When I spotted this strange-looking, boxy gadget in Keldan’s booth at the Boot show in Düsseldorf, I had to inquire what it was. It turned out to be the prototype of an upcoming videolight controller with which the imagemaker can remotely adjust the output of two videolights directly from the camera housing.
Sponsored by local dive centers, PADI® and Project AWARE®, the event brings together the local and international dive communities with dozens of teams including dive centers, clubs, university groups and members of the dive industry participating. Marine debris removed during the event will be recorded via Project AWARE’s Dive Against Debris®, an underwater debris data-collection program that improves the health of ocean ecosystems through localized citizen-science efforts and provides valuable information to help inform policy change.
The Blue Wild is south Florida’s premier ocean adventure and watersports expo that features one of the most diverse and passionate crowds of exhibitors, speakers, and attendees of all ages.
One of the many exciting attractions at this year’s event is the emphasis on NAUI freediver training at booth #306.
NAUI recognizes that individuals have different levels of ability and interests. It is for this reason that NAUI offers a variety of training programs at all levels to include recreational and competitive training goals.
According to a new study, climate change is giving rise to changes in the diets of fishes in Ontario lakes, thereby altering the food webs there.
Researchers from the University of Guelph have discovered that the fish in Ontario lakes have been forced to forage in deeper waters due to the warmer average temperatures in the past decade. As a result, they consume prey species that are different from their normal diet, and this has led to a change in the flow of energy and nutrients in the lake.
All standard cabins on the lower deck are brand new from the hull up with the ever-popular Junior Suite having a brand new location on the upper deck with a panoramic view of the Red Sea. Plus the saloon and restaurant have been extended and completely refurbished to create space in stylish surroundings.
On 14 January 2019, the wreck of USS Wasp was located by the research vessel Petrel. The carrier sits upright in 4,345 meters (14,255 feet) of water, though parts of the hull appear to have split.
The year-long, US$10,000 grant supports new or ongoing research projects in one or more of the following areas:
Rancho Santa Margarita, California – 13 March 2019
For the fifth consecutive year, PADI Dive Centers and Resorts will host thousands of divers for a global celebration of shared adventure and passion for the ocean at hundreds of events around the world.
Sura Dai, Cao Yu, and Vincent Sparreboom, the Chinese and Dutch founders and co-owners of FREEDIVE+, are pleased to announce the grand opening of their new freediving centre in Panglao, Philippines. FREEDIVE+ Freedive Academy Panglao offers freediving courses for people of all skill levels, as well as a SSI freediving instructor course.
One hundred years ago this year, on 21 June 1919, 74 warships of the Imperial German Navy High Seas Fleet were scuttled en masse at Scapa Flow, the deep natural harbour set in the Orkney Islands of northern Scotland that was the WWI base for the Royal Navy Grand Fleet. The scuttle was the greatest single act of maritime suicide the world has ever seen.
