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...
Photo exhibition on ocean acidification opens at GEOMAR
by Mares - 27th September 2016
A new photo exhibition by two nature photographers centres on the
organisms on which climate change research is currently focused on.
From the Arc...
Unique Mares Photog Party, Micronesia
by b_rad - 8th July 2016
MantaFest is an annual international photography festival held in Yap at Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers that is known for being a small even...
Photo mosaic marks successful end to expedition
by Mares - 22nd September 2015
Scientists return to ploughed seafloor to assess condition of terrain
Imagine gigantic unmanned crawler vehicles moving along pre-programmed
paths...
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 ...
Bahama Mamas – the Tiger Sharks of the Bahamas
by Gerald - 11th August 2017
Shark diving is probably one of the things almost every diver wants to do at least once in his life. I've been diving around the world for many years ...
0
Bahamas, conservation, diving, freediving, Mares, ocean, shark, sharkdiving, sharks, SSI, underwater,
Bahamas, conservation, diving, freediving, Mares, ocean, shark, sharkdiving, sharks, SSI, underwater, 
The Fourth Walensee Apnea Festival 5th – 6th.August.2017.
by Rene Trost - 10th August 2017
Sincere thanks to all participants, to our sponsor's Mares, SSI, Davosa, ChrisBenz, Ivana Orlović, Samo Jeranko and Neza. The special thing with Ivan...
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...
Sea Turtle Recovery Center – Croatia
by Marjan Radovic - 7th August 2017
Recently, at the invitation of my friend Marinko Babić, I attended a unique underwater photography event.
At the Verudela Lighthouse in Pula - Croat...
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...
Underwater Archaeological Exploration
by BGfU - 10th July 2017
The underwater archaeological exploration of a late roman shipwreck on the coast of the Istrian peninsula as part of a continuing cooperation of betwe...
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...
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...
Adriatic Cuttlefish
by Mares - 16th June 2017
Cuttlefish or cuttles are marine animals of the order
Sepiida. They belong to the class Cephalopoda, which also includes squid,
octopus, and the nau...
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 ...
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...
Compass jellyfish in Boka Bay, Montenegro
by Mares - 13th May 2017
Jellyfish...so graceful and elegant, yet at the same
time found in so many different colors and shapes. Their movements remind you
of an underwater ...
Master of the coral reef – The Giant Moray Eel
by Mares - 12th May 2017
Sometimes ugly, sometimes frightening,
and of imposing size, the Giant Moray Eel is the master of the coral reefs of
the Red Sea. With incredibly fl...
Surviving Murphy’s Law to study sharks
by Hannah - 24th April 2017
Have you ever had one of those days when just about everything
goes wrong? Mine started out breaking one of my own rules: not packing my own
dive ge...
Mediterranean Great Sharks Project
by Emir - 23rd April 2017
The 'GranResearch Program', named 'GREBA', has been running since 2015 and aims to identify, label and study shark species in Algerian waters.
&nbs...
Janez Krajnc and Ivana Orlovic Kranjc join the Mares Ambassador team!
by Mares - 21st April 2017
Mares is really happy to announce two new brand ambassadors – husband and
wife team Janez Krajnc and Ivana Orlovic Kranjc!
They share a pas...
Florida manatee population likely to withstand for 100 years
by Herbert - 20th April 2017
Manatee population to slowly grow and shift northward
Florida's manatee population is likely
to endure for the next century, provided wildlife man...
Santorini: How explosive was the Aegean?
by Mares - 18th April 2017
German-Greek research team investigate Santorini's volcanic pastThe Santorini archipelago in the
southern Aegean Sea is one of the best spots for an ...
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...
The massive and solitary Sphyrna Mokarran
by Franco and Sabrina - 4th April 2017
A few weeks ago I was leading a micro-group of passionate divers and UW
photographers to Bimini Island, a lovely sandy patch amid the Gulf Stream,
...
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...
Yap: Manta Mania in its third year
by Herbert - 2nd March 2017
Science and fascination within one's reachEvery year, during the mating season of the manta rays in Yap, scientists and interested divers from all ove...
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 ...
Growing problem of litter in the Arctic depths
by Herbert - 16th February 2017
Sea ice may be responsible for transporting plastic wasteThe Arctic has a garbage problem. In just a decade, the amount of
litter at an Arctic deepse...
The crab with the candy cane legs
by Herbert - 13th February 2017
While on a night dive in the Caribbean, underwater photographer Ellen
Muller took a photo of a “flaming reef lobster”. But when she got back
fro...
The MARES / SSI / rEvo Dive Expedition Team is ready to set off…
by MARES / SSI / rEvo Dive Expedition Team - 12th February 2017
Time flies...
We all met just 3 weeks ago during BOOT Show to coordinate the final details for our Lake Baikal expedition.
Everybody was eag...
Coral reefs enchant when one dives in fluorescence
by Mares - 10th February 2017
Adventures in fluo-diving in Abu Dabab
No, it wasn't the Pink Panther, but a pink flathead that was the
highlight in Abu Dabab in December 2016. Und...
Master of lighting in the pool: Konstantin Killer
by Mares - 16th January 2017
Meet him at boot 2017Konstantin started out specialising in landscape photography in the
1980s. At that time – during those “analogue times” ...
Coral restoration in Bonaire
by Herbert - 13th January 2017
Engaging the diver to protect and restore reefs
For several years, scientists have observed more and more instances of
coral mortality worldwide. Th...
MT Haven (ex Amoco Milford Haven) – Ligurian Wrecks (Part II)
by Florent M. Locatelli - 12th January 2017
MT Haven, formerly Amoco Milford Haven, is a
VLCC-class oil-tanker (Very Large Crude Carrier), in other words a
super-tanker, built by Astilleros Es...
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...
Baikal Lake, the blue pearl of Siberia
by Franco and Sabrina - 4th January 2017
Last summer I went
to the Baikal Lake in Russia and lead a group of passionate cold-water
divers and amateur underwater photographers on ...
Octopus Casper: Deep-sea octopuses require manganese nodules to lay their eggs
by Herbert - 22nd December 2016
Casper the octopus (and counterparts) threatened by deep-sea miningFor deep-sea octopuses, manganese nodules on the seabed are an
important breeding ...
New underwater observatory to monitor zooplankton
by Herbert - 10th December 2016
Scientists from the Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries, Alfred Wegener
Institute (AWI) and Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) have placed an
optical...
What happened on the 12th of September 1944 between the Italian and Balkan battlefronts?
by Franco and Sabrina - 2nd December 2016
A few weeks ago I reached a special
expedition of professional divers and technicians with the aim of photographing and documenting
the unbelievable...
Moments of a lifetime caught on camera : Snorkelling side by side with the sperm whales of the eastern Caribbean Sea
by Franco and Sabrina - 29th November 2016
This
post starts our contribution to the Mares blog, to which we are absolutely
grateful, and our
first post is about the sperm whales of the Car...
Tracing how the relationship between corals and algae began
by Mares - 26th November 2016
How corals met algae: Tracing how their symbiotic relationship startedThe symbiotic relationship between algae and modern corals began more
than 210 ...
From walking the runway to diving for ghost nets
by Mares - 10th November 2016
Model Barbara Meier is the new project ambassador for the WWF campaign against ghost nets
Model
and actress Barbara Meier is the new project ambas...
Sport diver finds possible Fat Boy bomb in waters off British Columbia
by Herbert - 8th November 2016
Broken Arrow near British Columbia coast?
A ship of the Royal Canadian Navy will leave on a special mission. The
personnel on board are tasked wit...
Unterseeboot U455 – Ligurian Wrecks (Part I)
by Florent M. Locatelli - 4th November 2016
Early in the morning, the 300 horsepower
engine of the 8m superfast inflatable boat flies us over a mirror-like sea towards
the wreck’s position. ...
Great Barrier Reef continues to be under threat from coral bleaching
by Mares - 4th November 2016
Scientists publish interactive map
Scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at
James Cook University are surveying the ...
