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2024

septembre

Event type: Community Event

Emplacement: Online, Worldwide

Date: septembre 21, 2024

Description: MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

We are excited to announce that this year's GUE Community Day will be September 21st!

We will have a live stream on the 21st hosted by Jarrod Jablonski and Dorota Czerny with special guests. More information to follow soon!

Start planning with your local dive community how you are going to celebrate! Make sure to let us know what you are doing by emailing devina@gue.com so we can add it to our GUE Community Day events calendar.

Certification requirement: No requirement
Event type: Project

Emplacement: Cala Gonone, Sardinia, Italie

Contact: Dorota Czerny, dorota@gue.com

Event website: Cave Photogrammetry Project - Session 2 - 2024

Date: septembre 29, 2024 - octobre 4, 2024

Description: We are continuing the challenge of creating a cave's photogrammetry (see our previous results here: Grotta del Fico Photogrammetry).
We will focus on refining the existing model, adding new passages and extending the main passage's photogrammetry. The goal is to create a comprehensive cave model that can be used by scientists and the general public, to create more awareness of cave research and conservation.

Certification requirement: Cave 1 or Cave 2

octobre

Event type: Diving Trip

Emplacement: La Herradura, Espagne

Contact: Erik Wurz, erik@gue.com

Event website: Coral Soul

Date: octobre 1, 2024 - octobre 9, 2024

Description: The conservation organization Coral Soul is focusing on habitat restoration in the West Mediterranean sea. Due to regional upwelling conditions, the coral species Dendrophyllia ramea is forming dense gardens in depths that can be reached by technical divers. Usually found in depths greater than 200m off the coast of La Herradura, these beautiful orange corals can be found just below 30m of depth. However, this unique population of corals is threatened by fisheries, debris, and other human impacts.

The project is focusing on clean-up activities of coral habitats, recovering coral colonies, maintaining colonies in nurseries, and finally out-planting the recovered colonies into their natural habitat. This process is followed by extensive survey efforts to follow the fate of the coral colonies, and document the overall improvement of the ecosystem with the return of dense coral gardens.

More information can be found in Quest No. 23. from May 2022

Coral Soul needs motivated and skilled divers to support all aspects of the operations. Nurseries are placed at depths below 36m. Removal and survey activities can be performed as deep as 51m.

Required: Tech 1/CCR1
Useful: GUE Scientific Diver Training

Gases and boat at own expense. Workshops on coral restoration work covered by Coral Soul.
Requirements: Tech 1

Certification requirement: No requirement or Tech 1 or CCR 1
Event type: Project

Emplacement: Cala Gonone, Sardinia, Italie

Event website: Clean the Gulf - Conservation and Documentation Project

Date: octobre 4, 2024 - octobre 11, 2024

Description: The Mediterranean Sea is facing a big threat of marine pollution from a number of sources.

During our project week we would like to clean up the seafloor of the Gulf of Orosei (Sardinia) from ghost fishing gear and other waste .

Secondary objective of this project is documentation. We would like to show the beauty of the crystal clear waters in the Gulf of Orosei, local wrecks, and caves.
We will use photogrammetry and photo/videography to show the importance of marine environment conservation to the public.

Certification requirement: Fundamentals
Event type: Project

Emplacement: Cala Gonone, Sardinia, Italie

Contact: Andrea Marassich, mara@gue,com

Event website: Marine Genome Project - Session 2024

Date: octobre 5, 2024 - octobre 19, 2024

Description: The Marine Genome Project is a groundbreaking scientific initiative, dedicated to unravelling the mysteries of marine organisms through genome sequencing and comprehensive studies. This ambitious endeavor aims to decode the genetic makeup of diverse marine species, solve their unique adaptations, and explore the potential applications of their genetic information.
Researchers in this project employ advanced DNA sequencing technologies to collect samples from marine organisms. Through analysis and interpretation of the genetic data, they strive to discover new species, gain insights into the intricacies of marine ecosystems, and develop accessible tools for effective marine conservation initiatives.
By delving into the depths of marine genomes, this project holds immense potential for expanding our knowledge of the intricacies of marine life. It offers us a glimpse into the fascinating adaptations that have evolved over millions of years, and the possibilities for harnessing these genetic resources for various scientific and practical applications.

Alternate contacts: 
Dorota Czerny
Phreatic.org

Certification requirement: Cave 1 or Cave 2
Event type: Diving Trip

Emplacement: Santa Margherita Ligure, Italie

Contact: Bruno Borelli, info@portofinodivers.com

Event website: Conservation Diving Week

Date: octobre 7, 2024 - octobre 11, 2024

Description: Reef Alert Network (RAN) conservation diving workshop gives you the opportunity to learn about reef ecosystems, and help conserve and protect local dive sites by playing a part in marine citizen science projects, all while having a fun diving holiday.

Certification requirement: Fundamentals

décembre

Event type: Diving Trip

Emplacement: Hurghada / Red Sea, Égypte

Contact: Bartek Trzcinski, bat@gue.com

Event website: Liveaboard Wonders

Date: décembre 28, 2024 - janvier 4, 2025

Description: GUE Liveaboard trip is one of the best ways to spend the last days of 2024 and open 2025 with some cool dives :-)

We are planning for a week of non-stop diving. Most of the dive sites accommodate both - shallow and deep ranges of depth. Therefore, this trip is open for GUE divers at all levels.

We will have a chance to combine wrecks and reefs. The dive sites we are planning to visit include such classics as : Brothers Islands. Gubal, Rosalie Moller. SS Thistlegorm or Abu Nuhas.

Drop me an email to get more info :)
Requirements:
   - Rec 1
   - Fundamentals
   - Tech 1
   - Tech 2
   - CCR 1
   - CCR 2

Certification requirement: Rec 1 or Fundamentals or Tech 1 or Tech 2 or CCR 1 or CCR 2

2025

janvier

Event type: Community Event

Emplacement: To be announced, Pays-Bas

Contact: Anne-Marie Bresser, a-m@gue.com

Event website: Cave and Wreck Night

Date: janvier 17, 2025

Description: Our yearly evening event where explorers from all over the world share their projects and progress with the diving community.

Certification requirement: No requirement

juillet

Event type: Project

Emplacement: Marine quest, Eyemouth, Scotland, Royaume-Uni

Event website: GUE North England

Date: juillet 16, 2025 - juillet 20, 2025

Description: As many of you know, the northern regions of GUE UK have of recent years had a home/base for most of its diving at the fantastic venue of Marine Quest, run by Iain Easignwold. Following some recent survey data made publicly accessible via an app called "Navionics", a possible location has arisen for the SS Maystone, sitting in 85m of water.


About the vessel:
     Empire Wapping was launched 15/03/1945 and later completed May 1945. Being commissioned by Grangemouth dockyard company, Grangemouth for the Ministry of war transport - Stone & Rolfe Ltd, the ship's purpose was to be a general cargo ship.
The vessel measured a length of 281.6ft, breadth 40ft, depth of 13.9ft and had a tonnage of 2025-Ton. She was propelled via a single screw, and powered by a triple cylinder steam engine which gave an estimated speed of 12 knots.
In 1947 the vessel was sold to Thomas Stone Shipping LTD of Llanelly, Wales. Adopting her new name of SS Maystone, the vessel would remain in service until a tragic accident somewhere in the region of 4-5.2nm NNE of Longstone Lighthouse, Farne Islands. During a night of foul weather 18/10/1949, the ship was involved in a fatal collision with the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Albion. HMS Albion was a 22,000-Ton Centaur-class light fleet carrier of the Royal Navy. The ship was laid down in 1944 and launched in 1947 but did not enter service until 1954. Badly holing the hull of the aircraft carrier during the collision, she was later towed into Rosyth under the steam of two tugs. The yet to be complete carrier nearly sunk under tow off the coast of St.Abbs head before making it to safety for repair. SS Maystone lost all but 4 of her crew members during the collision, giving a total loss of 20 sailors.

What makes SS Maystone a worthy project target?
     Not only is this quite a large wreck to have only been discovered in late 2023, but I believe it could be the only ship in UK waters to have ever been sunk by a aircraft carrier, which makes it a super cool story. To date, there has only been 1 dive team visit the wreck. Following their dive, there has been no formal identification of the wreck, only presumptions and guesstimations that it is the SS Maystone. As mentioned before, the wreck rests in 85m of water and lies twisted with her stern section on its side, and as you move towards the Bow the hull becomes more inverted.

Project Objectives:
     First and foremost I'd like the team to verify/confirm that this is the wreck of the Maystone, as there is another wreck in the vicinity which is yet to be identified. There has been no bell found on the wreck, so this could be an objective for one team on the project. I'd also like to document the wreck in the form of photogrammetry and video, with the aim of producing a video around 5 minutes duration. I would also like to use this project as a stepping stone, as there has been continuous sonar data collection around this particular area for quite some time now for infrastructure for the renewable energy sector. With growth in mind, I'd like to expand the project in the coming years with the hope of moving towards an area called Farn Deeps, where an excess of a dozen unidentified wrecks lie.

Requirements:
   - Tech 2
   - CCR 2

Certification requirement: Tech 2 or CCR 2