Red Sea Liveaboard by Joost Wenderich

Red Sea Liveaboard 2012 - Daedalus, Rocky & Zabargad (HD) from Joost Wenderich on Vimeo. Video by Joost Wenderich from http://underwatervideo.nl/

HECTOMETER - World Record

HECTOMETER - World Record from Matty Brown on Vimeo.

This is the visual poem of William Trubridge's world record freedive to 100 meters (one hectometer, basically one football field length and back) in order to bring light to the plight of the world's smallest cetacean, the Hector's Dolphin of New Zealand. With one breath of air and diving without weights, fins or any propulsive assistance, William descended to 101 meters in the waters of Dean's Blue Hole, Bahamas, the deepest blue hole in the world. This short documentary of the record attempts to transmit what it is like to freedive deep beneath the surface, and how we can return to explore our potential as an aquatic mammal in the search to help our endangered cousins of the seas.

Chilly water won't deter these divers (diving in Montreal)

(The Montreal Gazette) Most people would never associate Montreal with scuba diving, yet Montreal and the surrounding area are home to some of the best freshwater diving sites in the entire world. "Water is very popular in Quebec, when you land at Dorval you can see that everybody has a pool and you rarely see that anywhere else in the world. So people like water around here, but they just don't think about diving because they associate diving with the Caribbean," says Darcy Kieran the owner of Total Diving. For those interested in scuba diving, it's necessary to take a course and get certified by a recognized agency such as National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUl) or Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI).

Great white shark found in Bay of Fundy!

I wanted to go scuba diving on my next trip to Halifax but I think I will pass my turn... (thestar.com) A great white shark accidentally got caught in a fisherman’s trap in the Bay of Fundy — the first confirmed sighting in Atlantic Canada in nearly a decade. The 3-metre, 272-kilogram predator was discovered by a fisherman when he went to check on his trap. The baby female was alive when found but later died. Researchers are still trying to piece together what happened. Great white sharks swim through the Bay of Fundy every year, but are rarely ever spotted, said Steven Campana, who heads the Canadian Shark Research Laboratory in Dartmouth, N.S. “The last one we examined about 10 years ago was also in the Bay of Fundy,” he said. According to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, there have been only 33 confirmed or probable sightings in Atlantic Canada since 1874, including the latest one. Campana said the shark was likely looking for fish when it ended up in the bay. Traces of the sharks’ presence are more commonly found in the waters off Sable Island, where there is a seal population for them to feed on. But the Bay of Fundy is a popular feeding spot for whales so it’s not unreasonable that great white sharks would be there, Campana said. Their presence in the bay shouldn’t be cause for alarm, he said. He pointed out that in the 1930s there was a shark attack in the area that sunk a boat but left the boaters unharmed. “They’re not interested in people.” It is difficult to say where the shark originated from, but the species is known to swim long distances and can cross the entire Atlantic Ocean in one season, Campana said. The fisherman who caught her, Wayne Linkletter, is no stranger to hooking big fish, said Carol McLaughlin, who knows the Economy, N.S., resident. Last year, he nabbed a mako shark in the bay, she said. But his latest discovery has set the community of about 1,000 abuzz. “Everybody’s talking,” she said. Linkletter declined to comment when reached by the Star. Meanwhile, the shark’s head has been transferred to Halifax’s Museum of Natural History, where it will be exhibited after the flesh has been cleaned off. “We didn’t have a great white … in our collection so it’s a good chance to have it to show,” said museum spokesman Jeff Gray. The shark’s skull and jaw will be put on display this fall.

Bonaire Canon 5Dmk II Underwater Video

Backscatter web guru, Joel Penner, shot this video with his Canon 5D mark II using the new Gates VL24 Lights while in Bonaire at The Digital Shootout. The footage was shot at a location in between Andrea I and Andrea II. View more videos and read more about The Digital Shootout here: thedigitalshootout.com

Vladimir Putin Discovers a 6th Century Artifacts While Scuba Diving

(Gizmodo) In his ongoing quest to prove what an adventurous savage he is, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin went diving in the Black Sea. Lo and behold, after diving down a couple of meters, he happened upon two sixth century urns. Convenient. The AFP says Putin was diving for only the third time off the coast of an Ancient Greek locale and discovered the urns while in full view of the media. Television footage showed two moss-covered vases with ear-like handles sitting neatly next to each other on top of the sandy bottom as Putin swam into view. "Treasure!" a dripping wet Putin told reporters with a big grin. "They drank it all already," he added when asked if there was anything left in the jars." Upon discovery, Putin started spouting off facts about Ancient Greek pottery and how broken jars were thrown from ships, hence their resting place at the bottom of the sea. Maybe he knew what he was looking for, or is it possible that this was a total publicity stunt? (Yahoo.com) (Reuters) ~☼~ (Cyberpresse) Le premier ministre russe, Vladimir Poutine, a fait une plongée sur un site archéologique du sud de la Russie et remonté deux amphores, jouant ainsi, comme chaque été, sur son image d'aventurier, toujours devant les caméras. Il a expliqué qu'il s'agissait de sa troisième plongée et qu'il était descendu à une profondeur de deux mètres. L'ancien président russe est remonté à la surface avec deux amphores brisées, selon des images diffusées par la télévision russe. «Le chef de l'expédition archéologique a expliqué qu'elles dataient du VIe siècle après Jésus-Christ. Lorsqu'à l'époque, dans le port, on déchargeait les navires, les amphores se cassaient souvent et on les jetait à la mer», a expliqué M. Poutine. L'homme fort de la Russie visitait un site archéologique de la péninsule de Taman, dans la région de Krasnodar, où se trouvent les ruines de Phanagoria, une ville fondée à l'époque de la Grèce antique. Le premier ministre russe est un habitué de ce type de mises en scène très médiatisées, en particulier en été. Vladimir Poutine s'est déjà illustré en faisant du cheval torse nu à travers la steppe, en plongeant à bord d'un sous-marin d'exploration au fond du lac Baïkal ou encore en participant à des missions scientifiques sur les baleines et de recensement de tigres.