Revolution Watches Ice Diving Tudor
by Morgan - 22nd April 2017
Hello Mares Community,
I would like to share with all of you the final article in Revolution Watches Magazine about my ice freediving session with T...
Ice freediving session in Tignes, France
by Morgan - 14th March 2017
On Thursday 8th March I was in Tignes for a special freediving session.
Revolution Watch USA contacted me for a special reason: to test the new Tudor...
Silfra: Diving Across Continents In Iceland
by Herbert - 24th July 2015
Intercontinental Diving In Iceland
The Silfra fissure in Iceland must be one of the most interesting
diving and snorkelling spots in the world. On...
Freediving: safety and fun
by Gianluca - 14th August 2017
Over the past few years, freedivers have been growing in number, and this makes me very happy. When I started out, freediving wasn’t so normal. ...
Freediving: Seas vs Lakes
by Gianluca - 31st July 2017
Often those who live near the sea don’t even think about the fact that they can go freediving in other contexts, and lakes are great training grou...
Fun, tech diving, photo pro, friends … what else?
by Franco and Sabrina - 25th July 2017
All over Croatia the sea is crystal clear with millions of shades, promising and seductive. It embraces a strip of land broken up into tiny islands wi...
Freediving in the Mediterranean islands
by Gianluca - 24th July 2017
In Italy there are many small islands where practicing
freediving is particularly pleasant.
The islands near Sicily, the Aeolian Islands, the Aega...
Freediving in Swiss lakes with Gianluca Genoni
by Gianluca - 12th July 2017
Freediving often means exploring crystalline waters to see and discover the wonders of the ocean, but this is not always the case…
For around 14 ye...
Diving the B-24 Liberator in Vis, Croatia
by Mares - 17th June 2017
This B-24 Liberator is the last one of the series.
The undersea world around the island of Vis is without a
doubt one of the areas in the Adriatic S...
The freediving family continues to grow
by Gianluca - 1st June 2017
Another SSI
Freediving Instructor course has concluded in Lerici and the freediving family
continues to grow. That which was once considered a disci...
Diving the HMHS Britannic
by Herbert - 23rd May 2017
Titanic's tragic sister
There aren't many wrecks that inspire the imagination. The HMHS
Britannic is undoubtedly one of them. As an introduction, ...
Freediving – a tool for marine biology
by Fred Buyle - 5th May 2017
For my first Mares blog I have decided to write about one of the most exiting projects I’m involved in: Darewin.
Darewin is the brainchild of Fab...
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Soča – River Diving in Slovenia
by Gerald - 21st April 2017
As a child I went to Slovenia many times. My father was a passionate fly fisherman and Slovenia in the socialist period of Yugoslavia was an abso...
Mares Confirms Partnership With Diving Group Portofino
by Mares - 19th April 2017
MARES HAS
BECOME THE TECHNICAL PARTNER OF THE NEW CENTER, THE MOST IMPORTANT IN EUROPE
FOR NUMBER OF CLIENTS AND DIVES
Rapallo,
April 2017
Mares,...
Freediving in the Mediterranean
by Gerald - 24th March 2017
A few days of vacation in Rab. Time to relax and dive with my good old buddy Andi
Kron is planned.
The welcome in Kampor is warm-hearted and rela...
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Day 8 – The last walk under the ice
by MARES / SSI / rEvo Dive Expedition Team - 21st February 2017
This morning we woke up with a smile in our faces since we
knew it would be a fantastic day, but also with some sadness and melancholy because
we kn...
Day 7 – rEvo Rebreather and recreational dive equipment under the Ice
by MARES / SSI / rEvo Dive Expedition Team - 20th February 2017
All team members are getting used to the schedule: 7:30am meeting and packing up the equipment – 8:00am breakfast – 8:30am loading the
trucks ...
Day 5 – Cracked ice and some troubles at Khoboy
by MARES / SSI / rEvo Dive Expedition Team - 18th February 2017
Today we headed north to the sharp tip of the Island of Olkhon.
While the thermometer was showing a milder temperature of "just" -18°C, the way we ...
Day 2 – First steps on the ice
by MARES / SSI / rEvo Dive Expedition Team - 15th February 2017
After being in a safe harbor with a comfy bed and a great intercontinental breakfast still in Irkutsk, we headed south to get in contact with some ice...
Russian Ice – Mares goes extreme
by MARES / SSI / rEvo Dive Expedition Team - 20th January 2017
From February 14th to February 22nd 2017, a team of seven intrepid divers will be heading to Siberia to experience the adventure of ice diving!
Ever...
Diving in Ireland
by Herbert - 5th January 2017
The Wild West of EuropeIreland has one of the world's greatest soccer fans, who most recently
fervently expressed their strong support for their home...
The Privilege of Diving
by Peter - 17th August 2016
The Privilege of Diving
What was your first window to the ocean like?
Through mine everything was black and white, it could speak and had no remot...
5 essential rules for freediving this summer!
by Gianluca - 28th July 2016
During the summer season in the
Mediterranean there are always more and more freedivers who go out into the sea
to perfect their technique or discov...
UK Inland Diving Locations Case Study – Stoney Cove
by Cat - 27th July 2016
The fact that the United Kingdom is an island, should
mean that costal diving locations are plentiful and varied enough to keep the
bu...
Red Bull Cliff Diving and Mares Freediving come together
by Marcel - 16th June 2016
Only very
occasionally does a jump from the pool side look so graceful – I had the great
pleasure of joining freediving world record holder Chr...
Diving during pregnancy – an ongoing issue. The medical point of view
by Mares - 12th November 2015
A question that is frequently asked
amongst divers and during medical examinations is: Can I dive during pregnancy?
The answer is a clear “No”.
...
Diving in Greenland
by Herbert - 11th September 2015
Welcome to an amazing Arctic adventure
Seeing an iceberg up close is an intense experience, with its majesty
and beauty right before you. Yet, whe...
Welcome to the brave new (underwater) world of fluo diving
by Herbert - 10th September 2015
Seeing the underwater world in a different light
Apart from tropical rainforests, the coral reef is a rich habitat
teeming with the most number of...
Dive Team Documentary Teaser!
by MARES / SSI / rEvo Dive Expedition Team - 4th May 2017
The Dive Team would like to end this winter’s dive season with a teaser
video which wraps up our expedition to Lake Baikal.
>> FIND OUR VID...
Understanding the scuba divers code….
by Cat - 30th June 2016
There is nothing more frustrating in life then when
you are within a group of individuals who are speaking a foreign language and
you ...
Plane sunk in Lake Hemmoor
by Herbert - 15th August 2017
Piper Aerostar is new attractionAt 15:45 last Friday, a brand new twin-motor Piper PA-60 Aerostar plane plunged into the crystal clear waters of Lake ...
Macro World
by Mares - 9th August 2017
When we become divers we go through different stages in our diving adventure. We start off scared/excited (nervous-cited) of what lies ahead of us. We...
The living dinosaurs of the sea
by Mares - 4th August 2017
Out of the seven species of sea turtles, six have made it onto the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) red list, with two species ...
In the darkness of caverns
by Mares - 2nd August 2017
I am certain there is not a single scuba diver that has never been drawn to the dark, hidden places which appear while diving; especially when we ...
The secret beauty of Nudibranchs
by Mares - 13th July 2017
Nudibranchs come in many different colours, shapes and sizes. According to various sources, there are between 2000 - 3000 different species of nudibra...
Tasmania – Seadragon World
by Gerald - 28th June 2017
Kelp forests
Not many divers from Europe know this part of the world. The flight from Europe passes over a number of tropical dream destinations – ...
Canyoning – An extreme sport which raises adrenaline levels
by Predrag - 27th June 2017
Canyoning is one of those adventures in which you have a full sense of enjoyment while dealing with nature and all its temptations. When we talk about...
La Goergette-René, a wreck in a cave !
by Emir - 7th June 2017
In Algeria you can find unusual things,
like this boat from the 19th century discovered in the lake of Bir Bensomane in
Guelma, East Algeria.
This ...
Taking the plunge underwater… and underground
by Herbert - 22nd May 2017
Diving into the flooded tunnels of Schieferbergwerk Nuttlar in
Sauerland is not for the faint-hearted. After crossing the yellow
container (which re...
Vamonos à bucear
by Franco and Sabrina - 15th May 2017
The
look of the Baja California Sur can appear tedious: cactus, desert, rocks,
beaches and vice versa, but the underwater side of the coin is
aweso...
Time Issues
by Frank - 9th May 2017
Filmmaking
is not a common job. You have to be very passionate about it and that is
mostly because it takes time. Not only because of the hours, day...
Marvels of the Arctic
by Herbert - 9th May 2017
Undertaking a cool journey of discoveryWater temperatures of minus 3°C. It is
so cold here that using salt to lower the temperature of freezing is
...
A Playground in the Indian Ocean
by Gerald - 8th May 2017
Asia has always been my favourite region for travelling and diving. My first visit to
Thailand was to Phuket in 1989. The diving was still quite man...
Papua New Guinea: Simply a dream destination
by Herbert - 6th May 2017
Incredible biodiversity in PNG holds incredible biodiversityNorth of Australia and south of the
Equator lies the independent island state of Papua Ne...
Survey needs divers to speak up for value of Florida’s reefs
by Hannah - 28th April 2017
Beautiful coral reefs are priceless to divers and snorkelers.
The intrinsic value of dipping below the waves, leaving the stress of the
topside behi...
Post-trip review 4 – Luggage
by MARES / SSI / rEvo Dive Expedition Team - 19th April 2017
Our trip would not have been
possible without all the wonderful Mares gear we had in tow, but how did we get
it to Siberia?
Mares has a wide range ...
The Scuba Diver Girls meet some curious seals!
by Scuba Diver Girls - 14th April 2017
“What is that?!” I gasped as I
felt something tug my fin. I glanced over at Stephanie who was on top of the
water with her GoPro.
She had her c...
Post-trip review 3 – BCDs and Torches
by MARES / SSI / rEvo Dive Expedition Team - 13th April 2017
Given the extreme nature of our
dive expedition, our first choice of buoyancy device was the Donut Bladder Twin
Tank from Mares’ XR range, with st...
