First Australian Women’s Free Immersion National Record

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on February 29, 2008 The Australian Freediving Association is proud to announce that the first Women's Free Immersion National Record has been set by Louise Dixon. On Saturday 9th February in the 2008 Andaman Freedive Challenge held in Ko Lanta in Thailand, Louise div...

UQ Art Museum hosts new aquatic exhibition

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on February 28, 2008 A collection of photographs taken underwater in pools, lakes and waterways stretching from Brisbane to Fraser Island, opens at The University of Queensland Art Museum on March 6. The exhibition, called Water Line, is by photographer Craig Holmes, who h...

Robotic glider feeds off ocean temperatures

Posted by SCUBA News... on February 27, 2008 A seagoing glider that harvests heat energy from the ocean to propel itself is being used to explore the undersea environment off Puerto Rico, say US researchers.

Diver hitches a ride on a Great White Shark

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on February 27, 2008 Since the attack in the Bahamas on Markus Groh, much media focus and attention has been seen on the behavioural characteristics on sharks. The Telegraph.co.uk has a report written by Paul Eccleston showing a diver from Cape Town, South Africa, hitc...

DEMA addresses Shark Bite in the Bahamas

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on February 27, 2008 DEMA (The Diving Equipment and Marketing Association) has published a press releases announcing their deep sadness by the recent events that lead to a diver's death after participating in a shark dive in the Bahamas last weekend. This tragic incid...

Freediver Martin Macnaughton makes New UK Record

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on February 27, 2008 The British Freediving Association has announced a new UK record in the Men's Dynamic discipline. On Saturday 23rd February 2008 at the 3rd German Indoor Championship in Static and Dynamic Apnea held in Berlin, Martin Macnaughton completed a performa...

Leap into Leap Day

Posted by About.com Scuba Diving on February 27, 2008 Tomorrow is February 29 – Leap Day. It’s not often (well, every four years or so) that we have a whole extra day in the year and I usually like...

Public disputes over Shark Diving in the Bahamas

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on February 27, 2008 Since the attack by a bull shark in the Bahamas on Mr. Markus Groh much controversy has hit diving forums, newspapers, marine conservationist groups and public opinion. In a recent publication on wetpixel.com, it reports that an underwater photographer a...

Karol Meyer appears on TV

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on February 26, 2008 Karol Meyer has appeared on an important TV channel in Brazil, in a special interview about freediving. The interviewee explained about her life as an athlete, and also about Aida, which is the International Association for the Development of Apnea, di...

Driving Underwater – James Bond Style!

Posted by About.com Scuba Diving on February 26, 2008 Have you ever wanted to be able to combine your love of driving with your love of scuba diving? Well guess what… now you can do both at the same...