1. DAN STUDENT DIVER INSURANCE 2. PONY BOTTLEs. 3. DRYSUITS FOR WOMEN F-BLOCK: DOWNLOAD AUDIO HERE

PD36: 1. VR3 Dive Computer 2. SPORT DIVER INTERACTIVE. 3. Captain Gary K. interview. Tech diving on the Island of St Vincent's. 4. Dive Alert.

On this episode of Pod Diver Radio, host Joe Cocozza and Rescue Diver Rachel kick things off with a chilly New Jersey reality check: teaching a PADI Open Water Diver class in a just-opened backyard pool on a 48°F rainy day. From gear selection at Divers Two to managing nervous new students (including one worried about things that might eat her in the water), Joe walks through how he introduces masks, fins and snorkels, pool skills, and the path from first bubbles to future wreck and cave dives. In segment two, Joe heads to Beneath the Sea for a sit-down with Donna from Divers Alert Network (DAN), a diving physiologist and Women Divers Hall of Fame inductee. They dive into hyperbaric physiology, including DAN's long-running flying after diving studies at the Duke chamber, how Doppler and echocardiography are used to detect bubbles, what current research says about women and diving, and new guidelines for diabetic divers and technical divers whose downloadable dive computers are feeding DAN's next generation of safety data. Next, tech diver, journalist and inspiration diver Rosemary Lund joins Joe to talk about diving the St. Lawrence Seaway / Thousand Islands. She paints a vivid picture of warm, clear freshwater wrecks like the Gaskin and Keystorm—intact hulls, timber and decking preserved for decades, 60-foot visibility thanks to zebra mussels, and long multi-level profiles that let you tour deep and shallow sections in a single dive. Rosemary also shares practical notes on rebreather travel and logistics for UK and international divers heading to North America. Finally, Joe sits down with deep-diving legend Hal Watts, founder of PSAI (Professional Scuba Association International) and owner of Forty Fathom Grotto in Ocala, Florida. Hal recalls the early days of "deep air" before anyone called it technical diving, talks about narcosis management, why he created an extended-range training agency, how performance-based depth limits work on PSAI cards, and what today's aspiring tech divers should look for in an instructor and training site. From freezing pool sessions with brand-new students to 240-foot sinkholes and North American wrecks, this episode spans the full arc of recreational to technical diving—with physiology, history, and a few good war stories along the way.

1. Interview with Susan Long of DUI Drysuits 2. Eric Douglas of DAN discusses advanced diver medic training. 3. Interview with Martian Parker. Martian is the CEO of AP Diving, the mfg of the Inspiration and Evolution Rebreathers. LISTEN TO AUDIO HERE

BENEATH THE SEA 2006. Joe and Rachel talk with Dive Heart Foundation. We have a winner for the BOOK "SHADOW DIVERS?. We talk with Mike Fowler of Silent Diving Systems about the Inspiration and Evolution Rebreathers.

PRE BENEATH THE SEA EPISODE. Dan Crowell talks about rebreathers. Terrance Tysall talks about the Cambrian Foundation.

1. Divers Two Dive Center in AVON by the SEA NJ. 2. Terrance Tysall of the Benthic Technologies discussing Side Mount and No Mount? Cave diving?. 3. We also go over New Jersey shipwreck diving, Shadow Divers giveaway, Andrea Doria trip and BTS 2006 update.

Ralph DiPanfilo of NSS-CDS discusses gas management for cave diving. Terrence Tysall of the Cambrian foundation discussed Aquatic Speliobiolgy. Aka "cave critters?

ANDI - MEG CCR and cave diving - Drysuit Repair

In this extended episode of Pod Diver Radio, host Joe Cocozza sits down on the Riviera Maya with Matt, co-owner of ProTec and one of the few instructor-trainer-trainers in technical and cave diving—he's the guy who trains the teachers who train the teachers. Matt traces his path from open water instructor in Thailand, Egypt, and Honduras to high-end tech and cave explorer. He shares stories from classic Cambrian Foundation expeditions with Terrence Tysall, including deep trimix dives on the Blue Hole and open-circuit exploration of the USS Atlanta around 425–450 feet in the Solomon Islands' Iron Bottom Sound. Then the conversation moves underground to Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula—why he moved there, what makes Riviera Maya cenote caves so unique (warm, clear water, easy access, massive speleothems, surreal haloclines), and how landowner relations, Mayan beliefs, and cave conservation all intersect. If you're into tech, wrecks, or Mexican cave diving, this episode is a must-listen.