The Vintage Diving Days began on the Costa Brava at the initiative of Mr. Enrique Dauner and Mr. Ramón Roqueta, following the example of pioneering countries in the defense of the Historical Heritage of Diving.

The “I Vintage Diving Conference” was held in March 2009 in Tossa de Mar. The City Council of Tossa de Mar, Cressi, the Navy Diving Center (CBA) based in Cartagena collaborated, being a complete success.

The “II Vintage Diving Day” took place in May 2011 again in Tossa de Mar.

The “III Vintage Diving Conference” took place on May 12-13, 2012 in Tossa de Mar, also organized by Enrique Dauner and Ramón Roqueta. Simultaneously, the "I International Underwater Cameras Meeting: UW Rollei" was organized by Andrés Clarós. Both meetings were a great success with the public with attendees from Spain, France, Germany, Denmark, England, Venezuela, and the United States. The result was reflected in a report of the TV series "Thalassa". It was the first time that lectures on diving equipment and underwater cameras were added to the vintage diving format. The Historical Diving Societies of Spain, France, Germany and the United States participated with their assistance.

The "IV Historical Diving Conference" was held in May 2013 also in Tossa de Mar, directed by Ramón Roqueta and Enrique Dauner.

The “II International Underwater Cameras Meeting: UW Rollei” took place at the Barcelona Maritime Museum (MMB) in October 2014 during the Exhibition held by the Barcelona Underwater Camera Museum (BUCAM) and the MMB from October 24, 2014 to April 12, 2015.

The V Vintage Diving Conference was held in October 2021 also in Tossa de Mar, this time organized by the HDSES, recovering the event on the initiative and with the collaboration of Raúl Álvarez, manager of the Krakendive diving center and also Juan Torras. , Antique Dive Helmets, with a Shallow Waters Miller Dunn, Enrique Dauner and Andrés Clarós helmet, all of them members of HDSES.

This post-pandemic year, we are recovering the ”III International Underwater Cameras Meeting: UW Rollei” project organized by BUCAM and the “VI Vintage Diving Conference” organized by HDS-ES. This new edition will take place in Lloret de Mar (Girona) on September 16-17-18, 2022. The change of location to Lloret de Mar is due to the excellent reception by the Mayor of Lloret as well as the fact that It was precisely in its waters, in the Montgoda, where Dr. Ernest Adler built his waterproof boxes for photography and cinema that allowed him to shoot the first images of amateur cinema on the Costa Brava (ca 1945) and that deserved the prize of the IX Festival of Amateur Cinema of Barcelona March 1947. That is why this year we created the Dr. Ernest Adler Vintage Underwater Photography Award.

BUCAM is the Barcelona Underwater Camera Museum, an entity created by Andrés Clarós andresclaros@hotmail.com in 2007, to house the world's largest collection of underwater cameras and to disseminate their history and knowledge of underwater imaging systems. The opening of a physical museum is the ultimate goal of BUCAM.

The Spanish Association of Diving History -HDSES (Historical Diving Society Spain), given its international character, was created in 2006 by a group of diving enthusiasts from the first generations, as well as from the following generations. We must highlight the perseverance of Juan Torras, founding member, who has been the alma mater of this association from the beginning. Later we have been associating divers from all over Spain. They are great collectors of underwater material or simply in love with diving and its history. HDSES has always been present in almost all Vintage events focused on diving and its techniques, has published dive books that are no longer in print, has participated in exhibitions and Diving Shows and is now organizing, for the second time, this new Edition of the Conference on Diving. Vintage Diving 2022.