Underwater Photography World Championship
The Diario reports that the 18th edition of the Underwater Photography World Championship and the 4th Underwater Video World Championship, as part of the ‘MADEIRA UNDERWATER’ event, which is already taking place in Porto Santo.
Wikipedia describes the Underwater Photography World Championships as “the peak international event for the underwater sport of underwater photography“. The event is conducted on behalf of the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS)[1] by an affiliated national federation.
A team is already training in the waters of Porto Santo. The director, Pedro Vasconcelos, dived today with the captain of the Swiss team, who told the Diario that “at this moment a team from the Swiss national team is in Porto Santo, which is team number 1. Fritz is the captain and is loving the island of Porto Santo”.
“The leader of the Swiss team is really enjoying the conditions that the golden island has at an underwater level”, said Pedro Vasconcelos, who had “the opportunity to dive with him today, at one of the dive sites that will be CORDECA, the last ship sunk in Porto Santo.” Fritz is already on the island of Porto Santo, “since the beginning of this week recognizing the other points, he is super happy and looking forward to returning in September to do more training for the competition in October”.
The event is organized by the Madeira Swimming Association, with the endorsement of the Portuguese Federation of Underwater Activities and the World Confederation of Underwater Activities.
Madeira Underwater has a Facebook page here.
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Some amazing photos on those websites!
Brilliant headline! Certainly got my attention. Glad it’s not what I first thought!!