The Mares / SSI /rEvo Dive Expedition Team have had a few weeks to relax and now we’re back on the blog, here to give you the lowdown on some of t...

Cave diving... If you had asked me only last week about cave diving, my answer would have been very clear, I am not a cave diver nor do I have any ...

Featherstars are more scientifically known as crinoids – coming from a Greek word meaning ‘lily-like’- so it comes as no surprise that they are ...

When you think of diving under the ice in Europe, what first comes to mind is Lake Weissensee, located in the Austrian province of Karnten. This glaci...

After returning from a recent scuba training event in the Red Sea it reminded me that each year literally millions of people flock to the warm water...

When you look back in your logbook and see thousands of recorded dives, you may think to yourself ‘What more could I possibly learn about diving?’...

Lionfish (Pterois spp) are represented by 12 very closely related species. These majestic and amazing looking fish are among underwater photographe...

The Algerian documentary film The Houses of the Sea by Hamza Mendil, won the Bronze Palm on Saturday night in the Pro category at the World Festival o...

The Island of Vis is not only known for its astounding underwater life, but also for its numerous wrecks, of both airplanes and ships, as well as coun...

BINGO! Who knew people that love to dive and protect sharks also like to play BINGO? Apparently, my good friend Nikole did when she proposed a BINGO t...

Before I traveled to the Cayman Islands I knew what to expect; I had been there so many times for photographic and diving adventures. As I know about...

Nudibranchs come in many different colours, shapes and sizes. According to various sources, there are between 2000 - 3000 different species of nudibra...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

On our expedition to Lake Baikal, the XR Kevlar Dry Suit was indispensable, and ours went through at least 10 dives each. This suit comes with a c...

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 ...

Do you remember? Yesterday’s dive spot was great. So nice that we decided to go to the north tip of Olkohn, Kohboy, again. Olkohn became conne...

The first day on site was challenging for all team members. A 7,000km flight in Economy Class through 7 time zones had messed up everybody's mutual co...

Dear friends and followers of the MARES / SSI / rEvo Dive Expedition Team blog, While in our last blog we told you where we were going to go with our...

What works best if you want to see how your products perform when being used? EXTREME CONDITIONS! Mares has spent several decades developing produ...

Following the creation of our blog, we are excited to announce the creation of Mares’ new website! Take a look here! The new website groups to...

The funny thing about paradise is, it is always somewhere far, but not where you are at the moment and paradoxically home is only sweet, when you ar...

Freediving and scuba diving, although having the same aim of exploring the depths, mean a completely different physical and mental approach. Here ar...

“From the deepest of seas, to the highest of peaks”. This slogan, taken from our Fusion 52X video, describes exactly what happened to a number o...

Finning, bycatch in commercial fishing, over fishing, sport fishing, contamination, pollution and targeted killing let the shark populations rapid...

There is nothing more frustrating in life then when you are within a group of individuals who are speaking a foreign language and you ...

There is no doubt Jacques would be jealous. Sure, he had pristine reefs and healthier fish populations but the guy was swimming around with a flare ...