SIRENE is an independent magazine.  A small boat that sails on the horizon, a community of free spirits with the sea inside and out.

Issue 18 out March 26.

Photo: © Kurt Arrigo. Sirene #18

Issue 18 features

The Rock Tribe

On the shore without leaving a trace, thirsty for clear waters.

Neil Agius’s Slow Sea

He swims by day and night and never stops, as sunrises and sunsets follow one after the other. He swims through feelings, emotions, thoughts, through crystal clear or pitch black water, to reach the islands that rise imperceptibly on the horizon.

Cycladic Identity

Nature and culture, stone and limewash, salt and wind. The Cyclades islands are rediscovering and reclaiming their native character. In the perennial struggle between archetypes and stereotypes.

The Endless Summer

The Endless Summer is the pursuit of happiness that no other surf movie would ever capture. We talked about it with John Van Hamersveld, art director, surfer and author of the iconic poster.

Trevor Robertson

The Daring Art of Overwintering.

Cape Cod: Living on the Edge

Walking among the sand dunes sculpted by the waves, it is easy to forget the rest of the planet; it is hard to believe that anything exists beyond the beach of Cape Cod.

Sailing Aboard a Dhow

In the Lamu Archipelago off the coast of Kenya, a tradition of skills and practices thousands of years old survives the passage of time.

Costa Rica: Thirst for the Ocean

In the water, life’s background chatter fades away. When you are swimming or surfing, your priorities change. A photographer’s simple and fulfilling life ruled by the tides.

Gente di Mare Award #2

Seafarers wanted, edition 2.

Sirene is an international award-winning publication, tailored for those people who feel close to the sea even when they are far away from it. 

Large recycled paper pages, rough and porous as only salt water stains can be, large white spaces, pure as a sea horizon, and page-turner stories that will put you on the same wave-length with a surging community looking at the oceans as the intersection of the planet’s destinies. 

Our paper is made from algae, to make use of excess algal blooms from lagoons at risk. For every half kilo of fresh algae, a kilo of wood is saved. The entire productive process has been scrupulously thought out to attain minimal environmental impact.

Photo: © Creative Commons/Simon Ager

Surfing, freediving, stretches of ocean in the words of a solo sailor, islands, beaches to discover, customs and traditions of beach culture, stories of secret ferries, lost classic boats, whale sharks routes, reportings related to pollution and protection of marine life, create a narration in which sea lovers can relate and where they can find the characteristics of a common identity. Unlike other media dealing with sea sports and activities, Sirenes's approach is never technical but always emotional.

Sirene has been awarded a Graphite Pencil at the 2016 D&AD Awards in London and was Medal Finalist and Merit Winner at the SPD #52 in NY.

Photo © Tina Rataj

Two different versions – one in Italian and one in English – and two cradles, the Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, where the attraction for water has grown in time into a culture.

Starting from Italy and California, through its webpage sirenejournal.com and carefully selected points of sale, SIRENE wants to spread and develop along the Mediterranean coast and the dry lands in the Pacific area until it reaches its readers wherever they are in the world.

Photo © Lance Anderson

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 Photo © Creative Commons/Steven Worster