{"id":41902,"date":"2021-07-09T08:10:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T07:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/?p=41902"},"modified":"2021-07-09T08:13:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T07:13:15","slug":"madeira-underwater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/madeira-underwater\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Madeira Underwater&#8221;","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Underwater Photography World Championship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/07\/214968629_370799617812069_4074426219297896094_n-288x360.jpg\" alt=\"Madeira Underwater - photo competition poster\" class=\"wp-image-41904 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/07\/214968629_370799617812069_4074426219297896094_n-288x360.jpg\" alt=\"Madeira Underwater - photo competition poster\" class=\"wp-image-41904\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/214968629_370799617812069_4074426219297896094_n-288x360.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/214968629_370799617812069_4074426219297896094_n-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/214968629_370799617812069_4074426219297896094_n.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Diario reports that the 18th edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underwater_Photography_World_Championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Underwater Photography World Championship<\/a> and the 4th Underwater Video World Championship, as part of the &#8216;MADEIRA UNDERWATER&#8217; event, which is already taking place in Porto Santo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wikipedia describes the\u00a0Underwater Photography World Championships\u00a0as &#8220;the peak international event for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underwater_sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">underwater sport<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underwater_photography_(sport)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">underwater photography<\/a>&#8220;. The event is conducted on behalf of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conf%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Mondiale_des_Activit%C3%A9s_Subaquatiques\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration Mondiale des Activit\u00e9s Subaquatiques<\/a>\u00a0(CMAS)<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Underwater_Photography_World_Championships#cite_note-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0by an affiliated national federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 \u201cat this moment a team from the Swiss national team is in Porto Santo, which is team number 1.\u00a0 Fritz is the captain and is loving the island of Porto Santo&#8221;.<br \/><br \/>\u201cThe leader of the Swiss team is really enjoying the conditions that the golden island has at an underwater level\u201d, said Pedro Vasconcelos, who had \u201cthe opportunity to dive with him today, at one of the dive sites that will be CORDECA, the last ship sunk in Porto Santo.\u201d Fritz is already on the island of Porto Santo, &#8220;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&#8221;.<br \/><br \/>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Madeira Underwater has a Facebook page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Madeiraunderwater\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Madeiraunderwater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">A new tab has been added to the top of each page with a link to resources dealing with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/covid-19\/\">COVID-19 in Madeira<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 this covers the latest government regulations on travel to the island, how to get a PCR test, and many other links that will be useful to people wanting to travel to and from Madeira<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COVID-19 in Madeira:&nbsp;<\/strong>daily updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/covid-19-another-death\/\">earlier post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vaccinations in Madeira:&nbsp;<\/strong>updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/vaccinations-for-over-20s-from-august\/\">&nbsp;earlier post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8216;MADEIRA UNDERWATER&#8217; event, which is already taking place in Porto Santo. Wikipedia describes the\u00a0Underwater Photography World Championships\u00a0as &#8220;the peak international event for the\u00a0underwater sport\u00a0of\u00a0underwater photography&#8220;. The event is conducted on behalf of the\u00a0Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration Mondiale des Activit\u00e9s Subaquatiques\u00a0(CMAS)[1]\u00a0by 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 \u201cat this moment a team from the Swiss national team is in Porto Santo, which is team number 1.\u00a0 Fritz is the captain and is loving the island of Porto Santo&#8221;. \u201cThe leader of the Swiss team is really enjoying the conditions that the golden island has at an underwater level\u201d, said Pedro Vasconcelos, who had \u201cthe opportunity to dive with him today, at one of the dive sites that will be CORDECA, the last ship sunk in Porto Santo.\u201d Fritz is already on the island of Porto Santo, &#8220;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&#8221;. 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. A new tab has been added to the top of each page with a link to resources dealing with\u00a0COVID-19 in Madeira\u00a0\u2013 this covers the latest government regulations on travel to the island, how to get a PCR test, and many other links that will be useful to people wanting to travel to and from Madeira COVID-19 in Madeira:&nbsp;daily updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;earlier post Vaccinations in Madeira:&nbsp;updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;earlier post<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-island-regional-people-headlines","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}