Diving Almanac & Yearbook Blog: November 2008

Monday, November 17, 2008

Sneak Peek at the 2009 Cover

The 2009 edition of the Diving Almanac will be available on January 30, 2009.

The new cover page was designed by Otto Wagner, the Art Director at ArtToMedia (http://www.arttomedia.com), and Jeffrey Gallant, Editor of the Diving Almanac & Book of Records.

DAY 2008 World Records & Aquatic Superlatives

SCUBA DIVING AND SWIMMING

1. Deepest altitude dive (Men)
2. Deepest altitude dive (Women)
3. Deepest cave dive (Men)
4. Deepest cave dive (Women)
5. Deepest cave dive on air
6. Deepest CCR dive by blind diver
7. Deepest dive in one-atmosphere suit
8. Deepest dive on air (Men)
9. Deepest dive on air (Women)
10. Deepest dive on scuba (Men)
11. Deepest dive on scuba (Women)
12. Deepest open-circuit dive in the Great Lakes
13. Deepest rebreather dive
14. Deepest wreck dive (Men)
15. Deepest wreck dive (Women)
16. Fastest drift dive
17. Fastest ice water swim
18. First long-distance swim at North Pole
19. Highest altitude dives
20. Largest underwater press conference
21. Longest cave penetration dive (solo without DPV)
22. Longest cave penetration dive (solo with DPV)
23. Longest cave penetration dive (with DPV)
24. Longest cave traverse
25. Longest continous immersion in diving gear (no tank)
26. Longest continuous immersion on scuba (controlled environment)
27. Longest continuous immersion on scuba (natural environment)
28. Longest ice water swim
29. Longest ocean swim
30. Longest underwater distance without surfacing
31. Longest underwater distance w/out surfacing (Europe)
32. Longest underwater relay swim (24-hr)
33. Oldest active diver
34. Oldest decompression divers
35. Oldest scuba diving club
36. Youngest cave diver
37. Youngest diving author

FREEDIVING

38. Constant Weight AIDA (Men)
39. Constant Weight AIDA (Women)
40. Constant Weight without fins AIDA (Men)
41. Constant Weight without fins AIDA (Women)
42. Dynamic Apnea without fins AIDA (Men)
43. Dynamic Apnea without fins AIDA (Women)
44. Dynamic Apnea with fins AIDA (Men)
45. Dynamic Apnea with fins AIDA (Women)
46. First freediving club
47. Free Immersion AIDA (Men)
48. Highest altitude freedive
49. Free Immersion AIDA (Women)
50. No Limits AIDA (Men)
51. No Limits (Women)
52. No Limits AIDA (Women)
53. Oldest freediving club
54. Static Apnea (Men)
55. Static Apnea AIDA (Men)
56. Static Apnea (Women)
57. Static Apnea AIDA (Women)
58. Under ice
59. Variable Weight AIDA (Men)
60. Variable Weight AIDA (Women)

DIVING & U/W FIRSTS

61. First antishark cage
62. First antishark cage designed for great white shark
63. First antishark cage dives off Canada
64. First antishark cage dives off the UK
65. First antishark cage deployed under ice
66. First Aqualung dive
67. First cageless dive with the great white shark
68. First cageless (intentional) dive with the great white shark
69. First dive across the English Channel
70. First dive (relay) across the English Channel
71. First dive at the North Pole
72. First dive in Antarctica
73. First dive on the HMHS Britannic
74. First dive with coelacanth
75. First diver to tag Greenland shark underwater
76. First person to complete long-distance swims in all five oceans of the world
77. First scuba diving club
78. First underwater radio show

UNDERWATER IMAGING

79. First amphibious camera
80. First commercially available underwater 35 mm camera
81. First diver to film frilled shark
82. First diver to film coelacanth
83. First diver to film Greenland shark
84. First diver to film great white shark
85. First to film frilled shark
86. First to photograph giant squid underwater
87. First underwater film
88. First underwater flash bulb
89. First underwater photo
90. First underwater video chat (live)
91. First underwater webcam
92. First underwater webcam (megapixel)
93. Largest underwater camera system
94. Most powerful underwater lighting

COMMERCIAL DIVING

95. Deepest salvage operation (diver-assisted)
96. Deepest saturation dive (experimental)
97. Deepest saturation dive (open sea)

SUBMERSIBLES & ROVs

98. Deepest diving submersible (in service)
99. Deepest salvage operation (ROV)
100. Deepest submersible dive
101. Deepest submersible dive (solo)
102. Deepest submersible rescue
103. First dive to the North Pole seafloor
104. First dive on the Titanic
105. First maneuverable research submersible
106. First link-up between a deep-ocean submersible and the International Space Station (ISS)
107. First submersible jamboree
108. First underwater vessel to operate from an underwater base
109. Highest altitude dive in a submersible
110. Most active research submersible

SUBMARINES

111. Deepest escape using Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus
112. Fastest human-propelled submarine (Men)
113. Fastest submarine
114. Fastest torpedo
115. First submarine to sink another submarine (both submerged)
116. Largest submarine
117. Largest warship ever sunk by a submarine

SHIPS

118. Deepest anchorage
119. Fastest vessel / World Water Speed Record
120. First windship
121. Largest cruise ship
122. Largest merchant ship
123. Largest warship
124. Largest warship ever sunk
125. Oldest commissioned warship

UNDERWATER HABITATS

126. Deepest underwater habitat
127. First all-glass underwater restaurant
128. First habitat to habitat communication
129. First manned underwater habitat
130. First self-sustaining underwater habitat
131. First underwater colony
132. First underwater hotel
133. Largest floating habitat
134. Largest underwater hotel
135. Longest stays in an underwater habitat
136. Longest serving underwater habitat
137. Longest-running operational habitat
138. Underwater habitats in service (2006)

ARCHAEOLOGY

139. Deepest ancient shipwreck ever found
140. Deepest dinosaur finding
141. Deepest shipwreck ever found
142. Deepest shipwreck salvage
143. First Internet (live) shipwreck exploration
144. Largest diveable liner
145. Largest diveable liner at recreational depth
146. Most valuable shipwreck recovery
147. Oldest intact war wreck in N. America
148. Oldest shipwreck ever found
149. Oldest wooden anchor

BIOLOGY

150. Biggest litter (blue shark)
151. Biggest litter (hammerhead)
152. Biggest litter (whale shark)
153. Coldest fish
154. Deadliest jellyfish
155. Deadliest octopus
156. Deadliest shark
157. Deepest bird (flying)
158. Deepest bird (non-flying)
159. Deepest crinoid
160. Deepest fish (collected)
161. Deepest fish (observed)
162. Deepest frog
163. Deepest mammal
164. Deepest octopus
165. Deepest plant
166. Deepest sea cucumber
167. Deepest sea star
168. Deepest sea urchin
169. Deepest shark
170. Deepest sponge
171. Deepest turtle
172. Fastest bird (swimming)
173. Fastest fish (Burst speed)
174. Fastest growing seaweed
175. Fastest mammal
176. Fastest pinniped
177. Fastest sea star
178. Fastest snail
179. Heaviest clam
180. Heaviest crustacean
181. Heaviest invertebrate
182. Highest density of crabs
183. Highest leaping batoid
184. Highest leaping shark
185. Largest animal
186. Largest animal structure (marine)
187. Largest aquarium
188. Largest aquarium window panel
189. Largest artificial reef
190. Largest audience for a shark necropsy
191. Largest batoid (length)
192. Largest batoid (width)
193. Largest biomass for single species
194. Largest brain coral
195. Largest clam
196. Largest crinoid
197. Largest crocodile
198. Largest crustacean
199. Largest eye
200. Largest fish (bony)
201. Largest fish (carnivorous)
202. Largest fish (deep sea)
203. Largest fish (freshwater)
204. Largest fish (marine)
205. Largest fish egg
206. Largest frog (aquatic)
207. Largest gastropod
Largest shark / Great white (# 182)
208. Largest shark / Hammerhead
209. Largest shark / Shortfin mako
210. Largest jellyfish
211. Largest octopus
212. Largest pinniped
213. Largest sea cucumber
214. Largest sea star
215. Largest sea urchin
216. Largest sponge
217. Largest squid
218. Largest squid observed on a dive
219. Largest sea turtle
220. Least fertile fish
221. Longest bony fish
222. Longest coral reefs
223. Longest distance flown by fish
224. Longest dive by bird
225. Longest dive by mammal
226. Longest gestation period
227. Longest invertebrate
228. Longest leaping salmon
229. Longest migration (mammal)
230. Longest migration (sea turtle)
231. Longest migration (shark)
232. Longest period of captivity for white shark
233. Longest seaweed
234. Longest walrus teeth
235. Loudest animal in the ocean
236. Most abundant shark
237. Most bioluminescent water
238. Most fertile marine fish
239. Most giant squid washed ashore
240. Most poisonous fish
241. Most poisonous reptile (aquatic)
242. Most poisonous sea urchin
243. Most poisonous snail
244. Most sensitive tooth
245. Most teeth (fish)
246. Most teeth (mammal)
247. Most valuable fish
248. Oldest crustacean (form)
249. Oldest lobster
250. Oldest marine vertebrate
251. Oldest pinniped
252. Rarest cetacean
253. Rarest marine mammal
254. Rarest seal
255. Sharpest sense of smell
256. Shortest lifespan (vertebrate)
257. Slowest fish
258. Slowest growth rate
259. Slowest heartbeat
260. Smallest crab
261. Smallest crinoid
262. Smallest fish (freshwater)
263. Smallest fish (marine)
264. Smallest pinniped
265. Smallest sea cucumber
266. Smallest sea star
267. Smallest sea urchin
268. Smallest shark
269. Smallest vertebrate

OCEANOGRAPHY

270. Clearest water
271. Coldest water
272. Deadliest lake
273. Deepest fjord
274. Deepest lake
275. Deepest point in the ocean
276. Deepest ray of light
277. Deepest recorded Secchi depth
278. Deepest sea cave
279. Fastest localized current
280. Fastest shrinking sea
281. First oceanographic vessel
282. Greatest oceanic current
283. Greatest river flow
284. Highest lake
285. Highest tides
286. Highest wave (recorded)
287. Highest wave (wind-generated)
288. Hottest water
289. Largest atoll
290. Largest iceberg
291. Largest island
292. Largest ocean
293. Largest lake (saltwater)
294. Largest lake (freshwater - surface area)
295. Largest lake (freshwater - volume)
296. Largest lake (underground)
297. Largest polynya
298. Largest river basin
299. Largest tidal bore
300. Longest estuary
301. Longest fjord
302. Longest river
303. Longest underwater cave system
304. Longest underwater stalactite
305. Longest waves
306. Most famous oceanographic vessel
307. Most people ever killed by a single wave
308. Most powerful tidal power plant
309. Most powerful tsunami
310. Most radioactive dive site
311. Saltiest body of water
312. Shallowest sea
313. Smallest ocean
314. Tallest iceberg
315. Thickest land ice
316. Thickest sea ice

DIVING & AQUATIC ODDITIES

317. Bog snorkeling
318. Cat diver (first)
319. Dog diver (first)
320. Deepest book signing
321. Deepest diving pool
322. Deepest underwater concert
323. First diver to hand feed a tiger shark a turkey
324. First prayer on wreck of the Titanic
325. Largest enclosed diving tank
326. Most continuous bubble rings in a row on a single breath of air
327. Most divers treated simultaneously for DCI in the UK
328. Most people breathing on a single1st stage
329. Most people scuba diving simultaneously
330. Most “Shaka” diver signs
331. Thickest log book
332. Underwater cycling competition (openwater)
333. Underwater cycling competition (pool)
334. Underwater cycling (Deepest)
335. Underwater cycling (Distance)
336. Underwater ironing (Deepest)
337. Underwater ironing (Most divers)
338. Underwater ironing (Most divers in open water)
339. Underwater juggling
340. Underwater mailbox
341. Underwater rope jumping
342. Underwater violinist
343. Underwater wedding (largest)
344. Underwater wedding (most couples)

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