of Radom items/ deceased creatures washed up on shorelines and take Radom pictures of their finds for personal amusement and or validation. No reason to start a witch hunt, there's more important things to conserve for negative energy for like ISIS. How many pictures have you seen over the years of washed up dead whales and dead sharks with tourists over the years?...same deal. If people spent more time making intelligent reactions factually based versus emotional, the world would be a better place.

The animal doesn't appear speared, no visible blood or trauma. So these guys posed with a dead beached porpoise as a joke, like "look at the big fish we got!", fuckn relax people.

One thing you'll always find in real pictures of hunters posing with trophies, is a gun. I see no gun.

If in fact they are not guilty of anything....then the evidence will sort that out. That indeed is a legit picture, it does not matter what nationality they are, or where it occurred...nor does is 'prove' they are responsible for that animals death, or disprove. If indeed they have identified these individuals, it is now up to the legitimate authority get to the bottom of it all. No one here can make a realistic, fair or legal conclusion from the 'blogs sphere' regarding one side or the other in this case. Glad SS took the initiative to sort this out, now it should be handled by the on site authorities. For Christ's sake, what in the hell is so hard to understand about any of this?

I want to win DeeperBlue.net

Thanks for the information! The Seawolf Predator is one of the most beatiful spearguns i have seen, and it is very interesting to try the new Alpha fins

And they did it! Congrats Johanna!

[email protected]: Johanna Nordblad under ice swimming Guinness World record attempt 14.3.2015 done! 50m and Johanna smiling pic.twitter.com/8xtUSCkeQa

hi Uri, thanks
for fins ALPHA send mail to [email protected]
for gun predator to [email protected]
thanks

i'd really like to win the gopro!

Hi Dr. Fish,

Any thoughts about recent efforts to use two Lunocets at once.... Another one out front?

Chip Littlejohn

Boy would it fun owing one of these!

5 entries done. pick me 😉

App for Android is very successfull developed by RAID, hope people enjoy iPhone version of the app.

Thanks for the nod, John! It's an ambitious project, and Allen Sherrod (the current record-holder) has left us some pretty big footsteps to follow in! We're proud to be undertaking the challenge, and excited to be doing it for a worthwhile cause!

As for "Diver Relief?" ...It's one of those unfortunate biological things that has been the subject of more than one brainstorming session. You know you're on the right track to covering your bases when you've got to sit through a meeting on "pre-dive colon cleansing!"

Again, our gratitude for helping us spread the word! If we can provide any additional information, you're welcome to contact us, any time!

Warmest regards!

Keith

This is really great and I like it

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thank you amazing.

what happen to you sorry any way I love your story

Who won the competition?

Apparently asking who won isn't acceptable...

Hi Peter, nice piece on squeezes. Could you please direct me to the studies that you reference above, "One study found that freedivers making voluntary contractions at depths less than -25m coughed up blood at the surface, another cites the forced effort from valsalva equalizing creating sudden negative pressures in the lung as a possible cause of hemoptysis."? Thank you.

Its been almost 48 hours, has the winner been announced yet?

We've picked the winner (Anna M - entry 4719) - we have contacted the winner and will be sending out a note to all entrants shortly.

Their FB page was create 1st of april, hope that's not a joke

Good news but why so close to London?? Why not further North, maybe in the Midlands somewhere?? Everything is so metrocentric.... Nothing wrong with the land north of Watford.... in fact it's more than likely to be cheaper to buy.... just saying like!!!

Really hope this is for real, having made the trek and dived Nemo33 in Brussels I wondered how long it'd be be we got one of our own in the UK.

David Jason was involved in what turned out to be a flop in the same area.the cost was to high in the hundreds of millions and no planning permissible n could be found d at any suitable site. What makes anyone think this!s project will go further than the printed word.

It sounds like commercial fishing is responsible for the decline and spearing comps are used to help provide data. It doesnt sound at all like spearfishing is responsible, it says recreational fishing comps NOT spearfishing comps.

OH, WTF... we get prompted to purchase the actual info referenced in this short little intro article? what a crock. way to dissuade people from looking into how you formed your opinion.

Totally agree - what utter tripe! Much, much more likely that commercial fishermen are emptying the seas by the ton per day than by a small handful of spearos catching onsie, twosie fishes and then mainly only on the weekends, during the season and only when sea & weather & travel conditions permit.

The decline of anchovie stocks (which far too small to spear) are indicative of the harm commercial fishing is having. Ditto the historical decline of herring & pilchards/sardines.

An local angler in Beeston, Devon told me he had the previous day reported a Spanish trawler that was illegally fishing inside the UK's 1/4 mile exclusion zone with a quarter mile long net. He was clearly upset as this was robbing shore anglers of their rapidly diminishing prey. Spanish trawlers are fishing here because they have exhausted their own seas. Both the Spanish & French coastlines have a long held reputation for being exhausted by overfishing (by commercial users & supported by a tradition of eating anything & everything! :D). Our own seas have also been over-exploited BY COMMERCIAL fishing over the last hundred years or so - it is very sad & disturbing. Ireland (Eire) seem to be on top of this - I recently watched a youtube video featuring the former England sea angling team captain Alan Yates visiting Ireland - they have now, for example, stopped commercial fishing for Bass. Declines in fish stocks meant the once thriving Irish fishing tourist trade start to see anglers unwilling to make the long journey to not catch fish (we can do that in the UK!).

I also don't believe shore anglers are having any significant impact and there are far, far more of them (I reckon there are about 10,000 times more active Anglers in the UK than spearos/spearas).

It may well be that spearos are the cause of the decline(I very much doubt it) but the article(abstract, I was too cheap to buy the whole thing) doesn't say what the cause of fisheries decline is. The study was using the catches of competition spearos as a data source to measure the state of the whole fish stock. This should be a positive. The data produced by competition is seen as the most reliable available.
If spearo leap to the conclusion that this study suggests that we are responsible for endangering fish stocks then what can we expect from mainstream media?

There is a new book out from some finnish freedivers, book called Freediving, authors Lahtinen and two others. They have it at least in iTunes, where I picked it up. Good reading, a good textbook with great pics, and covers a wide spectrum what you need to know about it. I recommend, even on this list.

Good news for the SE of England that could pick up participation quite a bit. Let's hope that it happens for real.

This says, Thanks also to Mr. J. Liang for that this i of his said columns on that she DOES also for it now here STILL recounts also that " ' ' Freediver Ms. L. Rochat Poses BAREFOOT Or BAREFOOTED, NUDE And NAKED For AntiShark Net Awareness Campaign ' ' " for herself, for himself too as well to boot, for anyone whoever accepts also that this even says also, Thanks also to Mr. J. Liang for that this i of his said columns on that she DOES also for it now here STILL recounts also that " ' ' Freediver Ms. L. Rochat Poses BAREFOOT Or BAREFOOTED, NUDE And NAKED For AntiShark Net Awareness Campaign ' ' " him/herself for him/herself, for fans, for readers, for others also and even for us, too....

scott is right. The guy clearly misunderstood the abstract. If you were to read the very first line "The use of commercial catch statistics to estimate overfishing consequences has been criticised, but ALTERNATIVE LONG-TERM DATA SETS are rare."
So the issue is the unavailability of long-term data (free from sampling errors).
If accurate long-term data is found,statistical analyses can be applied to the data.
lastly conclusions can be drawn from the results.
So the problem stated in the very first line was solved by using "an historic archive (1953–2007) of recreational spear fisheries"

Fantastic news,a place to freedive near home.

I am looking for the contact details for Tom Sietas. Does anyone have an email address or phone number for him? Very many thanks,
Bracken Hollings

How soon after the event will the physiological be published and where will the findings be printed?

How long can the scuba diving kit supply air for

Will Karol also give a free-dive demonstration? Or just clinics? And if so, how can we spectate the demo, diving ourselves, but with tanks? What do you think?

It broke my heart watching this. Audrey was very talented and with someone else could have achieved truly remarkable things. Pippin was a very bad match for her and she unfortunately paid the ultimate price for this. Very well made and executed film though..captured everything that was required

Hi,
it seems it is not true... just installed the app and no Deep and Night courses available
I have both specialties already certified, if it is a condition...
Could you reconfirm the news with SSI please?

Additionally the old app was much useful and has plenty of stuff - dive planning hints, checklists, First aid etc... current app is really poor of functions - cards, signals, and dive log only....

The Puerto Rican OJ Simpson, with less accolades and a smaller dick.

Read on internet: Katarina Linczenyiova (Slovakia) perforated her eardrum on day one, hence couldn't compete.

Great article....:)

The article makes a very good argument by comparing it to scuba and swimming. Another example is marathon running - every year a few people die from heat stroke or heart failure while running marathons. But we don't ban all people from running marathons.
My pool currently does not stop me from breath holds and freedive practice - but they know me (the guy that likes to hold his breath) - I've been doing it there for years. I'm just hoping that they don't catch wind of this "no breath holding" mania.

I sent this email to the "no breath hold" people ----> http://shallowwaterblackoutprevention.org/

I'm always saddened when I hear of deaths by blackout underwater. As a certified freediver I know the dangers. But freediving is a legitimate and growing sport and it is not going away.
Perhaps your website should also support the idea of safety and education for freedivers. Most freediving classes and practices are done at community pools. Lobbying for "no breath hold" at pools may do more harm than good - it prevents beginning freedivers from learning the proper techniques in a safe environment. Better to allow the freediving community to practice their sport in a responsible way instead of an outright ban. Pool management and lifeguards should all be required to learn the basics of freediving safety - even if they themselves don't actively participate in the sport. Public pools are for everyone and should make an effort to be safe and accommodating for all water activities, including freediving.
As a comparison - people die every year from heat stroke or heart failure while running marathons. But we don't ban marathon running. And neither should we ban all underwater breath holds. Trained freedivers should have access to pools.
Here is a link to an article that I believe persuasively argues for allowing freediving in pools.

https://www.deeperblue.com/how-to-keep-usa-pools-from-becoming-a-flat-earth-society/

Excellent article and you are right about this ban spreading. All YMCA's ban breath holding already throughout the United States and now the bans in New York City and Santa Barbara. I too fear before long all public pools will follow suit. Let's get the word out there on freediving education. Save our pools!!!

I completely agree with Ted's nicely written piece. A reasonable goal would be to partner with other organizations to promote safety and prevent outright pool bans. I was encouraged that shallowwaterblackoutprevention.org had a very reasonable section under "Education>>Free Diving". It even had something from Immersion Freediving there. You might actually try to contact them. They might add information indicating that people should actually undergo formal training.

I've watched all Water Born episodes, teasers and 'behind the scenes'. Kirk and crew are doing amazing things (and doing it all while holding their breath...) I eagerly await the next installment!

The 1st episode was the best - it has a story, some action and it needs no translation, so it's international and can be understood by people all over the world. In other episodes they talk too much - it's only for English-speakers. Little less conversation, please! 😉

Great article, although I would suggest removing the abstinence vs. sex education reference. First, abstinence and sex education are not mutually exclusive. Teaching kids the benefits of abstinence as well as understanding the dangers of not having safe sex and how to have safe sex are ALL important. Second, as you can see, including in an unrelated, politically charged topic distracts the reader from your otherwise excellent article. Thanks for taking the time to write that.

It should be pointed out that the Orca 1.5 was not a production fin, but a risk reduction platform to test certain proposed design changes to incorporate in the Orca Mk2. Only the the original Orca and now the Orca Mk-2 have been production designs.

I'd have liked to see less video material on the Orca 1.5 and more on the Orca Mk2, but I think I heard something about privileged access to the pool during off-hours for shooting video had been lost prior to the Mk2 evaluations.

Alas - our community pool is fraught with politics. The best I could do was get video of the 1.5 in action. At least it gives a sense of how these foil-based fins work. But the Mk2 performs much better.

Hey, got a question about those 5 minute breath ups.

First off all there is few different methods of doing it as in "4 section breath up" , " no warm up breath up" and
etc.
Which ones are you gonna try, are you just gonna breath for 5 minutes? That plays a big factor i think.
Also why only for static exercises? I'm more comfortable hyperventilating for a static exercise then in a deep dive to cheat it up. Due to the fact that i know that it wont matter if i B.O in a static and can get more time out of it and its easier.

I think it would play a huge role in the different breath ups if you consider what you want to achieve, i would never do my Static Breath Hold Breath up while im Freediving/Spearfishing or just Deep diving.

Im really interested in those results and what will be tested! Hopefully you get many people that sign up.
I wish i could help out and volunteers , but im currently in New Zealand.

Safety always--never hyperventilate. Ever. Even in a pool. Practice in a pool the techniques that you will use for the open-water.

They may be doing static studies only for now to arrive at some preliminary/baseline results. Then add dynamic apnea later, which has more variables to consider. Since this is supposedly the first study of its kind, it's okay to start with just static.

SUGGESTION: in addition to heart rate, the researchers should also monitor oxygen and CO2 levels in the participants.

Good luck!

Here we go, Blue Abyss are live and their Crowdfunding Campaign is taking off. Can't wait to splash around in that pool just awesome!
http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/blue-abyss

Please update the design of the Windows Phone app!! It's my daily driver 😀 Keep up the good work.

Has Professor Alison McConnell already contacted Stig Avall Severinsen, Umberto Pelizzari, Stefano Tovaglieri, and Ms. Street about this study? Stig has already done some studies on breathing. We would not want all of these people stumbling over one another in their individual studies.

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why can't I see the videos, someone helps me?

The video is at the top of the page - see this screenshot: http://take.ms/mC9G6

Thanks for this well-written, in-depth review! Excellent. I hope to buy one soon!

Good idea and I'm sure it'll be a good read - disappointing that the cover has a photo of a diver diving with his snorkel in his mouth.

Mr. Whelan the name of the coach that you don't even know is George Georgas. And yes, I am always there for the last 3 years, taking my athlete from 190m back in 2013 to 280m and gold metal today.

The same coach was with George today. He is the best in Greece and one of the best worldwide.

There are several things that I did not mention in the review that are worthy of comment. This is Connor.


The surface diving ability of my Dol-fin is outstanding. This probably extends to the Orca, I just haven't tried it (yet!) My diving dates back to that prehistoric period before longfins. We used Jetfins, short, stiff and heavy as heck, which surface dived very well. For all their advantages, switching to longfins was a pain from the surface dive point of view. The diver has to balance a very long floppy lever up in the air before he finally sinks. Its also harder to get that long draggy fin quickly up in the air to maximize the effect of the surface dive. This takes attention and energy that could be much better used in the dive. Most divers have known nothing else and so do not recognize that things could be better. Things are much better with a Dol-fin. It is stiff, small, relatively short and fairly heavy in the air, just like Jetfins. Accordingly, the surface dive is easier and much much more stable. Once the fin is in the water, it has much less drag than other fins, bi or mono, so the diver maintains speed for longer and gets deeper with the less effort. All for the good.


Customizing is where the Dol-fin really gets interesting. We are just beginning to explore the customizing ability of the Dol-fin series; there will be lots more of this. I've been working on adding buoyancy to my fin for a while(getting it right is amazingly difficult), primarily to make it easier in a vertical descent. Eric is ahead of me, as usual, in figuring out different buoyancy amounts for different activities. I'm pretty sure that buoyancy is going to be a very personal thing, dependent on both the diver, the gear he is wearing, and the activity, but developing some general rules will be super helpful for most divers. .


One area where the Dol-fin is radically different from other fins is drag. It has far less than anything else out there, because the blade is both so small and so thin. This has a multitude of impacts, some have been commented on, like long glides, different level of feedback, feeling of effortless kicking, etc. There will be others we have not thought much about, some are probably unknown at present. Impact on descent is one of the ones we know about. The fin is so slick that it wants to fall faster than the rest of you and you may find yourself falling sideways unless you keep kicking just a bit, not something I like to do. Thick wetsuits on the legs minimize the issue. A neck weight helps(its critical when using a Dol-fin) but the issue is still there. Eric and I have added buoyancy to the fin to counter that tendency. My technique isn't all that good and I'm wearing minimal wetsuit, so, (I think), the issue gives me more trouble and I am now experimenting with a whole lot of incompressible buoyancy, balanced by adding a bit of weight to my belt and/or neck weight. Still experimenting.


Another area that bifiners will notice is the tendency for the fin to sink and fall out from under the diver when he/she is sitting still on the surface. The unmodified fin is negative and even after adding considerable buoyancy, mine still falls because my legs are negative. Bifins are also negative, but its easy to counter with a minimal scull that the Dol-fin can't do. This won't affect all divers, since many are wearing considerable wetsuit on their legs, but I dive in tropical waters with little or not suit on my legs. I'm experimenting with a wrap of wetsuit material around my ankles. This is going to work, but I haven't got the details straight yet.


An area where I may get some disagreement is undulation. IMHO, if you don't want to go fast and your undulation technique is poor (and/or your back is as stiff as mine), it will be more efficient to use your ankles plus just a bit of pelvis to drive the fin. Your knees can be nearly straight, stroke amplitude is small so the whole system stays very streamlined and the energy expenditure is small. That can get you something more than 1 m/s, plenty fast enough for most open water diving activity.


All in all, a fin that truly engages your brain. It works great straight out of the box, but the possibilities for technique improvement and customization are nearly endless and will keep you thinking for a long time to come.

Love this competition. it is a nice bonus to an already great site !! (y)

. Wow, prize pendant is fab. & splendid. 2 fingers snap. It is tight, fly & off the chain. Thank you for the awesomeness, the contest, and generosity. 🙂 Pick me, pick me! Perfect for my aunt's big BD gift.

Love the jewels from the sea and the site live deep pick me!!!!

Nice piece of jewelry.

Just ordered on Amazon. Can't wait to read it

freediving and spearfishing are a very particular sports that anybody can practice and improve with help of ambassadors such as Ian, we only need support and love to these sports

Yo quiero ser un embajador!!! Que debo hacer!?

Thanks to DB for spreading the word 🙂

The biggest issues are definition and enforcement or the lack thereof. No amount of eduction will help until there is uniform and clear definition of what 'breath hold' is. And for pete's sake, get rid of sex ed analogy! about 30% of the US will vehemently disagree and now we have two issues.

interesting

i want to share this and i want so much gopro i m in love with this amazing camira <3

Liked and Shared.. Love the pendant

John,
Do you know if this issue was reported in another country? I bought mine 2 years ago in Brazil, and I've never had any problem with it. I just would like to be sure that mine is completely safe.
Thanks for the report.
Felipe.

How proud can I be.. I am in a picture 13. 🙂

Felipe: See the update above. -- John

don't buy this to waste your money go for original Polaroid cube just at 99$

I am asking myself, why In-SeaTV is recomended here. The newest video is from 03/2013 (!) and the app doesn't work on ipad (crashes, doesn't start). Ever tested it, Mr. Whelan?

The real Wonder (Water) Woman is in Malta Island!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHIKvJDHpG4

Love the Deeper Blue app! Just watched (belatedly) the FII KONA movie. Martin, Niki and crew... Awesome!

It's only good to 33'!!!! Not very good for free diving, diving or really anything that takes you to one atmosphere or deeper. Too bad.

Thanks, that is a very nice story... I could even use it for educational purposes.

Probably aimed at holiday snorkels. A gimmick. Which diver in his right mind would purchase this thing?

this is my dive, max 37meters with a Kingma Case
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akS6Ro_SSYs

My mask was replaced FOC. Really happy with Omer's swift response and satisfactory remedy to the issue.

Just a note, the pool pic only goes to 40m? Hope they correct this!

God bless you!

It was totally unecessarily, I look at it over and over, so much irresponsibility from Pipin's part it was about him, not her. The picture is clear, she was merging up, and he was going down. It's so painful, watching her, and no one taking courage to put this man in his place, how can he live with it? Why someone's need to turn the light off a talented and beautiful woman?. Comes to a point of when he felt much insecurity and he had to take it on someone to stand still. He is a selfish man and a very lack of ethics and value. To me a empty person walking with and empty brain. It's is much to say, that times passes by, we still keep her, not him. But in this life we seed to sow, his clock is ticking, eventually it would stop. RIP Audrey, you still in the heart of the athletes that loves the Ocean.

Would be great to see this done again now in 2015, as I'm sure you've got more followers and times will have changed. See who's grown etc.

Good evening Deeperblue ? have been visiting daily to watch for winner to be posted, please, do you post winners on entry pages or in another location? I fell in love with this amazing necklace..I'm a new fan and here to stay... Tyvm for everything, all the time and effort put into hosting this event, and for reply.. I truly luv like n shared this with all my friends and family... Take care ... Thank you so much ...

Good Luck Reem Abdullah Al Edan. Go ahead.

Hi
Do you have any updated news?

I dearly wish she is found. My hart goes out to her and her loved ones.

But she was so accomplished in diving and knew how to handle currents well. I wish they had a buddy system that could point to us what happened.

Did they founded her body?

Can't stop for coming tears.

Can't stop from coming tears

I believe it wasn't an accident and no forces of under-water stream. There was something took her by force to deep levels. Could be a diver with underwater engine equipment who came by surprise and whose task was to eliminate such strong sports person from arena of competition.

i only got to know her as this was reported - an inspirational lady--athlete--and achiever i hoped for her safety but sadly she seems gone very sad John the black bat

Mr Stephan Whelan, i sent you an e-mail from 4/8/0215, in case you didn't read it or noticed , i would like to sent a hope for " freediving Natalia Molchanova", 'cause since 4/8 until now 6/8 her biofield is 80% vital and her radius-vitae great! I read the energy field, as a radiaestetic researcher/therapiest and would say insist on looking for her 'cause radius of her biofield reveals us that she is alive!
Keep going on looking for!
My kind regards to all of follows and to her family.
Ourania-Hermena Kamana
radiaestetic research/therapy

with 80% biovitality on her biofiels she is alive!

After watching the documentary on what happened to his wife there is no way I would want to put any money in the pocket of Pipin Ferreras by buying his book. One seriously creepy guy.

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/no-limits/ Maybe a bit too late

So you've never done shotguns (25m underwater swim) on the swim team growing up, or hypoxic sets? Not a crossfit invention...

You're confusing showing off with "encouraging to ..."

You can't really tell from the video how much hyper he is doing. A lot of freedivers do 2 or 3 "deep purge breaths" before each dive. That may be all he is doing.

Great article and very informative! I'm relatively new to yoga and meditation but have been diving for a few years so I'm looking forward to seeing the difference that yoga will make on my dives later this year.

We need to be clear on terms when discussing safety and ensure we understand what goes on in our bodies in order to dive safely. It is impossible to have a shallow water blackout in a swimming pool. Shallow Water Blackout is a specific term which refers to the situation that occurs through overuse of oxygen at depth and is a function of the change in pressure from deep to shallow water causing a sudden drop in the partial pressure of oxygen in the lungs.
Blackout however can occur in the pool when oxygen levels get too low and is far more likely following hyperventilation.
It should also be noted that someone doing sets of timed 25m lengths quickly while training (probably not for Freediving) would be breathing hard between lengths, this could not be considered hyperventilation as it is necessary breathing for the effort being exerted.

So, the guy filming the swimming would just watch him drown? Your post is completely link bait and adds nothing to the conversation.

I'm a former collegiate swimmer. My college coach once had us do 19x25 yard swims underwater on :30 (meaning you had 30 seconds to complete the length for the non-swimmers). Having a minute to do the same thing would be a luxury. This article is ridiculous.

Linkbait and FUD. Terribly uninformed article for "deeperblue".

Stephen,

Do you have an ax to grind with CrossFit? You're in the deep end here and need to do a little bit more research.

The point of an EMOM isn't "with no or little rest" it's actually the opposite. Rest time is built in to allow for consistency and maintaining intensity. Ben Smith traverses the pool in less than 30 seconds. That's a rest of 1:1. Pick up at S/C text book. 1:1 is generous for an aerobic activity.

Ben Smith is also the fittest man in the world. I think he's safe.

I've been doing crossfit for over 3 years and have never done it in a pool. The article says "Crossfit encouraging" but this just looks like some guy in a pool doing some strange breathing exercises, what does this have to do with Crossfit?

The "crossfit encouraging" is a direct result of the Facebook video and Twitter video posted by the crossfit account showing a potentially dangerous and deadly exercise regime. All of which is highlighted clearly in the post above.

Don't ever attack crossfit lol they will get you!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqb9pBJweVU

Poor and misleading title ... encourages deadly hyperventilation as part of training. Please show responsibility in writing and reporting. Explain how Crossfit encourages deadly hyperventilation and support it with an explanation of what exactly is deadly hyperventilation. I do Crossfit, am responsible in my training, and am very open to listening and learning what not to do, seriously. Also spearfish, so your explanation may help in that endeavor as well.

Folks - i've made essentially the same response several times in the comments. Please read the post, read the comments and my responses. I won't be commenting again to similar comments.

Good article, thanks.

I would like to add two things:
- Parasympathetic / Sympathetic nervous systems got mixed up in the article: Sympathetic is also coined the "flight or fight" system.
- The safest way to prepare for a breath hold is to focus on a relaxation exercise like the "body scan" and take away the focus from breathing.

Oli, AIDA IT

We Association maritime rescue and protection of the environment we invite you to work together in a global event in the depths of the Red Sea diving and free diving Technical

Glad to see that, at least in this article, we are getting rid of the term "shallow water blackout." It is imprecise and confusing as there are almost as many definitions as freedivers.

Oli - thanks we've corrected the para-sympathetic and sympathetic - thanks for that.

Hypoxic Blackout and Shallow Water Blackout can happen to anyone, no matter how great of an athlete they are or how physically fit they are. CrossFit took to their social media account to promote and encourage an exercise that is potentially deadly, without taking the time to share how to perform underwater training drills SAFELY. Back to back underwater drills with little rest along with hyperventilation is a recipe for a quick and silent DEATH. Our organization, Shallow Water Blackout Prevention, has a team of aquatics experts who understand the dangers associated with this type of training, and it is their goal to warn elite athletes and the general public of these dangers. (This team includes Michael Phelps and his coach, Bob Bowman.) Our problem with CrossFit is not that they encourage underwater training, but that they are doing so without informing their followers of the proper safety precautions that should be taken. If you question the validity of our concerns please visit our website and read some of the stories of how many experienced athletes and swimmers have fallen victim to this phenomenon and tragically lost their lives. This is not "link bait" - this is serious, lives have been lost and will continue to be lost if athletes do not heed these warnings, educate themselves and train safely. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me and I will forward your question to our board of directors. Email me at directly at [email protected] -Britt Jackson, Executive Director

www.shallowwaterblackoutprevention.com

Can't wait until this has a 1,000 views and 500 "shares"!

Absolutely amazed at how vehement people are regarding a couple of things: First, the difference between "Hypoxic Blackout" and "Shallow Water Blackout", which is fine to point out, but DB quoted the article...so the original text is not from DB, but rather, the authors of the original article. did DB add/correct/illuminate aforementioned differences between the two terms...yes. Is the point that there are activities that can be dangerous and therefore need some safety guidelines and awareness? Yes. The vast majority of athletes I have known in 30+ years of being an athlete are stubborn, pigheaded, driven, determined, focused, and absolutely certain of their own immortality...it's all well and good to worry about that other fellow, but I'LL BE OK. So, hold the troll...I have competed in martial arts at the HS, Collegiate and National Levels with the US Military, I have been a diver for 35 years, a swimmer for as long, a triathlon and marathon competitor and I think I get to have an opinion here...and I'm talking about myself as well. Am I guilty of doing 25m breath hold lengths in the pool, without an adequately trained and briefed safety diver/partner...absolutely. Is it smart? Absolutely not...and I have dodged the bullet a million times. The article title and content are quoted...DB did not generate them. The article points to a real danger...regardless of how "fit" someone is. Many people die each year in pools with other swimmers, lifeguards and spectators watching them doing that "cute breath hold thing". So hold the righteous indignation...the purpose and drive of forums like DB should be to educate and inform...and if you don't agree, then at least keep in mind that the purpose wasn't to poke YOU, but to raise awareness...and if one person is made safer or more aware, then the article did it's job. Visit Britt Jackson's page and check out http://www.shallowwaterblackoutprevention.com and remember, all our personalities aside, we are all part of a very special fraternity and we do not want anyone not coming home after a dive or training session.

I left a great, detailed and lengthy comment a few minutes ago...and I think I exceeded the character counter. So here's the short version: DeeperBlue can't just change the title or content of an article it is quoting or re-posting. When you guys find that allowance in a style guide let me know; I'll apologize to all my journalism and education students.

So, to all the cross-fit enthusiasts and swimmers that are getting upset over what they seem to perceive as an unfair attack on their beloved training regiment...take a breath (see what I did there?). The article points out a real, factual (though the mix-up in terms is quite unfortunate) and serious problem. There are people who hold their breath, swim underwater in pools and die....and that is with lifeguards, swimmers, friends and spectators there when they do it. Hypoxic blackout versus SWB aside, the point is that people can die without a properly trained and motivated safety watching what you are doing.

I have been an "athlete for 35 years, with a remarkably unsuccessful baseball career, a moderately successful martial arts career at collegiate and national levels, a few things that were athletic with the US Military, have been diving and swimming for well over 30 years and even done a little of that "Crossfit" and some triathlon thingies like the Ironman. I know this about athletes...we are pig-headed, determined, driven, intrinsically motivated and unwilling to admit defeat...and we are also extremely and blissfully unaware of our own immortality. The "it's the other guy who has to worry" mentality has led to the abrupt end of many an athlete's life. From fellow rock-climbing enthusiasts to my fellow divers, I have seen too many great athletes die, or become permanently disabled due to a failure to calculate and understand the risks of a given activity.

Gus (and gals), people die all the time doing underwater laps in pools. I do them, obviously many of you do them, we all think...what's a 25M swim or two going to do? Well, maybe kill you. Hypoxic Blackout can happen with no warning, no outward signs, no chance of recovery if you don't have someone watching you like a hawk. So let's not get our collective feeling hurt because the article doesn't meet some criteria in our minds...it illustrates a valid safety issue. I, for one, am pleased to see some more attention given this subject in the confident expectation that everyone who read the article will at least think and evaluate before swimming underwater laps again. Maybe one life is saved...and that's a great thing!

Well, maybe not shorter, and they both posted. Fabulous.

Hello we need an Android good app like this one, there are more freedivers who use Android Phone or tablet then Apple.

This accident was totally predictable , it was supported by an utterly unprofessional team of immature cheerleaders who apparently thought they were being supportive by cheering on this stupidity .

Cause no one can beat the Egyptians! ???

More often than not, setting records means walking on a very thin line between death and victory, This is a sad event, but no one should be too surprised to hear that someone died while trying to break an underwater activity record. While scuba diving, breaking records include many dangers beside those inherited from being underwater. This means that they are pushing the limits beyond proven manageable safety margins. Some of the problems that a dive this deep could involve are: Breathing from the wrong cylinder with the wrong percentage gas; this can lead to oxygen starvation or gas intoxication from three possible gases (nitrogen, helium, oxygen, and if there is contamination, even carbon monoxide) all of which can affect the diver's level of consciousness. The diver must switch cylinders accordingly at depth, not being able to see or misreading a tag or an improperly tagged cylinder, or not switching at the right time can easily lead to this. Electronic equipment failures; even when carrying several dive computers, not noticing a malfunction and being able to cross-check in time can lead to the diver not switching gases accordingly. At this depths light is very scarce, a malfunctioning or flooding light can make for a delay or error in the switching of gases. Mechanical Equipment failure; scuba regulators have been designed for use within known parameters, taking them to these extremes can result in unpredictable behaviors or even malfunctions. As the diver reaches a depth of 300 meters the gases turn 31 times as dense as in the surface and this causes them to behave more like a fluid, restrictions or small glitches are then a serious issue. Physical failures; the amount of stress, current health, hydration and even a cough attack can become lethal, knowing now that the gases are so much more denser we can see how over exertion, or a simple cough can become difficult if not impossible to manage by the person or the scuba regulators. Not to mention other little or unknown factors of breathing gases at such extreme depths such as high-pressure nervous syndrome (HPNS). Marine life threads; Ahmed Gabr (current deepest scuba dive record holder) had a small White Tip Oceanic shark swimming around through some part of his dive. Sharks seem to have very little interest in scuba divers, but if any critter including even a jellyfish becomes dangerous or is perceived as such at those depth, the diver must then exit the water following a series very lengthy stops and gas exchanges, not the most efficient evasion technique, specially under stress. Men and women undertaking such challenges are well aware of the risk and dangers of these extreme activities, but their extreme actions do help others to better understand and mitigate such in the future, and for this many divers do acknowledge their legacy. From my perspective, scuba diving is by no means any more dangerous than driving a vehicle, stop at the red light, obey traffic rules, drive defensively and you will rarely get into an accident, "red line" a Top Fuel Dragster and your life expectancy would probably drop to 20%. I hope that the results of the investigation do yield some important clues as to what went wrong. Condolences to all his family and friends. It is evidently that died doing what he loved to do, and that is worth giving credit.

"There are old divers and there are bold divers, but there are no old bold divers." The planning and preparation for this dive was orders of magnitude bolder than anything I would have personally considered attempting.

My condolences the the deceased's family and friends. I hope that others can adopt better techniques for safer deep-diving practices from what is learned from the accident analysis after his body and gear is recovered. Maybe then, this will not have been a pointless loss of life.

But I have my own spectacular mermaid tail! Can I wear that in the competition or it this just a promotional showcase for magictail.de?

I am just wondering where the evidence for this article is Feargus? Also a few definitions would be a helpful start. Ps- (I apologise if I misspelled your name as I copied it verbatim from the article)

Thanks for a very illuminating contribution Mr Santiago. As a lay person, I found it most informative.

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There is a little mistake on the first picture ... it is not Viktor on the picture .... it is me hehehehe

Can I be a Master Freediver? Please ...

Looks amazing

Nice

Hello Stephan, huge thanks for your story on UNDER. I would love to add that: British Champion LIV PHILIP is UNDER's freediving technical director and she stars alongside myslef in the films; DAAN VERHOEVEN is the cinematographer; Icelandic composer GUNNLAUG THORVALDSDOTTIR created and designed the soundscape. UNDER would not exist without these three people. UNDER was shot 'in one breath of air' on location @Freediving World, Egypt 2015

ciao, ama

Hello,

I am the developer of Freediving Hunter and I want to thank you for this well-written and thoughtful review. I love freediving and spearfishing, and I hope that's apparent when you play my game.

I'm very excited to announce that my studio has partnered with Microsoft to bring a new freedive spearfishing game to Xbox One in early 2016. Follow me on Facebook (FreedivingHunter) and Twitter (@Strongbox3d) for updates on our progress.

Thanks again for the great review!
Carlos

I'm available to help at DEMA in Nov.
I'm sure I can be of zoom assistance to you.
As a founding member of DEMA and I have attended every show
I'm a Scuba Instructor and retired Shop owner with 55 years experience. .
I know a lot of people in the industry as a multi certified instructor for 5 decades and retail dive center owner for 35 years. Currently I train instructors for Diveheart.org to teach people with disabilities to scuba dive as well as provide scuba therapy.
You can reach me on my cell at xxx-xxx-xxxx.
I'm sure I can be of soon assistance to you.

Will be attending would love to do a review on the rebreather community and the newest things in that area.

This says, Thanks also to Ms. L. Wright for that this i of her said columns on it with it now here STILL recounts also that this now here even cites also " ' ' Naturalist Diving -- ' ' " but then next asks also, Is it " ' ' The Art Of NUDE And NAKED Diving? ' ' " for herself, for ANYONE whoever accepts also that this even says also, Thanks also to Ms. L. Wright for that this i of her said accounts on it with it now here STILL recounts also that this now here even cites also " ' ' Naturalist Diving -- ' ' " but then next asks also, Is it " ' ' The Art Of NUDE And NAKED Diving? ' ' " him/herself for him/herself, for fans, for readers, for others also and even for us, too....

I see the helmet is made up of "several layers of pressure resting materials to stop ears from being pressurized". What does that mean? Does it mean keeping the ears dry? The ears are gonna get pressurized from the inside anyway?

Not getting any of this really. Basically 'student paints motorcycle helmet'.
Counterlungs?
Loop?
Scrubber?
O2 sensors?
I might actually take this seriously then (maybe).
...and not to mention utilizing Bluetooth for underwater communication. Good luck with that my friend!

Joke!

I want my 5 minutes back.

Thomas Winship is a product design student. Don't count on it unless he's an engineer.

Done well guys

I'm guessing the "designer" of this has never actual been scuba diving before nor studied any physics.

I think you are all being very mean......anyway can't sit here taping on my holo screen I designed, will use my hover boots I designed to get me to my floating sky station I designed!

From the same event - 27 statics compressed to 2 minutes ... https://youtu.be/qwK4v0aFE1A

Why US$129.99 on GOPro website become euro 129.99? Thanks.

this appears to be some sort of non existant software scam

Good on you for having a go buddy.. certainly you will have lots of issues to overcome ... but then it took edison 10,000 attempts before perfecting the lightbulb.. in his own words... "i have not failed 10000 times. I gave not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 10000 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, i will find the way that will work "
Mindset is everything.. keep going
www.addictedtodiving.info

I think this AMAZING!!! I would absolutely LOVE to use this!!!! And especially nt have to worry about ear damage! And talk to friends!!!

I think the concept is good, but as a diver myself the reality of this working as explained seems far fetched. In concept it sounds great. I don't see the Bluetooth working, but I could eventually see the other stuff working after years of testing and tweaking. I would love to be wrong, but it just seems too good to be true. If it was that easy, it would have been done before now.

This is a great post. I appreciate learning more about the ocean and opportunities to study the marine environment. Please reach out, there are many students in the inner city that are totally unaware of the conditions of the oceans and the needs to study them. Our next generation of scientist could come from these youngsters. I'd like to help inspire them. You are working on some very interesting things here. We need good science. Please reach out if you are interested in growing these scientist and future policy makers.

I know this watch iDive Free.
It's the same?
http://www.divesystem.com/idive/iDive_Free_Classic.htm

Seriously? What about the important issue of microfiber plastic pollution? It's even in seafood now! Promoting polluting plastic clothes as a solution is not cool Pharrell 🙁
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28242-plastic-in-the-food-chain-artificial-debris-found-in-fish/

Ciao Michele, The IDive Free indicated in your link is the old version of the computer watch. This version had a heavier case, which was forget instead of fully machined, lighter and of better quality, as for the new version of the iDive Free. Some other minor changes have also been made. Hope this helps.

Very funny , don't feel too bad I think you've just embraced your inner hippy rather then become a wussy

Very funny, don't feel too bad I think you've just embraced your inner hippy rather then become a wussy.

Perfect for us egotists! (Me! Me! Me!) Hahaha!

Hey don't knock Pharrel! He's cool and..."He's happy..." 🙂
But how do you make a cotton fabric like denim out of plastic?!
Nice clothes & graphics though (by Celyn Brazier perhaps?).

Thanks Carlo.

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Good advice. My friend went freediving (less than 20m) after diving, he suffered a brain embolism and died - never worth it!

Abu Saile Marsa Alam Egypt:
Thing that distinguishes this place is the magnificence and beauty of coral, it's a fantastic reef, tiny small bay where boats can moor inside, the main reef belongs to the red sea coast what means the reef is at the east side and the blue is at the west, to the north or to the south will be the dive depends on the time and the current - if exist - under the boat is easy and shallow sandy bottom, you can go to east side in the beginning of the dive where you can enjoy fantastic coral garden with colorful corals, soft, hard, salad coral,..... then a bit more to the east you will find huge pinnacle looks like big ball or looks more like mushroom, that's why it's called the mushroom pinnacle, it's full of different corals and anemones, then decided to go to the north or to the south side, the place is full of different fishes, always there are a group of barracuda and good chance to find baby sharks, turtle or eagle ray.

Elphinstone Reef Marsa Alam Egypt:
A coral island in the middle of the blue, wich is one of sharks points, specially oceanic white tip, hummer head and some times tiger sharks, the east and west side are drop offs more than 100m depth with fantastic wall of mixed coral, many fishes groups are together, many cracks and gaps full of fishes, lion scorpion stone fishes, snakes eels and sometimes sharks.
The north and south side are plateaus are the main part to dive with shark, they are slightly going deep till 30m then till 60, then more than 100m, you still able to see the same marine life like in the 2 sides of the reef.

I don't understand. Surely freedives to 10m or less after scuba could only be seen as additional precautionary decompression?

And the advice to limit activities on the same day to freediving BEFORE rather than AFTER is just totally the wrong way round... meaning you are starting the scuba dive with an unknown nitrogen load which is not being taken into account for decompression calculations?

I am sure what you say is probably correct but I do not understand the rationale... which potentially puts me and others like me at risk.

Thanks,

Bill

What about Castle Rock in Komodo? Simply breathtaking! Even more than Sipadan, from my point of view

Shark Airport, Tubbataha Reef, Palawan, Philippines
Every dive here is a spiritual experience.

Delsan Wreck, Tubbataha Reef, Palawan, Philippines
Not a wreck dive, as the name implies. Just about any big animal underwater can be seen at Delsan.

What about 2mile reef at Sodwana bay South Africa?

What a bout :Sodwana - South Africa - What a beautifull reef 🙂 , diversity of coral - soft and hard

How could you ever exclude Aldabra, part of the outer Seychelles archipelago.

Wreck Diving in any of the Great Lakes.

As you mentioned in number 4 - relax. In my mind relaxation helps you many ways some you stated and others such as spearfishing it even more important. But how do you relax...? well start with your breathing... slow it down and control both your inhale and exhale you will see the air consumption go down and your heart rate drop. Thus, you will be relaxed and enjoy much more of your dive.

King Cruiser/Shark Point (Thailand), Thistlegorm, Brother Island, Elfinstone, Street of Tiran (Egypt)

Yet if one looks at the stats, more divers have perished and continue to die while diving in the very safe waters off Key Largo than any of the spots in your top 10 list. Same with Cayman Island. Far more people die diving in the safe waters of Cayman than in cold, dark waters of New Jersey.

I was surprised not to see Aliwal shoal on the list of most dangerous.
I have seen many lives taken there.

All the divers I have ever met, have been diving around the world and still say the Stubbs Island diving is the best in the world and has the most diverse marine ecosystems ever

It's now the dive sites that are dangerous, it's the divers diving them that are STUPID (if they get into trouble).

Dive within your limits, and use your brain, and all those site are fine for people able to dive them within their limits.

Hi Jennifer,
I read your article and I think you missed to mention the ALIWAL SHOAL in South Africa as one of the most beautiful dive site in the worlds.
If you (or somebody else) wanna join the spot, let’s keep in contact for further information 😀

This has to be near the top of stupid articles ever produced. Full of conjecture, paranoia, fatalism and hysteria, while at the same time lacking any facts.

The author would be better served writing recipes and Deeperblue, as an advocate of diving, has shown themselves to be looking only for words to fill out a column.

it's not the dives that are dangerous - it's the muppets that think it's cool to do a technical dive, with a recreational mine set, with recreatioanl equipment and inadequate training, then wonder why they're in trouble when something unforeseen happens.

Wakatobi Dive Resort doesn't get much better. 30+ unique dives in a week. Pristine coral and a house reef like no other.

Jacob's Well is a closed site, unlike the other sites mentioned here. It does not consist of four "chambers," contrary to popular belief, and no part of Jacob's Well is suitable for open water divers. No cave trained divers have ever perished in this system. To find more information, visit the website of the permitted team that is actively exploring it:

www.jwep.org

Oh, Jennifer. I don't wish to be rude, but don't you think that, before writing about diving, it would be a good idea to learn something about both writing and diving? Badly written and factually incorrect, your article is drivel of the worst kind. I've done several if these dives and - conducted with the right training and equipment - they are not especially challenging, let alone dangerous.

I dived 7 from the 10, and with 25 years of diving experience I can say that these divesites are definitely not the most dangerous on the planet. The high mortality of these sites is the fact thay they are accessible to the unexperienced. Easy access to overhead environment or great depth in combination with the untrained diver is what makes these sites dangerous.

I run a dive operation in Dahab and can verify that many, many idiots have killed themselves trying to do 'The Arch' on a single tank of air, while it's not actually suicidal, it is incredibly stupid and has a high risk of things going wrong for many reasons. Our centre dives at the Blue Hole many times a week (starting at The Bells, just to the north) and in over 15 years working here we have never had an accident and certainly not a death there.
It's not the dive site that's dangerous as there are no real currents, it's bad diving practices and stupidity that kills people. But at least it makes Dahab (in) famous (if for the wrong reasons)

I've been in #8 a few times to depths of nearly 300 feet and in #10 many times. The sites are dangerous if you are not prepared. The risks are greater but so are the rewards and if you arm yourself with training, experience, and proper equipment you reduce the risks. And remember to use your most important piece of equipment, those 3 pounds of grey matter tucked between your ears.

Obviously when you are inexperienced and dive outside your limits .... you will put yourself in a situation that has a good chance to go wrong. You toss cave dives, deep dives and large amounts of sharks into the mix and you get big trouble from someone with a lack of experience in those situations.

I have been to Coco’s Island, Costa Rica and it was one of the best dive experiences of my life. I did not find it dangerous at all. Just because there are 100's of sharks in the water does not mean it is dangerous. However, you need to have that experience to remain safe in those environments. Know your limits and don't do stupid stuff in the water that put you or your dive professional in danger.

To call someplace one of the most dangerous places to dive, you should have actually dove there first.

I have been to 6 of the 10 and 4 of those many times. I will say Jacobs Well is not a public dive site. Hasn't been in quite some time. So I'm not sure classifying it here is appropriate. It's like ranking public highways and then adding in a private driveway because the UPS man crashed his truck into the homeowners car while navigating around their circular drive.

It would have been proper to say these dive sites which have existed for millions of years only became dangerous when people started diving them. Training, training and more training. It's what separates stupid from living.

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thanks
allang

The elevated PPO2 also has many health benefits including relieving eczema, scar tissue and other skin conditions.

Yup, our UK scubies are really athletic bunch. ?

High ppO2 actually hurts a diver. Too much oxygen under water can and does kill. Anyone trying to combine oxygen therapy and scuba diving needs to at least become Nitrox certified and talk to a physician.

A very good initiative that makes a difference.
In my country (Libya), we suffer from people who fish using explosives. As a recreational spearo I have personally seen the effect of this extremely bad and dangerous method to fish. It's a sort of a weapon of mass destruction in the sea. A diving spot that has been the scene of explosives fishing will be lifeless for long years. Everything there dies. It's even a direct threat to us as spearfishers and freedivers. I witnessed explosions while in or underwater many times. I although it is miles away but it sounds and feels so scary.
After watching these videos, I thought we should do something similar here to fight this phenomena. However, the lack of control by law enforcement and government since 2011 makes it extremely difficult to eliminate this destructive phenomena.

I love diving in Cozumel. The drift diving is so relaxing. We always book with ScubaTony small boats cool people.

How about the kelp forests of the Pacific Northwest? The north east end of Vancouver Island is perfect!

I am very interested

How would someone get into this industry? I live in western New York state, surrounded by golf courses, and I'm a certified diver with my own gear.

What about Illes Medes, Costa Brava,Spain? Located close to the shore East of the coastal town of The islands were declared. Protected area in 1983 and are an import marine reserve in the Western Mediterranean. Fabulous diving!

I had second thoughts if I should post this or not, but then I decided I should do this. Jennifer this is a sincere advice..if you want to be a better writer, I think you should stop copying and re- arranging articles published a year ago. This is your second (plagiarized) article which I have come across ( the previous one being 10 health benefits of diving ).
I hope you take this advice, its just too sad when I see blatant copy paste on a platform such as this.

Id do it for a buck a ball I have my advance and my own gear

I stay in South Africa Cape Town, same here very interested ,

Oh yes I will do it with a smile on my face

The second dive day the light flooded. It has a hole at the bottom of the battery compartment, by design, a valve. It let in water. Customer service says the light is fine, nothing wrong with it. They want to charge me €450 for repairs! Seriously? So you get a worthless warranty. They charge more for repair than a new light costs. Side note: the handle on the seadragon is wobbly. The chrome part on the gopro connector showed signs of rust a couple of hours after the first dive. Way to go Sealife. They take your money and run!

I'm quite disturbed by this article. It tries to sell the fact that spearfishing is good because, hey, industrial fishing or farming is worse.

I 100% agree with the fact that industrial fishing and farming are a huge problem.

But spearfishing is absolutely not even the beginning of a solution : I don't think it decreases any impact and, worse, it can have a really bad impact on the oceans because, let's face it, not everyone will recognise a couple of fish matting or an endangered species.

The only acceptable solution is to eat less meat, less fish. That's very simple to understood.

Spearfishing is basically a hobby where the pleasure is derived from killing. It's hunting. It's the corrida. Nothing more. Having pleasure while killing a sentient being is something I consider completely barbaric. There's no respect in "not killing fishes because they were mating", the respect is "not wanting to kill in the first place".

And because the ocean are endangered, any kill is a wound. Killing less fish than an industrial fishing boat is not an excuse. Eating a fish is not an excuse if you are not starving : there are *a lot* of vegetarian food available everywhere. So, basically, you are hurting the ocean for your own pleasure (the hunt and the taste), trying to get at ease with your conscience because "Some people are hurting the ocean far more than I do".

If you see someone you love being hurt badly by some bullies, you don't kick him slightly by saying "I punched him less than the bully because I respect it". You try to stop the bully and to protect the victim.

Also, I know that some spearos are subtly moving to photography. It's the same thrill, the same adrenaline but you come to the surface with a beautiful picture instead of a cadaver.

Azores should be in the top 10. Deep dive, wreck dive, cave dive... Whit wales and dolphins, whit sharks and mantas... unforgettable

Thank you for sharing this excellent article by Carlos, DeeperBlue.

While our culture happily throws around terms such as 'sustainable,' I have come to suspect this is merely a form of 'Greenwash,' something to appease our conscience as we post yet another photo to Facebook and Instagram of a dead fish. Yew!

Carlos's attitude is refreshing. He definitely walks the walk. I wish more practitioners of spearfishing emulated him and realized they need to be impeccable examples of sustainability, not merely seekers of glory.

A rather strange selection ! It could be argued that The Canaries are more african than european diving.

I find it most strange that in a selection of 10, only two are in the mediterranean sea. Aside from L'Estartit, there are also marine reserves in Porquerolles, in Corsica & Sardinia ... an a number of nice wrecks in the gulf of St Tropez

this has literally been available for years : https://www.myminifactory.com/object/gopro-camera-bottle-cap-buoyancy-adapter-2729

great minds think alike apparently

Have my own gear, I'm in! I live in pittsburgh

Hi
Could this mask also be used for snorkelling? If so could you briefly outline the pros and cons?

Thanks for the chat. We had a good time talking to DeeperBlue about Pirate Hunters. We have some other things happening, so follow John Chatterton on Facebook to keep up with what we're doing.

AAHAHAHAHAHASHAHAHa!. That's an HOAX http://www.deepseanews.com/2014/01/triton-not-dive-or-dive-not-there-is-no-triton/

Personally, I think all the great inventions starts with an imagination that takes its shape and finally get a functional shape which then is manufactured .I do not think it would be quite impossible to manufacture such a product, with the science and technology that exist today .Just think about all the imaginary things we saw in old scfi movies that today is existing, manufactured and functional works. Actually the science is old chemistry knowledge, electrolysis. Combining some nanotechnology smart materials and battery electronics and chemistry knowledge and technological craft .I believe it would not bee impossible to create the product mentioned in this article. What I want to say is the science and technology to manufacture this already exist. Now bee a good French chef cook and make a delicious dish of the ingredients (knowledge) and serve the dish(product).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2UpiHKLIOY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2UpiHKLIOY

April, 1st ?

Poor Nights, New Zealand
I've been all over the world and this is the very very best

Don't bother with Poorknights, it's an average site and not much to see

Wreck of the Rhone, Tortola, BVI

Revillagigedo Islands... Roca Partida. And The Boiler.

Don't forget about the amazing shipwrecks of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in northern Lake Huron!

You forgot to mention Aliwal Shoal, South Africa.....Sharks sharks reefs, wrecks, deep, simpley amazing!!!!

The great Jaques Cousteau rated Aliwal Shoal as one of the best dive sites in the world - it is situated where temperate and tropical waters meet resulting in an incredible diversity of marine life, not to mention the sharks!!!!

I rate Sodwana and Mozambique, some of these dive sites in the world I have dived most of these site and I still love comi g home to my own dive sites. Though Truuk Lagoon is a favourite.

I want to be a real mermaid necklace

Great article 🙂 Very well written and put together!

Fascinating !. Thank You for sharing this.

Beautiful ?

How common is SWB? How do they deal with or prevent? We could maybe learn a lot from them.

Such a nice article:) it is great to see introducing our culture to western free diving world!!! I love you Emilly! Xxx

Hallo

Wow that was awesome thanks
Any chance you have a example of the doman and seiman symbol? Google doesnt give me anything definite.

Thanks

Excellent article!

It's quite interesting to catch a glimpse of how different diving techniques have evolved due to environment and culture. This was my first time hearing about Ama and will definitely look a little deeper on the subject.

Thank you very much for your well done work!

You for got this place, you forgot that place, etc, etc, etc... It is impossible to make a top 10 list or even a top 100 list detailing all the awesome places to dive on our planet. Diving is a very personal experience for the most part and what might be the best dive spot to one, might not be the best for another. We can all agree that diving kicks ass! ~ Live to Dive, Dive to Live ~

9 mile reef sodwana bay, South Africa

Careful with your "helping asthma" comment. Most people with asthma should not or cannot dive. It depends on the type of asthma, but one should ALWAYS be cleared and checked out by a hyperbaric doctor to see if they are able to safely be on scuba. A general practitioner is not sufficient enough!

Be careful with the "helps asthma" comment. Most people with asthma should not or cannot dive. If one has asthma, he/she must be cleared/checked out by a Hyperbaric Doctor to see if they are able to safely scuba. A general practitioner or ENT is not enough!

Honestly the article looses its creditability when you see the Aurthor experience is that of Rescue diver and makes you doubt that they have actually been to any of these loactions let alone to be able to compare them with other dive sites around the world.

Hi Ros,

I hope that all's well with you - it's been a while. I read the advertorial about the jellyfish cream with interest, and some concern.

While this cream might be effective for certain species, it has not been tested on most; very importantly the deadly multi-tentacled box jellyfish which frequent tropical areas of Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and various other countries in the Asia-Pacific. Serious and deadly stings are being increasingly reported in Asia and there is a valid concern that water-users may be lulled into a potentially false sense of security by using this cream (or other similar lotions) instead of taking other known preventative measures (e.g. seeking local information, protective clothing etc).

Some of the world's foremost experts on jellyfish envenomation are concerned about the commercialisation and wide distribution of such products without adequate testing and warnings.

Sincerely,

John Lippmann
Founder & Chairman
Divers Alert Network (DAN) Asia-Pacific

Hi John

Great to hear from you and thanks for your timely reminder for everyone that preventative measures are better than treatment post jellyfish stings.

Kind regards
- Rosemary E Lunn

Aloha John,

There may be some confusion. The spray and cream are not preventatives but treatments. This is not "SafeSea" which does not work in our tests.

My first recommendation is avoidance and stinger suits in areas with indo-pacific cubozoa.

The spray contains sufficient vinegar to prohibit further discharge in all species (even physalia ) as well as other agents to prepare the skin for the pharmaceutical grade cream. The actives inhibit venom induced hemolysis of all cnidarian venoms tested (Chironex, carbydeids, Cyanea physalia etc). The results are in the patent filings and manuscripts in press.

Best regards
Dr. Angel Yanagihara
Inventor and Founder Alatalab Solutions LLC
Director Cnidaria Research Laboratoy
University of Hawaii

Wonderful read. Informative as well as intriguing. Thanks for the glimpse into this ancient yet current practice. X

The waters around Nosy Be, Madagascar are rewarding for all levels of divers and the best dive centre to use would be Sakatia Dive Centre and liveaboard catamaran Maki Cat.

There is only one species that should be called a "killing machine" and that is us! Everything else just eats.

Thank you for the lovely article =)
So there are male Amas, after all.
Would love to pay them a visit myself one day.

Actually, I have three. The Wreck of the Rhone in BVI. Just about anywhere from Antony Key on Roatan. Finally and I haven't been there in a long while, the Capone Islands off the west coast of Luzon, Philippines about 20 Km north of Subic Bay.

With all due respect, Ocean Care Solutions Jellyfish Sting Relief spray also contains sufficient levels of pharmaceutical grade glacial acetic acid (vinegar) to also prohibit further discharge in all species (including physalia) as well as other agents including synthetic skin components to reduce welting. I have followed your research and hold you and results in the highest regard but I must say, short of being a spreadable cream, our spray is and has been proven effective every bit as your cream.

I do, wholeheartedly, agree with you that Safe Sea does not work by any measure.

Congratulations on your research and development of of your sting relief product. I wish you and your product much success.

Kind regards,

Ron Adley
Ocean Care Solutions Inc

Ambiguous athlete??? Nothing ambiguous about Cath Christie from Australia!!!

How do you miss the thistle? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Thistlegorm

I'd have to add Bonaire and specifically the post full-moon ostracods dives. There is nothing quite like turning your light off and watching these Magnificat creature raising from the bottom.

will this be good for underwater rugby?

Idiotic as this wites, "In addition any sport or physical activity – including Freediving – can stress the body and heart."

Please help out

Looks nice but its a suunto steel clone. It wil newer sell good in EU. The shearwater petel 2 still wins. Make a lcd , oled dc in a pricerange of max 500 usd and you got a huge market for divemasters and tec divers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgRhbQR2dtk

Well expressed article about the benefits of scuba diving. Scuba diving is beneficial in minimizing the stress and anxiety. Moreover, it is also good for blood circulation and overall fitness and well being.

A very well articulated article about the different diving products. The durability of diving product is the main thing. It should be durable and human life shouldn't be compromised at any cost.

Any updates on when the ebook will be available for download/purchase?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flotsam_(David_Wiesner_book)


see this book- about camera washed up on beach

The Quik Pod Bottle Grip Handle comes with two other great and useful accessories, and fits on any popular cola bottle and water bottle in the world. Also works with all GoPro camera models. To me it's a better buy.

Thank you!

Awesome

Life = Death

Have they passed serial number to SeaLife to check for owners registration?

So cool....

This is my favorite.

42 max depth please, Regards from Cyprus.

Yap, Andreas is right. The Zenobia is lying on it's side with the upper side 17 m and bottom side 42 m depth.

A difficult task - this is a list that will always be contested 🙂
With the exception of Scapa Flow, every site is in warm water, but many of the die-hard wreck divers I know use a dry suit............ just saying.
Would love to see some of the great WW2 wrecks off North Carolina on a longer list, and further up the US East coast there's the likes of the Andrea Doria etc...
Suggest a Recreational warm/ cold list and the same for Technical depths....?

How on earth is The Andrea Doria not on the list of top 10 wreck dives in the world?

I would've put Aruba higher on the list, but I'm probably a little biased because my dad was raised there (my grandfather was an engineer for Esso Oil), and have been going down there every couple of years for most of my life. The Antilla is one of my favorite wrecks of all time.

You've missed a few! Like the SS.Umbria on Wingate Reef in Port Sudan, the San Francisco Maru in Chuuk, the USS Saratoga in Bikini, the mv.Don Pedro in Ibiza, etc etc. Incidentally, I dived the Iro (no Maru!) in Palau with its original Chief Engineer, Tomimatzu Ishikawa, 60 years after it was sunk.

The Umbria is spectacular ! ....Not to mention the Adlantic ocean convoy wrecks off North Donegal .. ? Def not warm water dives and below 50mtrs but then We still think of them as recreational. ?

Not One Great Lakes wreck. 🙁
What would I know. But this guy does know something about shipwrecks.

"I cannot say too often, the Great Lakes possess the best shipwrecks in the world."
Gary Gentile

Dived on a few of these wrecks. Hilma Hooker is pretty, but not in same class as the other wrecks listed. Fujikawa is a boat wreck dive, a coral reef dive and an aeroplane wreck dive all rolled into one. A friend of mine has raved for years about the President Coolidge in Vanuatu.

Of all the amazing and historic shipwrecks in Scapa Flow - including three battleships, three cruisers and a minelayer from the German High Seas Fleet from WW1 - you chose the Tabarka? Seriously? It's pretty yes but would barely make a top 100 of UK wreck dives.

I've dived a few of these and think the SS President Coolidge in Vanuatu should definately be in there. Shore accessible 185m 1930s art deco ocean liner full of tanks and US army jeep. Top of the bow is at 21m with the stern down at 60m-85m. A truly magnificent wreck!

He was/is the inspiring reason I fell in love with oceans as a boy growing up. Very happy for this!!

Maybe a better title should have been "My personal best 10 wreck dives on the planet" that's assuming you have dived all these spots.

I do have some trepidation that the Calypso may sink the Cousteau Society. I believe that it could be better to use the Calypso on land as a museum for people to be inspired by its former glory. With the development of modern technology, a more fitting vessel should be built. The reason being that people know more now than they did at the time that Calypso was used. Actually a whole new vessel would need to be built and it would be an engineering feat to design one because of the demands to be met. The actions would be parallel to the NASA project: first, Mercury; second, Gemini; then, Apollo and now the International Space Station. That which is not desirable is like the Jack Legs which are in Japan doing those supposedly "scientific experiments" where they electrocute a whale while it lies helplessly on the deck of a fishing vessel. No! Cousteau Society is at the "Mercury stage" and it needs to advance to the "Gemini stage" and hopefully before it gets to be too late.

Hello. Someone knows if it's possible to dive to this wreck ships with the Open Water SSI certification? We have the possibility to go to the Yongala maybe....many thanks!

SS Coolidge and its flashlight fish ?

I have dove some of these. If you really want to dive wrecks, dive in Malta. There are more shore dive wrecks than anywhere else in the world. And, I am talking some incredible wrecks.

Very well put, Charles. For use in research, a more fitting vessel should be built. But, perhaps, a seaworthy Calypso can be made into a floating museum and tour the world, while showcasing her now antiquated diving and research equipment used in that era. Imagine the revenue potential by docking the Calypso Museum in San Francisco for 3 to 6 months before moving on to Long Beach and then to San Diego for similar durations. She could then sail through the Panama Canal, and hit all the main ports in the Gulf before heading up the Eastern Seaboard. I would easily pay for a chance to stand in the wheel house and have my photo taken with a life size statue of Cousteau on the stern while wearing a tank and double hose reg. The man is a legend and if he wanted to see his vessel seaworthy again, I think the Cousteau society should do it. By the way, check out this video. It is an awesome tribute to Calypso and the men who have served her so long and so well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZonmQZG0GQ
Great article, John!

We are excited about this event as Roatan is an ideal location for underwater cinematography!

I am the designer of this product and it was taken out of context. It doesn't use pure oxygen it use a Hitrix or Nitrix Mix similar to current diving canisters. I have had several interviews with divers on the equipment used in diving and I have thoroughly thought through the process, I understand pure oxygen is lethal at depth, oxygen is just in the name as it fit nicely with ORB if you have any other questions id be happy to answer them.

Hi I am the designer of this product and it was taken out of context. It doesn't use pure oxygen it use a Hitrix or Nitrix Mix similar to current diving canisters. I have had several interviews with divers on the equipment used in diving and I have thoroughly thought through the process, I understand pure oxygen is lethal at depth, oxygen is just in the name as it fit nicely with ORB if you have any other questions id be happy to answer them as most websites have used snippets of interviews with me which confuses the idea and the research behind it.

Hello, i m an huge scuba diving fan 🙂 and i have found your blog, he is on the top 5 of diving blog
Im happy to be here and be part of the comment community
Our last trip was in Phuket and we have passed a great moment underwater, for us is one of the best diving place in Asia

There are 2 dive sites in Indonesia. I have chance to dive in Bali right now, so I can give some ideas:
Every dive site has different characteristics. The most popular places are:
- Tulamben (Liberty wreck and drop off, shore dive, recommended for night dive, too - moray eels, blue spotted rays, black tips, turtles, nudis, shrimps, barracudas, scorpionfish and so on),
- Nusa Penida (good chance for manta ray any time, mola-mola from July to September, reef sharks),
- Amed (reef wall with lobsters, eel garden, large schools of different reef fishes - trevally, snapper, bannerfish, surgeonfish, parrotfish etc.),
- Padangbai (blue lagoon, drift dive, muck dive - nudibranchs, lionfish, octopuses, the reef is very colourful here)
- Nusa Lembongan (drift dives, small crabs, nudis, scorpionfish, moray eel, lionfish and a variety of reef fishes),
- Menjangan Island (national park with magnificent diving and snorkelling opportunities, lionfish, frogfish, eel garden, turtles, reef sharks)
- Gili Tepekong and Gili Mimpang (for advanced divers, medium to strong current, shark point)

Hello, i I feel angry about what happned in Chile,at least 20 dead sei whales beached along Chile's southern coast

Great effort good intention.

Charles - Good perspective. I have 260 dives and have been at it since 1974. I love live-aboards. I also speak on cruise ships so I get a free one every 6 months. My experience with cruise ship diving is what you said. I cannot get off the ship in time to get the early dive...The ships start unloading (or tendering) at about 8 am. Most dive boats will wait a bit, but 8:30 is usually their limit, since the water is calm. No way to get there. If you found some that cater to the ships - great. A pick up would solve that. But the ships I travel on do not have a large group of passengers interested in diving. Most want to see the historical sites.

Reverse problem if you do the afternoon dive. Those leave after the crew has lunch - or about 1:30. It's often hard to get back by the "last call onboard" at about 4:30.

A dedicated live-aboard can get me 5 dives a day for 6 days. That is why I go - to dive - not walk the sand on a package deal....I do like cruising, but for diving, I like to bring my own gear and make it a focused vacation.

The real danger is overfishing with giant gill nets, killing a host of species, not individuals with catches in the single digits. Then you've got that whole taboo subject of 'agricultural runoff', ocean acidification, dumping trash...

how do they select the divers? Why is Nery not competing for example?

Nice! This reminds me of the amazing feeling I had nearly 20 years ago when I moved to the Portofino area from the UK and took my first dive in blue water. A religious experience. The cliffs plunge right into the depths, so records can be set just a few meters off-shore!
A bit bored of seeing wonderfully elegant freedivers stop swimming and try to walk on the seabed in emulation of Guillaume though...

What about Deep from James Nestor?

NEry vendu!

Thank you for writing this article Charles Davis. My partner and I have both invested in digital SLR camera bodies and several lenses for our portraiture business, but have found the entry point into underwater photography prohibitively expensive when you factor in a decent housing and dome port. Since the rise of social media, there just isn’t a lot of money to be made in the profession, so why spend thousands of dollars on gear? I have embraced the advent of the Sport-Cam as a way of taking underwater stills without going bankrupt. I have also found that if you know what you’re doing, great results can be achieved. My experience with the GoPro is documented here:
http://www.timhoran.com/?p=228

Hi Deeper Blue!
The Indiegogo campaign is on !!
http://bit.ly/GogoOdyssea3D

Have a great day!
The Odyssea 3D Team

looking good

No crystal vue?

Invest in some long blade fiberglass fins. It's worth the money. Long blades work very well for scuba diving.

Well, it was good that it happened, but it is a very weak dive show. And to be honest, it didn't worth the ticket price. 🙁

No mention of the Apeks XTX40 that most technical divers prefer?

Who is writing this? Ever heard about Atomic Aquatics...?

We loved your destinations and would like to add Ambergris Caye, Belize to the list!

Great Article. Went last year to www.redfrogbeach.com in Bocas and loved the diving. Saw a lot of soft coral and great food.

Thanks Bruce!

What's better than diving Cocos Island? Doing it as a volunteer on a conservation research project studying Cocos pelagics. You can join a Cocos Island Sea Turtle and Hammerhead Tagging Expedition with the non-profit SeaTurtles.org and help unravel the migratory pathways of sharks and turtles (and your expenses may be tax-deductible). You can find details at Diving Cocos as part of a shark and turtle tagging scientific expedition at https://seaturtles.org/campaigns/cocos-island-turtle-shark-tagging-expedition/?parent=cocos-expedition

Fantastic read, great science, good humour, glad there are other people out there with the same mindset to freediving:)

And we thought we were hot s--t on the seventies, breaking the 400 foot mark.. Hal would be proud..

Why don't you write about the problems at Lighthouse, occuring right now? That could need some publicity to save sharks and keep the Lighthouse Reef as amazing as it is.

http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=35388

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1092293687470683.1073741889.322261534473906&type=3


Also see what Mar Alliance posted on their Facebook page.

Save the sharks!

In what city in Malaysia is the pool located?

fortunately this isn't true and not going to happen (just look at his tank set up!??!?) He claims he already has the record and also, he claims he was going to do it last Sept. This guy is full of it. Not a chance someone can get to 400m on OC.

Great article Nathan - I have done quite a bit of pool training and done lots of the drills and similar you mentioned. I never really thought of a place to test things out though - cheers for the insights!

Thanks bud! So glad you enjoyed the article.

You've had the "yips" for four years now. As Lesley West, guitarist for Mountain once said - either shit or get off the pot.

Two errors: Aleix doesn't hold the unassisted world record but a national record for Spain (Branko has the CMAS world record). And the previous O2 record holder was Goran Colak with 23:01.

Great article.....thanks a looot

Local fisherman killed all of Bull sharks. There is nothing left.

Love that whale shark design!

We did it

Great performance ! I m Emma fan of travel around such beautifull place in the world, i love especially places where i can suba dive
Thank you for sahre and hope i read you soon

Excellent photograph!
The California-based citizen science nonprofit group Ocean Sanctuaries is conducting a long term population study of sevengill sharks worldwide and we recently expanded our database to include sightings from South Africa.

We would love it if the photographer could submit his photograph to our scientific data base, here: sevengillsharksightings.org

Many thanks,
Michael Bear
Citizen science project director
Ocean sanctuaries.org

Useful post, i have a samsung smartphone and here all housing waterproof are for iphone ! Is there any gadget for samsung Prime ?
Thanks

Love that you mention how even one hair can break the seal and cause leakage - such a huge pain. That's why I invented The Bang Wrangler (www.thebangwrangler.com). Check it out and let me know if you'd like a sample to review!

Did anyone else read 2.5 minutes and think 'I can hold my breath and watch the whole thing'...

Cannot believe you left out South Africa! Raggies at Aliwal, Hammerheads by the 1000s at Shelly Beach, Tigers, Bulls and Black Tips also at Aliwal and off course Great Whites at Gansbaai! If you haven't dived South Africa you haven't dived with sharks.

Exactly !!! I Agree with you Steve , who ever wrote this needs to reconsider

It has been done years ago. No first

Cool article. Becoming more interested with this sport daily!

Seriously!!!! No South Africa???? More shark species than you can shake a stick at . Oh and then if you're bored we can show you lions, elephants,rhino,leopard buffalo , hippo, crocs and many other types of game!!!

Couldn't agree more with all the other comments.
I guess his experience of diving on 6 continents didn't include Africa or more particularly South Africa.
Probably couldn't handle the massive great whites around Cape Town or the Bull and Tiger sharks around Aliwal Shoal or Protea Banks.

Absolutely agree with all the other comments.
If you haven't dived with sharks around South Africa, you haven't experienced real sharks.
I guess his extensive travel to 6 continents did not include Africa or more specifically South Africa.

And everybody always leaves out Palm Beach Florida with its lemon, bull, silky, dusky, sandbar, reef, tiger and greater hammerhead.

Beautiful words Kate. Thank you <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKMUz2o0NNw

not sure how they get wifi signal to connect to the iPhone from underwater

Impressive performance. Keep up the good work and tell us more.

Scuba diving record announcements are often incorrect, including this claim by the Russian Geographical Society. The actual record for the deepest dive under ice (111 m / 364 ft) was established by a French team (Under the Pole II) in April 2015. See Record #20 in Edition 5.2 of the Diving Almanac & Book of Records: www.divingalmanac.com

Jumping the gun on scuba diving records: http://www.divingalmanac.com/jumping_the_gun.html

So so awesome!! Can't wait for September when I'm diving there as well!! After seeing video I want to go now!! ???

WTF!!! Touching a turtle... it's not a good practice

Nice! Learn more about fitness for diving at www.scubafit.com. The only fitness for diving certification for dive professionals, divers and fitness instructors.

This device cannot possibly work safely, and is highly unlikely to work at all.

I will not get into the deeper aspects of why this won't work, as they have been covered before, see here for a very good explanation: http://www.deepseanews.com/2014/01/triton-not-dive-or-dive-not-there-is-no-triton/

It seems like over 1,500 backers have donated over half a million dollars to a sham. Indiegogo takes no responsibility for this at all, and will not issue a refund in the event of non-delivery.

Is it possible that this device is supplied by more than just *dissolved* oxygen?

Up with Jenni

Let's look to nature for inspiration: How do the most advanced water animals handle their oxygen needs? Sea snakes, sea turtles, swimming iguanas, seals, whales, dolphins, penguins, etc,etc,etc ***ALL*** breathe oxygen from the atmosphere. Only the more primitive, cold-blooded animals can extract enough dissolved oxygen to maintain life.

Perhaps someday this device will be viable technology... for now, the basic physics and basic biology is simply too much to overcome.

http://newyorktoimes.blogspot.com/2016/03/triton-underwater-rebreather-scam.html
Triton Underwater Rebreather Scam
$600,000 WORTH OF CROWD FUNDING FOR A FAKE PROJECT.

These three guys are about to pull off an age old snake oil scam.
It started with student Jeabyun Yeon's design project on Facebook, illustrations which were misrepresented as being an actual product design in both theory and in practice rather than just a 'concept' that he'd come up with for a school project.

This is so obviously a scam, I can't believe anyone buys into it. They claim to have a working prototype ('45 minutes in up to 15 feet of water') and then do not show it in action? Absurd. The reason the video is in such short clips is because the swimmer is not just holding his breath but expelling it so as to give the impression of breathing. If they had actually achieved what they claim, they would be on every TV show, DARPA (interest would be global) would be all over it and they'd have millions in instant funding.

Finning techniques are very important in buoyancy control. Sculling like a fish sleeping enables you to stay at that particular spot for a length of time. Finning techniques had many useful application in diving.

A fool and his money are soon parted

Notice how he seems to become progressively less buoyant the longer he is under. At the start of each clip he is finning down at an angle just to stay under, and by the end he is lying on the floor of the pool. This is simply apnea, with him blowing out some bubbles every few second to give the impression of respiration.

It is a total scam!!!

I have been contributing 1 dollar to be able to make a comment and warn all people who backed this project and within a couple of minutes they refunded me so I wasn't able to comment anymore. Besides that they deleted my comments. Right now when I try to do the same I am almost instantly refunded, so this proves to me that they are full of shit and are going to walk away with a million dollar if they succeed. So I strongly advise everyone to back out!

IF this would be true you can always get it in the store eventually for 400 dollars which seems fine by me, but I really, really, really doubt this will ever come onto the market. There are too many red flags!!!

i love to watching sea creatures

This is the most basic advise I have come across in over 20 years. As a commercial diver instructor for 'surface supplied and saturation' not to mention A PADI staff instructor, I would quite while your ahead. Either take a Apnea course or quote this dribble young lady!

Start to ascend at 50psi?

8 Top tips? Is this a joke?
You also forgot the most obvious of all: proper weighting.
Back to school.

excellent article and advice
of all the coures you can take after your open water, the buoyancy course is absolutely necessary to enjoy the diving experience

Quality articles or reviews is the secret to interest the viewers
to pay a visit the web site, that's what this web site is providing.

Are these available with corrective lenses???

I really think that if Miguel Lozano tries it again that he will get it all of the way. Those stomach viruses can take the strength right out of a person. Will he try it again?

As with all guilty parties, they get protected. Nobody says what the company's name is or where the manufactures are located or who the C.E.O. is. I think that some one ought to get the driver's license number, the plate number off of his car, and even a finger print so when that guy goes to run, he can be tracked down and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Since when isn't SCUBA a sport? I dive frequently in cold water with students and I can assure you, diving is most definitely a sport. And, as a Dive instructor I take issue with the 50 psi is considered "low on air." I would consider that out of air. Typically 500 psi is the absolute minimum you want to be back on dry land with. Besides anything under 100 psi can be detrimental to your scuba cylinder. Not sure where the author got 50 psi from, but that's just dangerously wrong.

That's hard to comprehend, I almost bought into the idea but I always had doubts on how such a small system do what it was supposed to.
Too bad but I will definitely look forward to the next invention like this now that this scam product opened up the market for artificial breathing for all waterman out there!

Is it physically possibly to have liquid O2 at typical water temperatures? I do not think so. Chemical canisters like in some airliners would be a more viable solution but would be relatively expensive.

These are the canisters that caused the B-727 crash in FL many years ago.

It's important to note that NOTHING changed on their website...

It's not possible to make a tiny LOX cylinder light enough. Try taking a soda bottle, add a little water, add a few pieces of dry ice, squeeze and cap, then throw it far as possible! Result: KABOOM!!! The same would happen with metal cylinders only with dangerous schrapnel.

Found good service with chrome plugin that preventing pledging to such fraud campaigns. Recommend to use it - http://gokudos.xyz

JUst spent a week in Turks and Caicos, having returned after three years. The decrease in the number of reef fish was very apparent and very likely related to increases in Lionfish population.

A new Triton Indiegogo campaign, a bit different one, this time:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/triton-world-s-last-artificial-gills-scam/

This story was originally reported on Civil Eats. Can you please credit us and add the link? Thanks.
http://civileats.com/2016/04/07/invasive-lionfish-coming-to-a-menu-near-you/

FANTASTIC!!

Some recent news
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/state/state-offers-incentives-to-remove-invasive-lionfish-from-florida-waters

wow! After reading this article, i can really say scuba diving is safe while diving with certified friend.

I'm really enjoying the theme/design of your blog. Do you ever
run into any web browser compatibility problems?

A number of my blog audience have complained about my blog not operating correctly in Explorer but
looks great in Chrome. Do you have any solutions to help fix this issue?

Hi Jennifer,
Thank you for your post about Top 5 Dive Destinations. Regarding Galapagos Islands, it sound very exciting, but do you have a more detailed itinerary for diving off Santa Cruz without a liveaboard option, and recommendations regarding diving centers to use. My wife is not a diver, so I am looking for some diving day trips off Santa Cruz.
Thank you again for a good post.

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Why is it so retardedly expensive!?
Due to the location?

He wasn't Mexican.. born in Durango, Spain

Just to clarify that the city named Durango where Joseba was born is located in Spain. There is a place called Durango in Mexico, of course.

Just to clarify that the city named Durango where Joseba was born is located in Spain. There is a place called Durango in Mexico as well!

He was born in Durango, Basque Country (43.170617, -2.632193)

Hello Jennifer,

Very surprised that there are no South African, Mozambique, Red Sea or other East African dive destinations on your list.

These are serious ommissions and probably done out of ignorance.

I would suggest that you come and see for yourself what this part of the world has to offer. You will then be able to properly and professionally venture an opinion.

Fascinating story! Thanks for sharing!

Not fixed yet!!!!
Durango, Bizkaia, Euskadi!
He was a true 'euskaldun'.
Goian bego!

I want a spear gun it's my bad luck it's not available in my place I want a spear gun really

Hi Val,

For all dive travel info you need regarding Santa Cruz, you can check our website @ http://www.thedivespotteam.com/#!dive-ecuador/cz3b We visted Santa Cruz back in Octobre 2014 and it was great.
For more you can contact me via [email protected]

Kind regards,
Dirck Zadeh
Owner and founder of DiveSpot
www.thedivespotteam.com

Sorry but PHOTO CREDIT IS MINE ! NOT SPEARBLOG !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RwGKCDEB0w

check this old video .
b rgds

Finally. The fake (Triton) is outta the way. Now all serious investors can back real/true 21st Century SCUBA at https://www.gofundme.com/9x0l5o#

Nathalia's record was set in Dahab 2015 at 71 CNF

Nice piece, thanks for sharing! Chris also spends some of his time educating guests of Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale on the splendors of Florida's most iconic resident -- the American alligator.

Not to be overly critical but that front cover picture screams over tasking, not the best precedent to set for newbies. Just a thought.

Super! Now, how about a blue-and-white Alpha-flag version for those of us not in N. America? 😉

Excellent written article!

Thanks for the review
Cheers

Very Nice!

Done 4 out the 10.If you know your limits,
Plan your dive and dive your plan, no dive is dangerous.

Have fun?

The Blue HOle has a perfectly acceptable risk factor. Absolutely worth the Stalactites and large Reef Sharks. Abalone free diving in No. CAL is far more dangerous.
Unlike spearfishing, when you Ab dive, you enter the food chain! The lack of physical fitness, and/or the complete lack of any training required to dive, and you get an average of 5 deaths in a short 6 month season every year . That's dangerous.

This is my favourite story from Vertical Blue 2016 . . . well my second most favourite!!

Way to go Lina! Your enthusiasm is contagious and your strength is admirable. Liking forward to see you soon. Much love

$495 for an inflatable board float... That's a typo... right?

Definitely, the Zenobia Wreck in Larnaca Cyprus is in the top 5 in the world and for sure the top wreck of Europe. A visit to the wreck will convince you.

Very nice article. Wishing Mandy great good luck and safe diving in her pursuits!

When you do these stretches, do your recommend breathing through the mouth or the nose?

The Great White Wall - Rainbow Reef, Taveuni FIJI........soft coral captial of THE WORLD!!!

Please provide address/contact #'s of free diving schools in Miami/Ft Lauderdale area.

Not sure what you meant about the comfort and the sizing. Do they run large?

Nice article thanks ! Some images can be really helpful ! 🙂

nice article

Good article! Comprehensive rundown of the subject. Couple of questions and remarks though. In order of where they were adressed in the text:

Decreasing pressure will not desaturate the blood of oxygen. Bloodborne oxygen is almost exclusively carried by hemoglobin and not carried in solution. Increasing pressure will however increase the solubility of oxygen in the surfactant of the alveoli, and decreasing pressure will cause the inverse. Solution is necessary for the hemoglobin to be able to bind the oxygen but once bound the oxygen is no longer considered "solved". Boyles law only applies to gases in solution.

My question is regarding the rescue protocol and rescue breaths. The term "laryngospasm" is normally used to describe the cramping of muscles in and around the larynx, causing the epiglottis to seal off the Airways. While I've noticed that it may entail more aspects, or other aspects altogether, in regards to freediving I've never come across it as a cramping of the jaw before. What leads you to this conclusion?
I realize that a diver equipped with a mask will have a closed airway from the nose and so it would make sense to Think that the natural response would be to shut the mouth. But as it is an survival reflex, established long Before the invention of diving masks, the closing of a common airway would seem much more appropriate.
I Think that this is also the case. If it is indeed the larynx that Closes off, that means that both nose and mouth will be shut off from the lungs. How does a nose rescue breath in that case, or any rescue breath at all for that matter, help bring a diver back?

Thanks for a good read!

Best regards
Karl

There is something wrong about someone reviewing a course for a company that they're affiliated with/work for. Of course he or she is going to give a favorable review. Unless this is a paid advertisement, there is no reason you should have this type of review on your website.

Nice one

Hi Karl,

Many thanks for your comments! In my experience of 'laryngospasm', the time I've directly observed a black out or dealt with one, in some cases the jaw has clamped shut. This may be unconnected to the shutting of the epiglottis and is something I'm going to have to look into, however this was what I was taught back in the day.

The idea of doing a mouth to nose rescue breath must have come about because if the jaw does indeed clamp shut, then the nose offers a way into the airways. It may be that the pressure induced by a mouth to nose rescue breath is a trigger for the epiglottis to open, or maybe the barareceptors in this area are activated by the activity of removing a mask and blowing near the nose.

Whatever the case it's great to learn more about the process and why it works so many thanks for your comment!

Emma

Can anybody get me in contact with Sheri Date I found her book today autographed by her and Art Ponder with original photographs of Art She used in the book along with other items stuffed in there
Thank you if anybody can help
My name is Chris DiBuono and I live in PSL,FL
[email protected]

someone has been watching a little 2 much james bond..... Any real diver know this is BS and bluetooth doesnt work underwater past about 2 feet. The navy still has to surface subs or pop a boui to talk


DUH!

Please fix names:

Micha? Bochenek or Michal Bochenek

Adelina instead of Michalina Hetnar-Michaldo

No South Africa????

Bill Beard's Costa Rica will be at The Long Beach Scuba Show in booth 453, please stop by and say hello, get our show specials and sign up for a free vacation package for two.

Thank you, Charles Davis, for this most important article. It is kind of spooky reading about it. The question that shot through my mind while reading this was; has any body ever tried to map the underwater currents of the world or even map the currents just in an area?

Thanks for the timely article Charles. House reefs all over the Caribbean on SE Asia are in a state of affairs that makes diving very sad these days.

Thanks for the writeup!

Yeah, Johnno! Bring some training camps to Hawaii!

Hi, I'm Johan, one of the developers of Scuba Exam. Thank you for your very positive review! Just so you know, we are pretty much fluent in English, so we're confident we can help our English speaking users with any issues they may have! We'll make sure to communicate this better in future versions of the app by linking to an English language page for Scuba Exam users.

Also, we're Swedish rather than Danish, although you're excused for confusing us with our neighbours in the south! 😉

Hello, Emma Farrell.
Great explanation!
Can I translate your article into Korean, and share your article with my friends, please?

Will this Yoga course ever be offered on DVD's? Personally, I prefer to receive things via DVD instead of online so that I can maintain it for future reference.

Cliff,
I just "stumbled" across this page and saw your acknowledgment on the editor's note. Perhaps we should touch base since it has been 18 yrs... Peppo

Are there ever going to be any workshops in the mid Atlantic region;say, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia area?

All you have to do is contact a manufacturer of such things. shoot me an email

Thank You FWC!!!!! Keep up the good work.

"camouflage just for for atraction of spearos;)"

Please put this program on a DVD. I would like to have it on DVD.

The time to dive Verde Island has never been better! Stay with us, Lalaguna Villas, an Agoda 4.5-Star resort in the sights of Verde Island. Low season is here! Prices are now the most affordable!Check out our great dive packages at our website link http://lalagunavillas.com.ph/accommodations-glance/scuba-diving/dive-packages/

United Conservationists also a Rob Stewart initiative that took my money and did absolutely....nothing.

Sharks are well represented, why do we need yet another film about them from a narcissistic self promoter who had one good film that moved the needle - once?

We need action not begging for dollars. Support at your own peril. Still waiting for my $2000USD back from the failed United Conservationists boondoggle.

Grant

Malina was the 2nd who did WR.George Panayiotakis did it 1st

Hello guys,

sorry but the very first was the French man Arthur Guérin-Boëri, 3 weeks ago 😉

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48vZ1h7m0kE

Dear Charles,

Thanks for your comment about DVDs. The videos are online to make global access easier for everyone, even in remote areas. The once you purchase a course you get life-time access to them so they will always be available to you, whenever you want them, wherever you are. I hope this encourages you to try the first course, and I'd live to get your feedback,
Much love x Sara

#1 thing every diver should know...get into a shop, or better, multiple shops and talk with a dive professional for education or gear needs.

Also, article is very biased towards PADI.
"PADI is the undisputed leader in recreational divers training." (Unclear opinion, how about ranking by open water certifications per year?)

As an instructor with three major agencies (including PADI) it's important that students are aware of how an agency can meet their long term goals or learning needs and the options that are available with each company. A student should contact a reputable dive shop and understand the options they can provide that best meet each students needs.

anyone else apply? I'm really curious on how many apnea acrobats there are 😛

How much would this diving helmet estimate in cost in U.S. Dollars once perfected?

Great website! Looking forward to seeing the reviews!

It's a beuatifull fantasy. Thomas, You're a tender dreamer. You should study about the reality of diving, physical and physiognomy before to try to make an impossible theory.

If it looks like, smells like, feels like, and taste like bacon is it real bacon? Not necessarily so. The truth in labeling law says it has to be the real thing else the word "imitation" or 'man made' used. I suggest this is an "imitation Northwest Passage" or "Woman Imagined Northwest Passage". Why? Because if you want it to count in the official record book you must use the same start and finish lines as those who have gone before you.

Here is the list as of the end of 2015: http://www.americanpolar.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/NWP-2015.pdf

Atlantic Ocean Arctic Circle in Davis Strait to Pacific Ocean Arctic Circle in Bering Strait - that's the start and finish lines depending on your direction of travel. Anything else is just a hamlet to hamlet trip.

You decide, but don't expect to see anything in the record book since there are no red 'tees' for women on this Northwest Passage course.

lol

That's a joke? Spearfishing championship in a lake? C'mon give me a break!

Sounds awesome

If it's a joke, I don't get. Doesn't sound funny to me.
Just like any other "sport" world championships may be held in many venues.
Lake Mead is probably the most beautiful Lake you could possibly spearfish in. Shallow reefs aka gravel bars, drop offs, deep pinnacles etc. Crystal clear water, depending on the season. Not to mention huge striped bass.
Being from Hawaii, we dream of diving in Lake Mead.
Don't knock something just because you don't understand.

Cairns in Sydney? Only 2,414kms away!

This a great article. For beginners and advanced divers. Weight was the biggest issue for me in the beginning. The instructors made me jump in with a way to heavy weightbelt and that made "diving in style" very difficult. It is for safety reason but some are a bit too cautious.

Thank you Jens.

who took these photos Imagine For A Moment… Freediving At Wakatobi

EPIC!!!

Would you please post the finding as soon as they become available? If the information is documented some other way, please let us know where.

Could you do reviews of other companies like you have done with Cressi?

I always recommend breathing in through the nose (unless you have a mask on). When you are recovering from big stretches like Udiana bandha however you will need to breathe in through the mouth!

Training agencies are necessary for the industry to coalesce in a consistent approach to educate and prepare customers, with the objective of being safe and comfortable in earning their certification and while diving.

However, for students to effectively reach this goal (better yet, to become proficient lifetime scuba-divers), it takes much more than simply a Training Agency.

While agencies play an important role (in our declining industry), I would argue that the better choice for a customer to make (in an overall condideration in learning to dive) would be which dive-shop
irregardless of training agency they utilize.

A professional dive-shop can provide up to six specific services (solutions) for a surrounding community to have a pathway to experience diving in a positive way.
This helps to perpetuate diving as a serious lifestyle choice.

The dive-shop plays a more crucial role in student development, diver experiences, support with properly fitted equipment, services and essentially entertaining our clients with everything diving.

With the consumer's prevalent "bucket-list" mentality regarding activities, Dive-Shops are responsible in a large way
in preventing the industries increasing attrition.
Dive-shops are the back-bone of the industry.

Agencies primarily offer:
*Training-educational materials
*General professional standards, as well as
general guidelines for safety
and industry consistencies .
*Collective and Group benefits
such as insurance.

With my dive-shop business (over the last 22 years), "if you build it - they will come".
Our goal is solution based and far fewer prospective clients will seldom ask about our training angency we utilize,
and it doesn't really matter as long as we offer great training and service.
The best agency was one of the three agencies we were using at the time we marketed our program, and they all worked.

It is the dive-shop, it's staff of experienced dive-leaders and their mission that makes any training material come alive.

things like this need to start somewhere, and cynics are to be expected...the Wright Bros were thought a bunch of BS too...at least by those too small-minded to extend thought beyond then-known science

Thank you Francesca !

great article! nice! thanks for sharing!

Great dive, i wish i could see it personaly ;).

Just amazing. What a dive! Well done. Congrats form Brasil!

What piss poor coverage in the media on such an achievement.

Hello,
Do you organize spearfishing trip around Labuan bajo?
We are four people and we Will organize this in february.
See you
JUlien Peltier

Charles, all dives are decompression dives, even breath-holding dives are.
The shorter dives just are less likely to cause symptoms due to excess gasses dissolved in bodily tissues and fluids moving back to their gas state.
Proof is that some divers still get bend even though they followed the tables correctly.
Knowing that the famous U.S. Navy tables were made for young healthy men for combat missions with an acceptable % mortality rate should indicate enough how artificial this NDL really is.

So instead of giving the dumbo diver a feather and focus your articles on false security, please teach the number one rule a diver should know, a skill very few of the agencies teach as the number one skill a new diver needs to master. Do you know which skill?

R.

Hi
Some of my favorite spots:
Use El Gona as base station instead of Sharm as Shrm is a no go area with the Sinai in a state of war.
Using El Gona dive trips to most of the dive spots are reach faster and the reefs within reach using private boats.

Rocky Village is yet another perfect dive sute.

Can anyone tell me what make is the metal detector they using . Thank you

Hi Stephan, PFI put incorrect location of Wakatobi. It's not in Bali but Southeast Sulawesi, still in Indonesia. Here I put the location from Google Map: https://www.google.co.id/maps/place/Kabupaten+Wakatobi,+Sulawesi+Tenggara/@-5.2224691,123.4129176,9.37z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x2da6e07303159381:0x3030bfbcaf771e0!8m2!3d-5.3264442!4d123.5951925

Thanks for the article. Where can I quickly check and compare options available? It's being a pain to surf over dozens of agencies' websites. Is there anything like TripAdvisor for diving?

Ben,

Diviac (https://diviac.com) is a purpose built website for divers to research, compare and book all types of dive operators worldwide.

For example it has the largest selection of Liveaboards in the market (>200) and it guarantees having the lowest price.

In the spirit of full disclosure, please note that I'm the founder.

Well done, John!
From another Scuba Diver

Freshwater in the Blue Hole? You did another dive than me.

Would love to go and do all of these dives. I have never dived before and it has always been my dream! My girlfriend and I are spending 2017 in South America and plan on learning to dive and do a lot of it. Do you have any recommendations of companies to get certified with.

We offer diving safaris in Cebu and we are based in Mactan near the airport, all airport pick ups and transfers to your hotel. We can organize accommodations and help you with anything needed .
I have new compressors and tanks and gear rentals. If needed instructors available for any course you like to do at competitive rates.
Contact thru The Facebook pages on link below.

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Nice video ... I do not recognize the ocean flora ... Are finishing in the mediterranean waters ?


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Anyone want to sponsor me on this training? 🙂

Hugo, it is the Mediterranean. The north coast of Cyprus

Why is more written about the author than the story???

This is the second article I've read by you and honestly they are not informative at all. Both times you have not even tried to go into the details.

Hi Greetings

I am trying to purchase a hard cover book for my grandson and it keeps freezing up. It is required that I choose a country on checkout and USA is not listed. So I wanted to leave it blank since it is not CA or UK but it will not let me move forward. Can you assist?

Any familiarization of humans and food is a recipe for disaster. Most especially when "you" feed in and around reefs. These beautiful creatures are 110% predator, not a guppy in a fish tank. Once their pea-brain associates a human with free food the danger increases exponentially. Want to feed the fish? Get a fish tank. I have had to find coral, big enough to hide behind, to avoid bullsharks, makos and hammerheads. Be smart. Be safe. Don't become chum.

Thanks Charles. This is Solid, straight up advise. As the planet shrinks and as the reefs in the world disappear 'Liveaboard' maybe the #1 option for serious divers... Life is short, go dive now. Allan G DM

Any Android version?

I already crossed this out one off my bucket list. And because I know how cool scuba diving is, I created a bucket list bracelet inspired in scuba diving.
I just want to inspire people to follow their bucket list dreams.

Check it out at http://www.bucketbracelets.com/products/do-scuba-diving

Every action creates (has) a reaction, some good, some bad. Those that feed sharks get the reaction they want, an adrenaline rush. Those folks taking the shark feeders out to sea get what they want, money. A win, win for those two groups. Now is the practice a win for the sharks. Absolutely not! There is not one long term true positive benefit for the sharks survival. Over time the loser is the shark being an instinctual creature of the sea.

It appears to me that NAUI gets the higher recommendation.
"Most NAUI training is aligned with academic organizations. NAUI divers are generally better trained and have a deep scientific understanding of diving. It seems to be the agency of choice for marine related scientist."

An important point left off the article is that chumming/feeding to "harvest: sharks is not banned. In other words, it's ok to chum to kill threatened/endangered sharks but not to view, photograph or learn about them (that would apply even if a diver did not get in the water). That does seem to be not very environmentally friendly. Along with that is some science that sheds light on the situation - http://www.miami.edu/index.php/features/ecotourism_study/

And one has to wonder why if the science and economics don't line up with this bill, what is the driver - humm, guess the shark fishermen will like the outcome if it is passed. Next thing to look at is the origins of donations to the sponsoring senators.

Looks more like bass run to me on the photo for sardine run 😉

Please, in the future, give us the name of the "scientist" involved and maybe something of their background. Is NASA or National Geographic Society involved it this study? How long will it take to diagnose the cause of the problem?

Thanks for the note, Charles. Here's what NOAA knows so far: http://flowergarden.noaa.gov/newsevents/massmortalityresponsearticle.html

I have spent the last two years visiting some of the most popular shark diving spots in Hawaii, Florida and the Bahamas/Caribbean including many trips to Tiger Beach. I have visited these sites with tour groups and then often in our own boat to get some idea of how the animals respond under different circumstances like scuba vs free diving and feeding vs non feeding. My experiences have always been the same. The sharks will approach the boat expecting food, if food isn't forth coming the sharks leave or go back to cruising the reef. I have never been harassed by a shark when I didn't have food but as soon as I feed a shark they single me out as the feeder and will always come back to me whilst ignoring other people in the water. A important thing to note is that at most sites only a small number of individuals actually get anything, the less dominant sharks don't get a look in and the quantity of food is usually not enough to satiate the animal. Based on these observations I really don't believe that sharks are habituated enough to ever rely on humans for food and they certainly don't harass random humans for food. The positives achieved for shark conservation far outweigh any negative issues and the idea that one should be able to chum to kill a shark but not to be able to get in the water with it is ludicrous.

To tell you the truth I really don't like sharks but I would want to see the sea oceans.

it's nice to see you like picture of Sarah and me from the Andaman Freediving Challenge in Thailand..
who took this one? 🙂

horrible monofin technique)

wonderful community rally for the cause

You have left behind Tarifa, a very good variety of wildlife, pecios and clear waters especially in spring. The worst, the strong oceans currents.

Great article Charles. Good to hear someone making the case. I like to dive solo , when it comes to buddies i often think it safer for the novice and more dangerous for the experienced div3rs. not being a risk factor to a more experienced diver or having someone's life in my hands is a big positive.

Pont d'en Gil (Menorca) Spain - cavern/cave dive but air above so safe for all levels world classed dive several others surrounding the Baleric islands surprised not mentioned also .

I live in Basque Country in North of spain. I dive in Bay of Bizcay, in Bermeo. We have some deep sites and I think that Matxitxako is the best site to dive in the north

Hi I have my open water qualification and my advanced open water do I need to redo them?

How can you celebrate this invasion? There is nothing positive about this,we might as well celebrate Hitlers invasion of Europe!This invasion is nothing but negative,Turkey invaded a friendly and democratic country and many people have lost their homes and lives.I hope this article gets removed immediately,there is no time ever to mix politics and sports!
Regards Georgios

Eeeh so what happened? I have read a lot about this planned attempt but nothing about how it all ended?

" the Dive" early 90's European UK and Norway divers on North Sea sat dive stuck in bell , very best most realistic plausible story a REAL DIVING MOVIE .

There are already a ton of cameras out there that shoot in the same quality as GoPro, with equal or better features. I'm interested to see what's special about the one you highlighted here, but this is the one I use. Seems very similar, but it came with a remote: https://fulltimeoutdoors.com/products/4k-sports-action-camera-with-remote-control-bracelet-and-accessories

tanks soo much

Thanks for helping to share our message, John! I was certified as a NAUI diver back in 1989 and am excited to be able to give back to their environmental initiatives!

Thanks for highlighting some of Ireland's dive sites. There are of course many many more wonderful sites around Ireland with an abundance of fantastic sea life and scenery. Too many to even begin to try and name individually. The Irish Underwater Council has a growing curated list of sites on the website diving.ie that help illustrate the vast choice available to divers in Ireland.
Derry O Donnell
PRO Irish Underwater Council

I enjoyed your memories. I too started to dive at the same time, first in Manchester and with Grimsby Club then initiated the club in Fishguard in Pembrokeshire. Dai Beatty, rest his soul (?) was one of the most exceptional divers ever and I only had the opportunity of going crawfish diving with him once off Abereiddy. He forgot to take any net/bag or gloves but managed to come back to the boat with 6 large ones!. If he is still in the land of the living, I would like to get in touch with him.

TOM Bennett

Fantastic! Looking forward to seeing the winning photos, great to see so many categories with fantastic prizes! Will help spread the word!

This place is so unbelievable! I've dived here twice and the conditions are the same regardless of the weather. Calm flat sea surface, no current an good visibility....and more depth than anyone can handle. I guess the secret is out now...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIMj-KobSfQ

As far as I know Natalia did 91m in 2013?

There are no Saints in the Animal Kingdom. Only Breakfast and Dinner.
BTW:
I'd be happy to send you a couple of our Jewfish here in Florida if I could. They are a nuisance species to all fishermen here. Spear a reef fish, or even catch a reef fish by line, the Jewfish will be more than happy to come over and steal your take on the way up.

I will pass that on to the developer! How many would you like? 🙂

Im a Korean Freediving Instructor Joe.

Many Korean 'Haenyo(that mean is Sea Women)' lives around east and south sea of Korea still now. not only Jeju Island.

and many Haenyo are hate scuba and freediver. because that think divers are catch fishes and shells.
so that they block to the entrance for the sea and fighting with divers.

How did you use the garlic and how did it help?

It's never 'The' HMS as it stands for 'Her Majesty's Ship' and you wouldn't ever say 'The Her Majesty's Ship', just 'Her Majesty's Ship'.

Thanks! Fixed.

Curious, have you used this feature? I don't know anyone who has stayed on Periscope beyond the first few weeks. Wonder if it's worth using.

I heard that GoPro is discontinuing this unit. Good thing there are more affordable (and higher resolution) cameras available from competitors like FTOD https://fulltimeoutdoors.com/products/4k-sports-action-camera-with-remote-control-bracelet-and-accessories

Thanks for this article. It seems that there is more and more noise out there, it's harder and harder to get recognized for good quality. So, like Tim said, being budget conscious is way more important now. The GoPro and the more affordable alternatives like mine make it less of a kick in the wallet to shoot good video underwater. We can still create great videos and be recognized, their is just more of a chance that they'll go unnoticed. So we shoot high quality and try to promote it. Just FYI, here's the camera we use. https://fulltimeoutdoors.com/products/4k-sports-action-camera-with-remote-control-bracelet-and-accessories

This thing was a scam http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/fairfield-advance/crowdfunding-campaign-by-team-claiming-to-be-fairfield-students-unravels/news-story/4b1e891985097bfd77a8aaa51118b27d

Maybe you should read this... http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/fairfield-advance/crowdfunding-campaign-by-team-claiming-to-be-fairfield-students-unravels/news-story/4b1e891985097bfd77a8aaa51118b27d

This is mad - prepare to see more inexperienced freedivers die-
Just go to a dive shop buy mask and snorkel and some fins and a lead belt and get in your peugeot and then go and see if you can discover SWB-
Only good thing it is the end of the summer so all the snorkellers wont be buying lead belts and taking up freediving- Another major contribution to potential freedive deaths
do you honestly think people will go and find a freedive school when all they need is lead weights and hold their breath.....................

Bullshit. there is minimal coral bleaching on the Reef and the small amount that has been done was caused by Elnino weather.

Food ought to not be eaten quite hot or quite cold.

Scuba diving is not longer allowed in the Grüner See because the lake is a nature reserve.
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KUDO'S to Carolina! I am super impressed! Bob Croft

no problem for took it to in the national marine aquarium...BUT, BUT the author does not seem to know the basic recommendations that transmit the spearfishing federation to its licensees ??? it's really serious !
never ever you keep a loaded gun out of the water ... it's totally stupid ... for his life and that of others !!!

Wooow so proud of you! I know her for a looong time! To me she's always been genuine, realistic and kind. Sort of hard-to-find personality, especially after we grew up to a certain degree. Her business must be an extension of such quality and her customers will greatly benefit through experiencing her service/products for sure.

Thanks folks! New story will be up soon.

There is too much in the way of the screen. I can not enlarge the screen Could you move it over to the right a little, please?

Both can I RELATE!! Currently suffering after two ear plus other infections. I PUSHED IT! Thank you for sharing. GARLIC is worth a try.

Hi good to here somebody speak out about panic attacks had similar incident and still here it's the speed you can asses the problem that you are in .situations beyond your control sometimes and that's when you need every bit of experience and the strength to keep focused and getting slowing everything down and back under control which was always rammed into us in the late 70 s when we had no pony cylinder s or direct feeds and had those ablj horse collars great days but you relayed on less complicated plans when diving the rule of 50

I've got one!

I love my Aqwary smart console and the new app with the big view is great in poor visibility. LOL but I do not think posting on facebook is for me.

Impressive photography. It's never occured to me to dive in the middle of storm could result amazing photography like these.

I am a displacement hull and can suck an 80cbf tank dry in record time. I use the 3cbf Spare Air and get over 5 minutes out of it sitting on the bottom of my 12' pool.

John,

We appreciate you spreading the word regarding the the recall on the SureLock II handles but to clarify, this recall was announced in November 2014.

You need to have someone edit your copy for style, grammar and spelling. There are at least three mistakes in the first paragraph alone.

Still can't get my compass to display on my Eon Steel

Hi jennifer , nice review and it's always good to see IRELAND as a specific dive location for good diving. My own opinion it's the best in Europe, there are far too many dive sites to list but springing to mind would be Rockabill light house, hook lighthouse, Rathlin Wall, Downing's, Mullaghmore, UC42, Empire Heritage, the list is endless and takes years to explore. @psac_diving

Thanks for posting this. It's eerily similar to my last (maybe last ever) diving experience. I was a fairly regular cocktail diver on the West Coast of Australia and never had any issues with panic attacks. Last year we visited the Poor Knights in NZ and took a days charter diving. Similar story, unfamiliar equipment, 5 mm + 3 mm wetsuits and very cold water. First dive was OK although tough to maintain buoyancy. On the second dive I found myself spending 95% of my effort on buoyancy control, then the current picked up and I felt like I was going to swept away. Fortunately I was able to signal to the divemaster that I wanted to surface and that I had a problem with my heartrate. He manhandled me through the safety stop, and I surfaced. As soon as the regulator was out I felt fine. Well, actually I felt like a fool. It's tough to admit to everyone else on the boat that you aborted a dive because of panic. It was only afterwards that the crew told us how common this was, and that the water temperature makes a huge difference to physiology and psychology of the dive.

Oxygen tank?

I'm proud to say that ALEX is my nephew and I'm not only proud of him for his accomplishments but for the man he has become. Alex is a great person in and out and has a great heart. He is an example of what it is to follow you dreams your passion. I congratulate him on this great accomplishment!

Stop giving people the idea that spare airs are acceptable redundant air sources. They are not. I do not allow them in my classes as they give a false sense of security. Sitting on the bottomarket of a pool is nothing like being at 60 ft and the tank o ring extrudes. Or a hose blows. Leave them in the damn helicopter and get a real redundant air source.

Thanks! Fixed.

Congratulations Francois! You deserved it long ago. Warm wishes, Ishtiaque

What the hell are you doing promoting spearguns? Next thing will be advertisements for game hunting.

I really don't know if I'd be able to keep calm. I've swam with sharks but luckily avoided great whites.

That was good Alex! Me too, I don't understand what is the common nominator with freediving, yoga, meditation and advertising spearguns to kill life.

That's my cousin :3

Spearfishing is most selective and enviroment preserving art of fishing.

If all fishing on this Planet would be done through spearfishing, today we still would have abudance of all fish species in our oceans, we still would have plenty of life in oceans.

Indians and anciant first people also killed animals but just enough to satisfy they need for survival.

Killing for survival is not problem, trading and making money with lives that gives bad karma.

It is calculated that impact of spearfishing on the entire fishing activity is less than 1%. Moreover, spearfishing is very selective, meaning what you fish is what you eat and can avoid fishing small fish, or female fish full of eggs.
Death of fish when caught with boulters or nets is long and full of suffering.
If one is against fishing on a whole, this is their opinion. If one points his finger against spearfishing more than all other more impactful and distructive methods of fishing, then he is badly informed and wrong in his evaluation.
Spearfishing, finally, is a tough activity, of course correctly done without tanks, but only with personal apnea capacity, and is surely more challenging than fishing with rods, nets and boulters.

Where in Wilmington, NC is she teaching? Is it at the YMCA or does she work out of a dive shop or does she have her own store?

I enjoyed your article Jake. There are far too many MSD nay-sayers on the SCUBA blogs and I appreciate the way you delivered your thoughts without belittling those who may just seek the MSD rating because they want to learn from and enjoy the training it takes to get there. I'm in the rescue course now and will probably continue my SCUBA education to MSD because I want to train with Instructors while becoming the best diver I can. However, living in Ohio, I'll not be able to make a living as a Divemaster and therefor have no reason to go pro. I am certainly not a card or title collector, I just enjoy learning from qualified and experienced mentors.

My wife and I used MSD as a motivator to do more diving and take more classes. When we got the required classes/dives we just decided that the money required to get the actual card (US$65ish) was better spent as a down payment on becoming Divemasters.
My biggest problem is the name. Trying to explain Divemaster vs. Master Diver makes students scratch their head. Changing the name would help. I also like the idea of limiting the number of specialties that count towards MSD would also give it more weight.

whether there is a case for hero5 with which we can go to 20, 30 meters deep?

The challenge with the card is it doesn't actually tell you anything other than the card-holder is a rescue diver. Sure, you know they have done specialisms, but you need an extra card to dive to 40m, and extra card to hire a drysuit, an extra card to penetrate a wreck and an extra card to get a Nitrox fill. It would be so much more useful if they required all of these specific specialisms to get the card, so you could carry a single card and not run the risk of someone refusing to lead you on a dive because of lack of evidence from the other cards...

Great article, really nicely explained.

Firstly an unconscious person would not be given entonox. Most importantly, by raising the saturation of inert gas you would slow down off gassing not speed it up! It's the pure oxygen that would be likely to trigger a bend when breathed without the restraint of a raised ambient pressure (underwater deco). The most stupid thing to do after a dive/above water is to breathe pure O2!

Unbelievable that the spearfisher was'nt hurt at all. Amazing footage, Jan

Whether or not the dives will be guided depends on a number of factors. Most dive operators and resorts do provide a dive professional to lead boat diving. However, if you friends are visiting a true dive resort where shore diving is available, those dives may be on their own unless they hire a professional to guide them.

I always recommend to my students (at any level) that they hire a professional when diving in an unfamiliar place. It is a good idea to have someone accompany you who can show you the best diving for your experience level; they can explain any local diving laws, special hazards, and what you should expect for the area.

There are also military divers (combat and non-combat varieties), Commercial Divers doing underwater construction, demolition, repairs, inspections, surveys, etc. Scientific Divers doing studies, counts, coral reef restoration, removing ghost nets, etc and Public Safety Divers doing underwater search, rescue, recovery and crime scene investigations.

I normally laugh or curse at any writer that wrote "oxygen tanks"

Great information. I would like to have the training but Living in Ohio, I can't justify the costs of becoming a Divemaster.

John,
The Sapona is a great shipwreck. At most, 20' feet deep and 10' feet in the inside. For you thrill seekers, you can climb the Sapona and jump off the bow ... a whopping 30' ft jump ... it is lots of fun for kids and adults.

Regarding Resorts World Bimini, the hotel is great bargain for $192/day but the management is a bit disorganized but you can arrange a dive trip through a local company to the Sapona and a shark encounter for about $89/person

GREAT ARTICLE ABOUT AN EVEN GREATER WOMAN....Congrats Ashley!
You are an inspiration. Love you!
MT!

This says, Thanks also to Mr. J. Ayliffe for that this i of his said columns on life with her and it and it with it now here STILL recounts also that this now here even cites also " ' ' A Shark, a Sheila... and a growing dream ' ' " for herself, for himself too as well to boot, for ANYONE whosoever accepts also that this even says also, Thanks also to Mr. J. Ayliffe for that this i of his said accounts on life with her and it and it with it now here STILL recounts also that this now here even cites also " ' ' A Shark, a Sheila... and a growing dream ' ' " him/herself for him/herself, for fans, for readers, for others also and even for us, too....

One Breath by Skolnick is a great read too!

Interesting article. I know some couples with destination weddings will get married at home first. Sometimes it's a religious ceremony, sometimes it's just at the courthouse. The destination wedding then becomes a renewal of vows ceremony. They do this for several reasons. First, it insures the legality of the marriage. You don't have to worry about foreign regulations. Also, in this case, an officiant may be easier to find. Second, it makes travel much easier. It's easier to travel in some places as a married couple than as two singles, especially if you're sharing a room. Third, some of the pressure is off. You're already married, so you can enjoy the moment.

One thing you didn't mention was rings. Your hand may shrink just a bit when you are underwater, and your ring may slip off your finger and become underwater treasure. Best to use symbolic rings underwater, and save the real ones for the surface.

Early in my diving I had a BCD malfunction. It wouldn't inflate mechanically or orally so I was struggling to stay afloat. I was so busy trying to swim (perceptual narrowing according to PADI) that I forgot to drop my weights! This would have made me buoyant as I was wearing a 7mm suit. While I almost panicked, my dive buddy was able to move things around which allowed the BCD to then work properly. I was embarrassed but I was alive and learned a HUGE lesson.

20 km in 4 hr, 9 min: That's about 1.3 m/s, or 2.6 knots. My national record Dynamic swim averaged 1.4 m/s (2.7 knots) including the turns. So, this averaged slower than a freediver optimized for maximum range. Scuba has a long way to go to catch up to the efficiency and mobility of a freediver.
Now... if only I could hold my breath for 4 hours!!!

How much for the actual lights 1500 lumes and arms

Oh rats! I was hoping to watch the video, but it has been disabled. I went to the YouTube site and it too was disabled. BooHoo.

Looks pretty awesome, John! Good find. Thanks for the news.

-Ken

Wonder if Global News saw this story on The Scuba News Canada first?

http://ca.thescubanews.com/2016/09/21/canadian-navy-divers-help-in-search-for-old-sea-mines/

Kathy Dowsett, Managing Editor
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The camera that records movies very stable

nice contest , try it

this is a nice gopro camera i hope win one of this so i can go underwater

Great to see more & more ladies in diving: this is not a macho sport!

You said "While the dive master was seldom in sight, the buddy finder always showed me where he was". Did you verify that the buddy finder actually showed the correct location of the dive master? Do you think there is a danger that people start to rely on these kind of buddy finder gadgets and are no longer keeping eye contact with buddies? You might imagine what happens if the finder shows a wrong direction to the buddy in urgent trouble due to a reflection of the signal. Or even the additional delay to react to a problem might be fatal if you don't have constant eyesight to your buddy. Your buddy finder might find your buddy but it might be your ex buddy by then. I prefer constant eyesight contact myself and then a buddyfinder is not needed, even if it is an interesting feature.

hrrrmmmm... the official website has an early 2017 release date. What's going on?

i have never tried this hard to win something in my life ? i would be seriously over the moon if i won this!

Amazing camera and will be perfect for shooting surfing films

Woweeee Off to Maldives in Jan this would be terrific

Way to go dum-dum...

Tabarka, although shallow, is definitely not safe for newly qualified wreck divers. It is in a permanent strong current, and requires a negative entry as a shotline cannot be used and the wreck can easily be missed. It was spectacular when I first dived it in 2010 but has since collapsed. Some local dive boat operators won't go there because it is easy to lose divers.

Just dove it March, 2016 and will be returning in two weeks to do it again. Amazing wreck. Thanks to Viking Divers for the trips.

I spent 2004 in Curacao, the island next to Bonaire. I was lucky enough to take a ride over and experience this dive. AMAZING!!!

This was definitely some of the most challenging diving I’ve ever done. It definitely tested me beyond my comfort zone more than once.” - how banal, written by the marketing team, no doubt.

There's no tri border area between Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina on the Paraguay River, that tri border area is on the Parana River. Did she dive on the Paraguay or Parana River?

Nothing in Aruba should make this over anything on Niihua, Hawaii, no comparison to Vertical Awareness!

Hi Jennifer,
Good to know 🙂 would be interesting to see some underwater pics. of diving in Norway

Scapa flow - Orkney Islands- United Kingdom. Some of the most amazing diving I have ever done! German WW fleet sunk there so for wreck diving, you can't get better. Plus seals, dolphin and so much more aquatic life! Give the UK a go guys!

I have a couple of sites, here they are.
1. Manta Reef island of Kandavu, Fiji. It is a cleaning station that has a consistent population of Mantas!
2. Bears Den, Roatan a great dive that has you entering the reef through a small opening into a passage of about 30 ft. OPENING into a sunlit white sandy cavern, breathtaking!
That's my 2 cents worth.

Good advice for new diver like me. Appreciate that?