DIVE TALK

Here's what we've been up to over the last two weeks, pus our plans for New Year's and we review some of our favorite articles from 2020.

Nowadays you can achieve the rank of Master Diver - or perhaps even Instructor - without ever diving in the Ocean, or at night, or deep!

So we decided to come up with a challenge for divers out there...and those who can complete it will join a very exclusive club.

Today we talk about twenty polarizing dive related topics you probably have heard of on dive boats, dive forums, and online dive groups.

Tune in to hear us discuss many topics that have turned many dive buddies into enemies!

Special Guest: Doug Ebersole!

It is no secret that we are HUGE FANS of our rebreathers, and a lot of of you have asked us to do an episode about rebreathers.

We wanted to answer the most common questions like:

1. How much are they?
2. Which one should I buy?
3. How do they work?
4. What can I do with them that I can't do in Open Circuit?

In order to share as much expertise and knowledge as possible on this episode we invited Georgia Hausserman, PADI's Tec Diving Consultant and Instructor Examiner to help us answer these questions.

We were underwater A LOT over the last month, so we wanted to give you an update on what we've been up to, plus talk about "Technical Diving" and how can people make a transition from Recreational Diving.

If you've ever been curious about what it would take to be able to dive beyond Recreational limits (I.E. Deeper, Longer, Caves, etc.), this episode is for you!

Scuba diving is SUPER EXPENSIVE!

Cave diving is SUICIDAL!

You CAN'T mix and match gear from different manufacturers!

It's WAY CHEAPER to buy online vs. a local dive shop!

Which ones of these are truths and which ones are myths?

Tune in to find out!

Woody's is finally out of the water and he's back on the show talking about Dive Specialties. We discuss the ones we find super useful or even critical, and the ones that we don't find as critical.

This past weekend I attended my Instructor Evaluation. This is a two-day test where you have to prove you have what it takes to be a certified Open Water Instructor.

I didn't attend the IE alone, there were two of us being evaluated, so I invited Megan Beazly to join me in sharing how our IE weekend unfolded.

We ended up talking about our dive careers, why we decided to become instructors, and which instructors and mentors influenced our lives over the years.

Woody has been diving a LOT lately, so I took the opportunity to give you an update on what we've been up to, plus we review the Must-Have Tools for a Safe Dive according to Scuba Diving Magazine.

Do you agree with this list?

Article: https://www.scubadiving.com/keywords/scuba-diving-safety/26-must-have-tools-safe-dive

This past weekend was a busy weekend for us, we were scheduled to go diving in North Carolina but a Tropical Storm cancelled all of our plans, so we were forced to improvise and gamble on a trip to Pensacola, FL instead. What could possibly happen when you just decide to bypass "planning and logistics" and just go with the flow?

You'll have to listen to find out.

We also answered 20 questions that brand new divers or Open Water students might be afraid or too embarrassed to ask their instructor.

Pensacola Dive Operators we used:

Shark Quest: https://www.scuba-dive-pensacola.com/

H2O Below: https://ussoriskanydiver.com/