Top 13 Underwater Trends - From Underwater Golf to Personal Submarines (GALLERY)

We live on a big blue globe, so it makes sense that underwater exploration will become a bigger part of hospitality and adventure. 

This list showcases the top 13 underwater innovations that we’ve seen over the last year.

Underwater Sports

Underwater Golf Tournaments

Remember Underwater Hockey?  Well, now China has staged what is believed to be the world’s first underwater golf tournament.  The event took place at the Zuohai Aquarium in Fuzhou city which is in Fujian.  The game involved five players who golfed around in a 50ft deep tank. [More]

Underwater Ice Hockey World Championship

This unusual sport took place at the lake of Weissensee in southern Austria. It is the first underwater ice hockey world championship. There were 8 international teams from Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. The divers competed under 30 cen… [More]

Underwater Dining and Hotels

Hilton Maldives Resort: World’s First Undersea Restaurant

Looking for a romantic getaway and a once in a lifetime experience for dinner?  How about an underwater restaurant?  The Hilton Maldives Resort has opened the first undersee restaurant, which essentially means that you’re the one in the glass tank, and the fish get to watch YOU.  It’s also great if … [More]

Poseidon Underwater Hotel (VIDEO)

Poseidon is a $500 million complex marketed as the world’s first underwater hotel.  The Poseidon Mystery Island will be a 1.1 million square foot complex submerged 40 feet into a 5,000 acre coral lagoon near Fiji.  The project has been underway for some time now, but the big news is that the Fiji… [More]

One Room Underwater Hotel - Utter Inn Hotel

There is only one room at the Utter Inn, and that room is mostly underwater. “The Utter Inn is the creation of Mikael Genberg, an artist and sculptor who has chosen to focus on “making art for the public. The guests of Utter Inn arrive at the port of Vasteras and they are taken the 1 km out on the l… [More]

Underwater Boating

Innespace Dolphin Personal Watercraft (VIDEO)

Innespace Productions is a company dedicated to creating and demonstrating high performance submersible watercraft. Innespace was started in California in 1998 by Rob Innes and Dan Piazza, with the aim of providing thrilling aquatic demonstrations using our unique Dolphin watercraft.  These positiv… [More]

Exomos Personal Submarines

Looking to add a little more style to your next luxury submarine adventure?  Why not get an exotic submarine from Exomos.  You’ll definately have the hottest rig underwater.  The Exomos subs are ultra cool toys for those who have the means.  Check out the exomos site! [More]

C-Quester Personal Submersibles

Earlier this summer, we introduced you to Exomos Cutting Edge Submarines.  It seemes that luxurious personal submarines are appearing all over the place.  Now, the electric C-Quester enters the market. The electric C-Quester submersibles dive up to 150 feet while lasting 2.5 hours between charges. … [More]

Trilobis 65 Floating Home

Designs have been unveiled for a new commercial and recreational marine park from Giancarlo Zema that incorporates the Trilobis 65 - a 20 metre long, multi-level semi-submerged floating home designed for habitation by six people featured in Gizmo 4. Known as Lake Washington, the large-scale water th… [More]

Underwater Toys

Underwater Fish Robot (VIDEO)

At Trend Hunter, we’ve seen robots that can dance, fight, sing and even ride a bicycle.  In fact, we even have a whole category full of innovative new robots.  Now, Japan’s Kobe University has released three robots that can swim.  These fish robots swim just like their real life counterparts. [More]

The Snake Robot - ACM-R5 (VIDEO)

The Hirose Fukushima Robotics lab developed an amphibious snake-like robot named “ACM-R5” that can maneuver both on ground and in water surging its long body. It can form a smooth shape due to this joint composition, and it is essential for efficient locomotion. The ACM-R5 is set with paddles and pa… [More]

More Underwater Trends

Underwater Music - MP3 Player For Swimmers

Swimming becomes less streneuos with cool music.  Portable and innovative and an ideal must-have for for beach bums and sporties alike. [More]

Sharks Being Used as “Stealth Spies”

Pentagon scientists plan to use sharks as “stealth spies” capable of tracking vessels undetected. Seriously. I’m not making this up. British magazine The New Scientist reports that the scientists plan to control the sharks remotely by implanting electrodes in their brains.  They will then “exploit… [More]