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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

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
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

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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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

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

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

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

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