Brandon Auret - Emmanuel Castis

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Brandon Auret: holds a Bachelor of Arts from Pretoria Technicon. Born and raised a wild child in Springs, he loved being outdoors; He still does. Never did he think that his two greatest passions diving and acting would lead to an idea that two friends would one day become so obsessed about. He has been blessed with so many exciting opportunities in stage, film and television. But never has he been this excited about a project. Ever.

Emmanuel Castis holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Art (Honours) from WITS University. He majored in Television, Performance Studies and Improvisation. Just to give you a taste of exactly what Emmanuel has been up to: 5 years on Isidingo in a Principle role; he has presented Live Time on SABC 3; he has been extremely involved in producing various productions in both theatre and video genres.

Each episode will be broken down into a spectrum of dive-related aspects: The location including special attributes. Exploring with dive experts. Each episode will feature an expert, on each of the locations, who will dive with the presenters (enabling the presenters to interact and talk with the expert, via an underwater speaker system) The diving segment itself featuring the unique sea life of the area with special focus on environmental issues and biodiversity.

For the non-diver we will discover a plethora of activities that they can enjoy whilst we are diving. Chats with the locals who make diving their lives. Back on land, we’ll explore the lives of the people who have made the dive destinations their homes. We’ll be diving into their world, immersing ourselves in their traditions, passions and their food.

Fun seafood cooking module. The cooking segment will vary in it’s position in the episode according to the meal time. For some of the episodes we will include an insert related to the under-privileged. (e.g. Introducing handicapped children to the world of dolphins off the coast of Mozambique.)

At the end of each episode we will feature The Breathe Photo Wall - with a large map of South Africa. Each week a different photograph capturing a highlight of the episode taken by Emmanuel will be placed on the map (oh – he also works magic with a stills camera!) During the credit roll, we will have a squeezeback with some fun images taken with our presenter’s handicam.

Episode Breakdown

• North Mozambique
  
  Quirimba- magnificent diving, Board sail ship from Pemba, adventure south
  Bazaruto and Villanculos Tropical diving Dugong Trust

• Inhambane
  
  For its Bio-diversity – dive in lagoon, mangrove swamps, sea horses, Manta reef. Tofu – Whale sharks

• Ponta d’Ouro
  
  Southern most Mozambique dive site. On the South African / Mozambique border. Dive with Dolphins.

• Rocktail Bay
  
  The sensational Rocktail Bay reefs are the richest in the
  World with 1250 species of fish and a stunning diversity of coral.

• Sodwana Bay
  
  Rated the 3rd best dive destination in the world.

• Salt Rock
  
  The landmark for the Natal North Coast’s Biodiversity

• Durban
  
  Vegies Pier – Night Dive with Ushaka’s Dive Team
  Ushaka Marine World

• Aliwal Shoal/Protea Banks
  
  Ragged tooth shark breeding site.
  Destination for advanced shark diving course.

• Port Elizabeth/Knysna/ Tsitsikama
  
  Storms river eco system, seahorse rehabilitation

• Mossel Bay/ Gaansbaai
  
  Experience the great white shark

• Cape town
  
  Dive in a Predator Tank
  Wreck Diving
  Dry suit Diving

• Mkambati Nature Reserve
  
  The biggest animal migration, second only to the Serengeti. The Sardine Run

• Scubaversity - The HOME of B R E A T H E
  
  Gauteng’s prime dive training location.At this location we will be training Jack Devnarain and qualifying him as a scuba diver.

• We believe that this locally-devised concept is both entertaining and highly informative.
  
  What better way to promote South African travel and tourism and renew conservation awareness?
  
  Breathe is critically important to the world’s focus on sustainability.