Oceanaddicts Underwater Photography Workshop with John Collins

Oceanaddicts Underwater Photography Workshop Special.

Oceanaddicts Underwater Photography Workshop with renowned underwater photographer and videographer John Collins. The workshop will take place on board our newly refurbished Liveaboard Embarr the weekend of the 18th and 19th September. It will include B&B, lunch and four dives. Diving will take place from our 8.8M Rib Oisre. John will be available throughout the weekend to offer help and advice on how to improve your photography. Spaces are limited to 8 divers in order that people receive the full benefit of John’s knowledge. The workshop will cost €250.

To book please Contact Anne 087-7903211 or by email anne@oceanaddicts.ie

John Collins Photographer
John Collins is an award-winning photographer, based in Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland. Originally from Limerick, he discovered photography as a teenager and with it a life-long passion to capture images of the world around us. While studying Pharmacy in Trinity College Dublin, he learned to scuba-dive with Dublin University Sub-Aqua Club and went on to gain experience both in Ireland and abroad, eventually becoming a diving instructor in 1991.
John is a graduate of the New York Institute of Photography course in professional photography. On land, John continues to work on landscape and documentary photographs, producing unique images of the beautiful areas around Kinsale and west Cork.
John specializes in Underwater Photography, particularly in his home waters and other temperate seas that are less visited and appreciated than the coral seas of the tropics. A collection of these images have been published in the book, Cool Waters Emerald Seas, published by Atrium in 2006. Many of John’s photographs have been successful in competition and are widely published internationally. As Divers we can really appreciate John’s ability to capture glimpses of our unique underwater landscape, the life that inhabits it and the ships that have been wrecked in it.

Nationwide 7th July 2010

You can catch up on the show here

Footage of Dive on the Santo Wreck Cork Harbour

Check out the footage of the Wreck of the Santo, Cork Harbour http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS-RL6UNzJ0 recorded by John Collins yesterday while diving with Oceanaddicts

Have you spotted a Jellyfish Lately

The ABCDEF of jellyfish sightings
If you see a jellyfish when diving… Dr. Tom Doyle is interested! Simple observations such as the location and depth can be very informative. To make reporting such observations easier Tom has developed the ABCDE of jellyfish sightings. Then simply report on www.jellyfish.ie

A) Aggregations of jellyfish? Have you seen an aggregation
(bloom/swarm) of jellyfish? If so, what was the jellyfish species,
how many jellyfish were in the swarm (10s, 100s, 1000s, or
greater), did the aggregation form a discrete layer at certain
depth or was it throughout the water column)?

B) Barrel jellyfish? Have your seen a barrel jellyfish? If so,
where did you see it and what size was it (saucer, dinner plate,
dustbin lid size)?

C) Cyanea jellyfish? Have you seen the Lion’s Mane Jellyfish
(Latin name is Cyanea capillata)? If so, where did you see it and
what depth did you see it at?

D) Dead jellyfish? Have you seen dead (or alive) jellyfish on the
seabed? If so, what species was it and was there more than one
jellyfish?

E) Eaten alive? Have you seen any animal eating a jellyfish? For
example, have you ever seen a sea anemone or a crab eating a
jellyfish?

F) Fish and jellyfish? Have you seen fish swimming with
jellyfish? If yes, how many fish were with the jellyfish (0, 1, 2, 3-5,
6-10, 11-15, 15-20, 20-30, 30+), where did you make this
observation and time of day/night?

For all jellyfish sightings important things to report include: the
species of jellyfish, the size of the jellyfish (saucer, dinner plate,
dustbin lid size), the water depth of observation, the water
temperature, the location of sighting (500m east of Dalkey
Island), the date and time of sighting.

And remember that photographs are worth their weight in gold!
Indeed, the best jellyfish photo of the year will win a Voucher for
‘Free trip for a car and 2 persons to Britain’ with Irish Ferries.
So be a jellyfish nerd and test your dive buddies – do you know
the Jellyfish Code (ABC..)!
Images from top down: Michelle Cronin, Tom Doyle, Patricia
Byrne, Oliver Buckley, Amy Dale and Oliver Buckley

Oceanaddicts attend Regional Dive Weekend

Oceanaddicts are on their way to the Regional Dive Weekend in Cahersiveen, for a weekend of great diving and good crack. There will be divers there from Cork Kerry Limerick Tipperary Clare and Dublin and maybe even a few form other places as well. It has the makings of a really good weekend.

Film Clip of The Journey Home

The Journey Home Check out the film clip on Youtube, put together by Simon Beecher, sailing home Oceanaddicts Liveaboard from Ramsgate UK to Kinsale

Barrel Jellyfish Spotted West of Old Head of Kinsale

Graham spotted a Barrel Jellyfish West of Old Head of Kinsale while taking divers to dive the wreck of the Chicago.

Jellyfish Watch

We Went to a talk by Dr Tom Doyle of UCC last Friday night about his work on Jellyfish in Irish waters. Tom would love to get reports from Divers or others on the water of the Jellyfish they see on their dives or from their boats. If you would like to send Tom on your sightings check out the web site http://www.jellyfish.ie/ There is a section there to report.

Oceanaddicts take part in the Kinsale Rib Run

Oceanaddicts will this weekend take part in the Kinsale to Aberystwyth in Aid of the RNLI. WE will travel on our Rib Oisre leaving Kinsale on Thursday morning and returning on Sunday evening.

Girl Guides take to the Waves with Oceanaddicts

Girl Guides took to the waves in Cork Harbour today on board Oceanaddicts Rib Oisre to enjoy some sea thrills and jump some waves