One of the highlights of my year is chairing the judging panel and presenting the winners of the Underwater Photographer…

As we descended into the dark and murky waters off the Fijian coast, the weight of anticipation settled in. Immediately…

Diving under ice is a huge challenge both for the diver and their equipment. This is the third time I have organized…

Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands are an archipelago consisting of 13 main islands (five of which are inhabited), seven minor islands and…

I've been to Iceland 5 times before, but it was almost 15 years since my last visit, and in a…

Triggerfish or balistoids (from the family Balistidae) are mostly rhomboid shaped fish, almost circular, with eyes that can rotate independently…

Sitting in Europe and dreaming of Pacific diving destinations, Canada won’t instantly be at the top of most people’s lists, but…

The recently updated EOS LRZ line of torches sparked the plan. Our idea was to meet up at Capernwray in the…

Waking up in the Alps, I jumped in the car and set off for the Italian Riviera and the Mares…

It is not a secret that the diving around the Maldives’ central atolls, including North and South Male and Ari…

Trying to search for any positive in the travel restrictions of the last few years is tough, but at the…

If anyone had asked me some years ago which tour I would be most interested in doing, I would have…

At last, I'm back! I'm sure it's the same for many of you, the lockdown has been incredibly tough. Days,…

Hi! I’m Alex and I’m new to the Mares team. Of course, I’m not new to diving, or to Mares…

Another very competitive Mares Underwater Photo Marathon has come to an end. We are proud to say that the 8th…

Who doesn’t like octopuses? They have it all: beautiful, smart and unique. These molluscs are part of the ‘Octopoda’ (eight…

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

First shark nets dismantled After the fourth incident earlier in 2017 involving an endangered humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea) in a…

All over Croatia the sea is crystal clear with millions of shades, promising and seductive. It embraces a strip of…

Underwater shooting: "Under the Wave" Aloha Production and Players Paris (Starloo) produced a short film in partnership with Tagheuer in…

Aerial and underwater surveys to be conducted As coral bleaching strikes the Great Barrier Reef for the second year in…

Time flies... We all met just 3 weeks ago during BOOT Show to coordinate the final details for our Lake…

Dear friends and followers of the MARES / SSI / rEvo Dive Expedition Team blog, While in our last blog…

Meeting whale sharks instead of Santa ClausOnce upon a time, there was an island, remote and distant from the rest…

Every year, over the months of June/July, we spend 40 days on South Africa's "Wild Coast" waiting for the mass…

The funny thing about paradise is, it is always somewhere far, but not where you are at the moment and…

Some baby sharks are able to cope with the level of ocean acidification predicted for the end of this century,…

Incredibly Fast “Suckers” Finding a frogfish is the tough part. Once you do, taking photos of it is relatively easy,…