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2023
April
Event type: Conference
Location: Valletta, Malta
Event website: https://rebreatherforum.tech/
Date: April 20, 2023 to April 22, 2023
Description: The purpose of RF4 is to advance and consolidate the diving community’s knowledge of rebreather technology and its use by technical, government and scientific divers, with the goal of improving rebreather diving safety and performance. The core of the event is a three-day scientific meeting organized by Drs. John Clarke, Simon Mitchell, Neal Pollock, and Frauke Tillmans, and journalist Michael Menduno, that will focus on diving safety, physiology, technology, training and operations. Proceedings will be published after the event that captures both presentation and discussion. Broadcast-quality videos of presentations will also be made available.
The symposium is intended for diving professionals, leaders, and organizations interested and/or involved in rebreather diving; it is not meant for consumers. If you are professionally involved in rebreather diving, we encourage you to attend. Conference registration includes the welcome reception, two daily coffee breaks and a lunch in the exhibit area.
Certification requirement: No requirement
Location: Valletta, Malta
Event website: https://rebreatherforum.tech/
Date: April 20, 2023 to April 22, 2023
Description: The purpose of RF4 is to advance and consolidate the diving community’s knowledge of rebreather technology and its use by technical, government and scientific divers, with the goal of improving rebreather diving safety and performance. The core of the event is a three-day scientific meeting organized by Drs. John Clarke, Simon Mitchell, Neal Pollock, and Frauke Tillmans, and journalist Michael Menduno, that will focus on diving safety, physiology, technology, training and operations. Proceedings will be published after the event that captures both presentation and discussion. Broadcast-quality videos of presentations will also be made available.
The symposium is intended for diving professionals, leaders, and organizations interested and/or involved in rebreather diving; it is not meant for consumers. If you are professionally involved in rebreather diving, we encourage you to attend. Conference registration includes the welcome reception, two daily coffee breaks and a lunch in the exhibit area.
Certification requirement: No requirement
May
Event type: Project
Location: Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy
Contact: Bruno Borelli, info@portofinodivers.com
Event website: Portofino Divers
Date: May 8, 2023 to May 12, 2023
Description: Our Conservation Diving Week gives you the opportunity to learn about reef ecosystems, and help conserve and protect the reef by playing a part in our marine conservation projects, all while having a fun diving holiday.
For more information please check the link above or contact us.
Certification requirement: Fundamentals
Location: Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy
Contact: Bruno Borelli, info@portofinodivers.com
Event website: Portofino Divers
Date: May 8, 2023 to May 12, 2023
Description: Our Conservation Diving Week gives you the opportunity to learn about reef ecosystems, and help conserve and protect the reef by playing a part in our marine conservation projects, all while having a fun diving holiday.
For more information please check the link above or contact us.
Certification requirement: Fundamentals
Event type: Project
Location: Sardinia, Cala Gonone, Base1, Italy
Contact: Peter Gaertner, pgaertner74@gmail.com
Event website: Phreatic
Date: May 22, 2023 to May 26, 2023
Description: One week of field work for the scientists with a big variety of tasks is waiting for participants on the beautiful island of Sardinia. The tasks will include possible cave survey, mapping cave features and sediments, foto/video documentation, collecting water and sediment samples. As usual we will decide on the specific tasks according to the project progress, and even more important, on individual preferences by you.
Diving logistics will be catered by Base1 in the cozy village Cala Gonone, east coast of Sardinia. Travels and accommodations are organized by the participants individually or as a group.
For the session we are looking for divers with at least GUE Cave 1 certifications.
Please get in contact for further informations or questions!
See you in Sardinia!
Certification requirement: Cave 1
Location: Sardinia, Cala Gonone, Base1, Italy
Contact: Peter Gaertner, pgaertner74@gmail.com
Event website: Phreatic
Date: May 22, 2023 to May 26, 2023
Description: One week of field work for the scientists with a big variety of tasks is waiting for participants on the beautiful island of Sardinia. The tasks will include possible cave survey, mapping cave features and sediments, foto/video documentation, collecting water and sediment samples. As usual we will decide on the specific tasks according to the project progress, and even more important, on individual preferences by you.
Diving logistics will be catered by Base1 in the cozy village Cala Gonone, east coast of Sardinia. Travels and accommodations are organized by the participants individually or as a group.
For the session we are looking for divers with at least GUE Cave 1 certifications.
Please get in contact for further informations or questions!
See you in Sardinia!
Certification requirement: Cave 1
June
Event type: Project
Location: Kalmar, Sweden
Contact: GUE Sweden, info@guesweden.se
Event website: Operation Ghost Net
Date: June 10, 2023 to June 16, 2023
Description: Operation Spöknät (Operation Ghost Net) was launched with the goal of improving the environment in the sea by locating, documenting and recover ghost nets.
In 2020, GUE Sweden was granted funds to conduct two pilot studies on behalf of the County Administrative Boards in Södermanland and Kalmar counties. The overall purpose was to map and document ghost nets in order to enable the retrieval of them.
In 2021 and 2022, ghost net projects were conducted in Blekinge and Kalmar Counties to get an overview of the situation. In addition to these two projects, documentation of ghost nets was also carried out on wrecks on the Swedish west coast, in Skånska Kattegatt, a marine nature reserve outside Kullaberg in Skåne County.
The findings are disappointing.
In Blekinge and Kalmar, we have noted ghost nets on about 70% of all dived objects. However, this is strongly correlated with depth. There are ghost nets on virtually all objects that are deeper than 30 meters. In Skånska Kattegatt, nets were documented on all wrecks visited.
More work to be done!
In 2023, Operation Spöknät will continue to map and document ghost nets in the Baltic Sea in close collaboration with relevant County Administrative Boards. We also plan to retrieve nets from at least four wrecks that we have already documented.
Operation Spöknät is financed with grants for local water management initiatives (LOVA funds from the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water
Management) through the county administrative boards in Kalmar and Blekinge.
We look forward to a busy year at sea and we are looking for divers that are interested in participating in these projects. The project funding covers boat, some common equipment and gas, while we cover travel expenses, accommodation and food ourselves.
Certification requirement: Fundamentals
Location: Kalmar, Sweden
Contact: GUE Sweden, info@guesweden.se
Event website: Operation Ghost Net
Date: June 10, 2023 to June 16, 2023
Description: Operation Spöknät (Operation Ghost Net) was launched with the goal of improving the environment in the sea by locating, documenting and recover ghost nets.
In 2020, GUE Sweden was granted funds to conduct two pilot studies on behalf of the County Administrative Boards in Södermanland and Kalmar counties. The overall purpose was to map and document ghost nets in order to enable the retrieval of them.
In 2021 and 2022, ghost net projects were conducted in Blekinge and Kalmar Counties to get an overview of the situation. In addition to these two projects, documentation of ghost nets was also carried out on wrecks on the Swedish west coast, in Skånska Kattegatt, a marine nature reserve outside Kullaberg in Skåne County.
The findings are disappointing.
In Blekinge and Kalmar, we have noted ghost nets on about 70% of all dived objects. However, this is strongly correlated with depth. There are ghost nets on virtually all objects that are deeper than 30 meters. In Skånska Kattegatt, nets were documented on all wrecks visited.
More work to be done!
In 2023, Operation Spöknät will continue to map and document ghost nets in the Baltic Sea in close collaboration with relevant County Administrative Boards. We also plan to retrieve nets from at least four wrecks that we have already documented.
Operation Spöknät is financed with grants for local water management initiatives (LOVA funds from the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water
Management) through the county administrative boards in Kalmar and Blekinge.
We look forward to a busy year at sea and we are looking for divers that are interested in participating in these projects. The project funding covers boat, some common equipment and gas, while we cover travel expenses, accommodation and food ourselves.
Certification requirement: Fundamentals
Event type: Project
Location: Eyemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom
Contact: Marcus Rose, marcusrose@gue.com
Date: June 19, 2023 to June 23, 2023
Description: A 5-day project conducting video surveys of Benthic species in the Berwickshire Marine Reserve and sediment collection for microplastics research with the University of Chester.
Certification requirement: CCR 1
Location: Eyemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom
Contact: Marcus Rose, marcusrose@gue.com
Date: June 19, 2023 to June 23, 2023
Description: A 5-day project conducting video surveys of Benthic species in the Berwickshire Marine Reserve and sediment collection for microplastics research with the University of Chester.
Certification requirement: CCR 1
Event type: Diving Trip
Location: Krnica, Croatia
Contact: Maurizio Grbac, maurizio@krnica.com
Event website: Tauchservice Münster
Date: June 25, 2023 to June 30, 2023
Description: 6 Days of trigger time along the Croatian coastline. We will dive lots of kilometers / miles, nobody ever was. Some wrecks will also be on our way. Generally the dives will be in the 30m max area.
Certification requirement: Rec 1 or Fundamentals
Location: Krnica, Croatia
Contact: Maurizio Grbac, maurizio@krnica.com
Event website: Tauchservice Münster
Date: June 25, 2023 to June 30, 2023
Description: 6 Days of trigger time along the Croatian coastline. We will dive lots of kilometers / miles, nobody ever was. Some wrecks will also be on our way. Generally the dives will be in the 30m max area.
Certification requirement: Rec 1 or Fundamentals
July
Event type: Project
Location: Kalmar, Sweden
Contact: GUE Sweden, info@guesweden.se
Event website: Operation Ghost Net
Date: July 1, 2023 to July 8, 2023
Description: Operation Spöknät (Operation Ghost Net) was launched with the goal of improving the environment in the sea by locating, documenting and recover ghost nets.
In 2020, GUE Sweden was granted funds to conduct two pilot studies on behalf of the County Administrative Boards in Södermanland and Kalmar counties. The overall purpose was to map and document ghost nets in order to enable the retrieval of them.
In 2021 and 2022, ghost net projects were conducted in Blekinge and Kalmar Counties to get an overview of the situation. In addition to these two projects, documentation of ghost nets was also carried out on wrecks on the Swedish west coast, in Skånska Kattegatt, a marine nature reserve outside Kullaberg in Skåne County.
The findings are disappointing.
In Blekinge and Kalmar, we have noted ghost nets on about 70% of all dived objects. However, this is strongly correlated with depth. There are ghost nets on virtually all objects that are deeper than 30 meters. In Skånska Kattegatt, nets were documented on all wrecks visited.
More work to be done!
In 2023, Operation Spöknät will continue to map and document ghost nets in the Baltic Sea in close collaboration with relevant County Administrative Boards. We also plan to retrieve nets from at least four wrecks that we have already documented.
Operation Spöknät is financed with grants for local water management initiatives (LOVA funds from the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water
Management) through the county administrative boards in Kalmar and Blekinge.
We look forward to a busy year at sea and we are looking for divers that are interested in participating in these projects. The project funding covers boat, some common equipment and gas, while we cover travel expenses, accommodation and food ourselves.
Certification requirement: Fundamentals
Location: Kalmar, Sweden
Contact: GUE Sweden, info@guesweden.se
Event website: Operation Ghost Net
Date: July 1, 2023 to July 8, 2023
Description: Operation Spöknät (Operation Ghost Net) was launched with the goal of improving the environment in the sea by locating, documenting and recover ghost nets.
In 2020, GUE Sweden was granted funds to conduct two pilot studies on behalf of the County Administrative Boards in Södermanland and Kalmar counties. The overall purpose was to map and document ghost nets in order to enable the retrieval of them.
In 2021 and 2022, ghost net projects were conducted in Blekinge and Kalmar Counties to get an overview of the situation. In addition to these two projects, documentation of ghost nets was also carried out on wrecks on the Swedish west coast, in Skånska Kattegatt, a marine nature reserve outside Kullaberg in Skåne County.
The findings are disappointing.
In Blekinge and Kalmar, we have noted ghost nets on about 70% of all dived objects. However, this is strongly correlated with depth. There are ghost nets on virtually all objects that are deeper than 30 meters. In Skånska Kattegatt, nets were documented on all wrecks visited.
More work to be done!
In 2023, Operation Spöknät will continue to map and document ghost nets in the Baltic Sea in close collaboration with relevant County Administrative Boards. We also plan to retrieve nets from at least four wrecks that we have already documented.
Operation Spöknät is financed with grants for local water management initiatives (LOVA funds from the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water
Management) through the county administrative boards in Kalmar and Blekinge.
We look forward to a busy year at sea and we are looking for divers that are interested in participating in these projects. The project funding covers boat, some common equipment and gas, while we cover travel expenses, accommodation and food ourselves.
Certification requirement: Fundamentals
Event type: Project
Location: Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy
Event website: Portofino Divers
Date: July 3, 2023 to July 7, 2023
Description: Our Conservation Diving Week gives you the opportunity to learn about reef ecosystems, and help conserve and protect the reef by playing a part in our marine conservation projects, all while having a fun diving holiday.
For more information please check the event website (link above) or contact us.
Certification requirement: Fundamentals
Location: Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy
Event website: Portofino Divers
Date: July 3, 2023 to July 7, 2023
Description: Our Conservation Diving Week gives you the opportunity to learn about reef ecosystems, and help conserve and protect the reef by playing a part in our marine conservation projects, all while having a fun diving holiday.
For more information please check the event website (link above) or contact us.
Certification requirement: Fundamentals
Event type: Project
Location: Kalmar, Sweden
Contact: GUE Sweden, info@guesweden.se
Event website: Operation Ghost Net
Date: July 8, 2023 to July 15, 2023
Description: Operation Spöknät (Operation Ghost Net) was launched with the goal of improving the environment in the sea by locating, documenting and recover ghost nets.
In 2020, GUE Sweden was granted funds to conduct two pilot studies on behalf of the County Administrative Boards in Södermanland and Kalmar counties. The overall purpose was to map and document ghost nets in order to enable the retrieval of them.
In 2021 and 2022, ghost net projects were conducted in Blekinge and Kalmar Counties to get an overview of the situation. In addition to these two projects, documentation of ghost nets was also carried out on wrecks on the Swedish west coast, in Skånska Kattegatt, a marine nature reserve outside Kullaberg in Skåne County.
The findings are disappointing.
In Blekinge and Kalmar, we have noted ghost nets on about 70% of all dived objects. However, this is strongly correlated with depth. There are ghost nets on virtually all objects that are deeper than 30 meters. In Skånska Kattegatt, nets were documented on all wrecks visited.
More work to be done!
In 2023, Operation Spöknät will continue to map and document ghost nets in the Baltic Sea in close collaboration with relevant County Administrative Boards. We also plan to retrieve nets from at least four wrecks that we have already documented.
Operation Spöknät is financed with grants for local water management initiatives (LOVA funds from the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water
Management) through the county administrative boards in Kalmar and Blekinge.
We look forward to a busy year at sea and we are looking for divers that are interested in participating in these projects. The project funding covers boat, some common equipment and gas, while we cover travel expenses, accommodation and food ourselves.
Certification requirement: Tech 1
Location: Kalmar, Sweden
Contact: GUE Sweden, info@guesweden.se
Event website: Operation Ghost Net
Date: July 8, 2023 to July 15, 2023
Description: Operation Spöknät (Operation Ghost Net) was launched with the goal of improving the environment in the sea by locating, documenting and recover ghost nets.
In 2020, GUE Sweden was granted funds to conduct two pilot studies on behalf of the County Administrative Boards in Södermanland and Kalmar counties. The overall purpose was to map and document ghost nets in order to enable the retrieval of them.
In 2021 and 2022, ghost net projects were conducted in Blekinge and Kalmar Counties to get an overview of the situation. In addition to these two projects, documentation of ghost nets was also carried out on wrecks on the Swedish west coast, in Skånska Kattegatt, a marine nature reserve outside Kullaberg in Skåne County.
The findings are disappointing.
In Blekinge and Kalmar, we have noted ghost nets on about 70% of all dived objects. However, this is strongly correlated with depth. There are ghost nets on virtually all objects that are deeper than 30 meters. In Skånska Kattegatt, nets were documented on all wrecks visited.
More work to be done!
In 2023, Operation Spöknät will continue to map and document ghost nets in the Baltic Sea in close collaboration with relevant County Administrative Boards. We also plan to retrieve nets from at least four wrecks that we have already documented.
Operation Spöknät is financed with grants for local water management initiatives (LOVA funds from the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water
Management) through the county administrative boards in Kalmar and Blekinge.
We look forward to a busy year at sea and we are looking for divers that are interested in participating in these projects. The project funding covers boat, some common equipment and gas, while we cover travel expenses, accommodation and food ourselves.
Certification requirement: Tech 1
Event type: Project
Location: Kalmar, Sweden
Contact: GUE Sweden, info@guesweden.se
Event website: Operation Ghost Net
Date: July 22, 2023 to July 29, 2023
Description: Operation Spöknät (Operation Ghost Net) was launched with the goal of improving the environment in the sea by locating, documenting and recover ghost nets.
In 2020, GUE Sweden was granted funds to conduct two pilot studies on behalf of the County Administrative Boards in Södermanland and Kalmar counties. The overall purpose was to map and document ghost nets in order to enable the retrieval of them.
In 2021 and 2022, ghost net projects were conducted in Blekinge and Kalmar Counties to get an overview of the situation. In addition to these two projects, documentation of ghost nets was also carried out on wrecks on the Swedish west coast, in Skånska Kattegatt, a marine nature reserve outside Kullaberg in Skåne County.
The findings are disappointing.
In Blekinge and Kalmar, we have noted ghost nets on about 70% of all dived objects. However, this is strongly correlated with depth. There are ghost nets on virtually all objects that are deeper than 30 meters. In Skånska Kattegatt, nets were documented on all wrecks visited.
More work to be done!
In 2023, Operation Spöknät will continue to map and document ghost nets in the Baltic Sea in close collaboration with relevant County Administrative Boards. We also plan to retrieve nets from at least four wrecks that we have already documented.
Operation Spöknät is financed with grants for local water management initiatives (LOVA funds from the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water
Management) through the county administrative boards in Kalmar and Blekinge.
We look forward to a busy year at sea and we are looking for divers that are interested in participating in these projects. The project funding covers boat, some common equipment and gas, while we cover travel expenses, accommodation and food ourselves.
Certification requirement: Fundamentals
Location: Kalmar, Sweden
Contact: GUE Sweden, info@guesweden.se
Event website: Operation Ghost Net
Date: July 22, 2023 to July 29, 2023
Description: Operation Spöknät (Operation Ghost Net) was launched with the goal of improving the environment in the sea by locating, documenting and recover ghost nets.
In 2020, GUE Sweden was granted funds to conduct two pilot studies on behalf of the County Administrative Boards in Södermanland and Kalmar counties. The overall purpose was to map and document ghost nets in order to enable the retrieval of them.
In 2021 and 2022, ghost net projects were conducted in Blekinge and Kalmar Counties to get an overview of the situation. In addition to these two projects, documentation of ghost nets was also carried out on wrecks on the Swedish west coast, in Skånska Kattegatt, a marine nature reserve outside Kullaberg in Skåne County.
The findings are disappointing.
In Blekinge and Kalmar, we have noted ghost nets on about 70% of all dived objects. However, this is strongly correlated with depth. There are ghost nets on virtually all objects that are deeper than 30 meters. In Skånska Kattegatt, nets were documented on all wrecks visited.
More work to be done!
In 2023, Operation Spöknät will continue to map and document ghost nets in the Baltic Sea in close collaboration with relevant County Administrative Boards. We also plan to retrieve nets from at least four wrecks that we have already documented.
Operation Spöknät is financed with grants for local water management initiatives (LOVA funds from the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water
Management) through the county administrative boards in Kalmar and Blekinge.
We look forward to a busy year at sea and we are looking for divers that are interested in participating in these projects. The project funding covers boat, some common equipment and gas, while we cover travel expenses, accommodation and food ourselves.
Certification requirement: Fundamentals
Event type: Project
Location: Kalmar, Sweden
Contact: GUE Sweden, info@guesweden.se
Event website: Operation Ghost Net
Date: July 29, 2023 to August 5, 2023
Description: Operation Spöknät (Operation Ghost Net) was launched with the goal of improving the environment in the sea by locating, documenting and recover ghost nets.
In 2020, GUE Sweden was granted funds to conduct two pilot studies on behalf of the County Administrative Boards in Södermanland and Kalmar counties. The overall purpose was to map and document ghost nets in order to enable the retrieval of them.
In 2021 and 2022, ghost net projects were conducted in Blekinge and Kalmar Counties to get an overview of the situation. In addition to these two projects, documentation of ghost nets was also carried out on wrecks on the Swedish west coast, in Skånska Kattegatt, a marine nature reserve outside Kullaberg in Skåne County.
The findings are disappointing.
In Blekinge and Kalmar, we have noted ghost nets on about 70% of all dived objects. However, this is strongly correlated with depth. There are ghost nets on virtually all objects that are deeper than 30 meters. In Skånska Kattegatt, nets were documented on all wrecks visited.
More work to be done!
In 2023, Operation Spöknät will continue to map and document ghost nets in the Baltic Sea in close collaboration with relevant County Administrative Boards. We also plan to retrieve nets from at least four wrecks that we have already documented.
Operation Spöknät is financed with grants for local water management initiatives (LOVA funds from the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water
Management) through the county administrative boards in Kalmar and Blekinge.
We look forward to a busy year at sea and we are looking for divers that are interested in participating in these projects. The project funding covers boat, some common equipment and gas, while we cover travel expenses, accommodation and food ourselves.
Certification requirement: Fundamentals
Location: Kalmar, Sweden
Contact: GUE Sweden, info@guesweden.se
Event website: Operation Ghost Net
Date: July 29, 2023 to August 5, 2023
Description: Operation Spöknät (Operation Ghost Net) was launched with the goal of improving the environment in the sea by locating, documenting and recover ghost nets.
In 2020, GUE Sweden was granted funds to conduct two pilot studies on behalf of the County Administrative Boards in Södermanland and Kalmar counties. The overall purpose was to map and document ghost nets in order to enable the retrieval of them.
In 2021 and 2022, ghost net projects were conducted in Blekinge and Kalmar Counties to get an overview of the situation. In addition to these two projects, documentation of ghost nets was also carried out on wrecks on the Swedish west coast, in Skånska Kattegatt, a marine nature reserve outside Kullaberg in Skåne County.
The findings are disappointing.
In Blekinge and Kalmar, we have noted ghost nets on about 70% of all dived objects. However, this is strongly correlated with depth. There are ghost nets on virtually all objects that are deeper than 30 meters. In Skånska Kattegatt, nets were documented on all wrecks visited.
More work to be done!
In 2023, Operation Spöknät will continue to map and document ghost nets in the Baltic Sea in close collaboration with relevant County Administrative Boards. We also plan to retrieve nets from at least four wrecks that we have already documented.
Operation Spöknät is financed with grants for local water management initiatives (LOVA funds from the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water
Management) through the county administrative boards in Kalmar and Blekinge.
We look forward to a busy year at sea and we are looking for divers that are interested in participating in these projects. The project funding covers boat, some common equipment and gas, while we cover travel expenses, accommodation and food ourselves.
Certification requirement: Fundamentals
August
Event type: Project
Location: Kalmar, Sweden
Contact: GUE Sweden, info@guesweden.se
Event website: Operation Ghost Net
Date: August 12, 2023 to August 19, 2023
Description: Operation Spöknät (Operation Ghost Net) was launched with the goal of improving the environment in the sea by locating, documenting and recover ghost nets.
In 2020, GUE Sweden was granted funds to conduct two pilot studies on behalf of the County Administrative Boards in Södermanland and Kalmar counties. The overall purpose was to map and document ghost nets in order to enable the retrieval of them.
In 2021 and 2022, ghost net projects were conducted in Blekinge and Kalmar Counties to get an overview of the situation. In addition to these two projects, documentation of ghost nets was also carried out on wrecks on the Swedish west coast, in Skånska Kattegatt, a marine nature reserve outside Kullaberg in Skåne County.
The findings are disappointing.
In Blekinge and Kalmar, we have noted ghost nets on about 70% of all dived objects. However, this is strongly correlated with depth. There are ghost nets on virtually all objects that are deeper than 30 meters. In Skånska Kattegatt, nets were documented on all wrecks visited.
More work to be done!
In 2023, Operation Spöknät will continue to map and document ghost nets in the Baltic Sea in close collaboration with relevant County Administrative Boards. We also plan to retrieve nets from at least four wrecks that we have already documented.
Operation Spöknät is financed with grants for local water management initiatives (LOVA funds from the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water
Management) through the county administrative boards in Kalmar and Blekinge.
We look forward to a busy year at sea and we are looking for divers that are interested in participating in these projects. The project funding covers boat, some common equipment and gas, while we cover travel expenses, accommodation and food ourselves.
Certification requirement: Fundamentals
Location: Kalmar, Sweden
Contact: GUE Sweden, info@guesweden.se
Event website: Operation Ghost Net
Date: August 12, 2023 to August 19, 2023
Description: Operation Spöknät (Operation Ghost Net) was launched with the goal of improving the environment in the sea by locating, documenting and recover ghost nets.
In 2020, GUE Sweden was granted funds to conduct two pilot studies on behalf of the County Administrative Boards in Södermanland and Kalmar counties. The overall purpose was to map and document ghost nets in order to enable the retrieval of them.
In 2021 and 2022, ghost net projects were conducted in Blekinge and Kalmar Counties to get an overview of the situation. In addition to these two projects, documentation of ghost nets was also carried out on wrecks on the Swedish west coast, in Skånska Kattegatt, a marine nature reserve outside Kullaberg in Skåne County.
The findings are disappointing.
In Blekinge and Kalmar, we have noted ghost nets on about 70% of all dived objects. However, this is strongly correlated with depth. There are ghost nets on virtually all objects that are deeper than 30 meters. In Skånska Kattegatt, nets were documented on all wrecks visited.
More work to be done!
In 2023, Operation Spöknät will continue to map and document ghost nets in the Baltic Sea in close collaboration with relevant County Administrative Boards. We also plan to retrieve nets from at least four wrecks that we have already documented.
Operation Spöknät is financed with grants for local water management initiatives (LOVA funds from the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water
Management) through the county administrative boards in Kalmar and Blekinge.
We look forward to a busy year at sea and we are looking for divers that are interested in participating in these projects. The project funding covers boat, some common equipment and gas, while we cover travel expenses, accommodation and food ourselves.
Certification requirement: Fundamentals
September
Event type: Project
Location: Vancouver Island, Canada
Contact: Guy Shockey, GS@gue.com
Event website: Thermocline Exploration
Date: September 2, 2023 to September 12, 2023
Description: Thermocline Diving and GUE BC have put together an ambitious wreck exploration project around the Southern part of Vancouver Island for the first two weeks of September, 2023. The project is broken down into four 2-day sections to make it easier for divers to join us. We will be doing some continued exploration and documentation, as well as searching for several new wrecks that have been discovered but not yet dived on.
Some of the wrecks are in the CCR 1 range and several are in the CCR 2 range. There will also be opportunities for other divers to act as support divers, and a few of the wrecks are within the T1 range. There has never been a project like this on Vancouver Island, and it is going to be an adventure!
Certification requirement: Tech 1 or Tech 2 or CCR 1 or CCR 2
Location: Vancouver Island, Canada
Contact: Guy Shockey, GS@gue.com
Event website: Thermocline Exploration
Date: September 2, 2023 to September 12, 2023
Description: Thermocline Diving and GUE BC have put together an ambitious wreck exploration project around the Southern part of Vancouver Island for the first two weeks of September, 2023. The project is broken down into four 2-day sections to make it easier for divers to join us. We will be doing some continued exploration and documentation, as well as searching for several new wrecks that have been discovered but not yet dived on.
Some of the wrecks are in the CCR 1 range and several are in the CCR 2 range. There will also be opportunities for other divers to act as support divers, and a few of the wrecks are within the T1 range. There has never been a project like this on Vancouver Island, and it is going to be an adventure!
Certification requirement: Tech 1 or Tech 2 or CCR 1 or CCR 2
October
Event type: Diving Trip
Location: Ligurian coast, Italy
Contact: Bruno Borelli, info@portofinodivers.com
Event website: Portofino Divers
Date: October 16, 2023 to October 21, 2023
Description: 6 days wreck-diving safari to explore some of the most stunning shipwrecks off the Ligurian coast.
Certification requirement: Tech 1
Location: Ligurian coast, Italy
Contact: Bruno Borelli, info@portofinodivers.com
Event website: Portofino Divers
Date: October 16, 2023 to October 21, 2023
Description: 6 days wreck-diving safari to explore some of the most stunning shipwrecks off the Ligurian coast.
Certification requirement: Tech 1
November
Event type: Conference
Location: High Springs & Gainesville, Florida, United States
Contact: Global Underwater Explorers, info@gue.com
Event website: Global Underwater Explorers
Date: November 10, 2023 to November 11, 2023
Description: 2023 GUE Conference celebrating our 25th anniversary with speakers, diving, and socials! Stay tuned for more info!
Certification requirement: No requirement
Location: High Springs & Gainesville, Florida, United States
Contact: Global Underwater Explorers, info@gue.com
Event website: Global Underwater Explorers
Date: November 10, 2023 to November 11, 2023
Description: 2023 GUE Conference celebrating our 25th anniversary with speakers, diving, and socials! Stay tuned for more info!
Certification requirement: No requirement
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