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We are happy to bring Mike Gault back to The Table to discuss his current project, The Texas Underwater Survey, or TexUS.  If you haven't listened to his two part episode (Ep. 16 & 17), go ahead and do that now.  We'll wait... 

Welcome back! 

As you heard in Mike's two part episode, he has been involved in quite a few projects, including the Good Enough Springs Project along with his good friend, Chuck Noe, who you heard on episode #29.  Today Mike is discussing his other current project, TexUS.   This has been an idea of Mike's almost since the beginning of his diving career.  To be able to collect, manage and display the underwater features and items found in the waters of Texas and to have that information available for anybody to access online.  A daunting task, no doubt, but many of the divers he's spoken with regarding this project are more motivated to go diving when they have a specific purpose to their dive.  Well here it is! 

The discussions with Mike regarding TexUS will be a quarterly conversation on The Dive Table, so we hope you stay tuned to find out more. If you'd like to get involved with the project yourself, there's a few ways you can do that. You can contact Mike directly at CTXscuba.com. You can also reach out to us here at The Table on our website listed below. 

Finally we here at The Dive Table would like to congratulate Mike on his new appointment as Director of The Good Enough Springs Project.  We know he's been very involved with that work over the years and it is well deserved.  Congratulations! 

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The guys sit down with renowned cave diver and explorer, Chuck Noe.  Chuck started diving in 1980, received his cave certification in 1996, became a tri-mix instructor in 1997, served as the lead divemaster on trips out to the Flower Gardens in the 90's, founded Gulf Tech Scuba, was a member of the famed WKPP and is a founding member and one time director of the Good Enough Springs Exploration Project, and the list goes on...

Needless to say, if Chuck had actually put his mind to it, he might have actually accomplished something.

This is a great episode with amazing stories that made my hands sweat, so sit back and enjoy.

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As the anniversary of Jay's open water certification approaches, he and Nick discuss the path that led him to where he is in the scubaverse.  They discuss the choices he made willingly and which ones he decided to avoid.  

After he had a number of PADI courses under his weight belt, (including a Drift Diver Cert that he doesn't like to talk about too much), he decided to search for alternate methods of learning and teaching and quickly found UTD.

There is no real "ending" to ones scuba journey, but there is a beginning and in this case, it was quite the bumpy ride with a number of unmet expectations and disappointing outcomes.  

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The age old question finally arrives at The Dive Table; Which tool should you use to monitor your gas levels, the transmitter or the SPG?

Well, the guys dive right in and quickly realize something that everybody already knows;  never buy a used mattress.

The pros and cons of a transmitter and SPG are discussed as well as the preferences for different types of diving.  The answer to the question may surprise you.  Or it won't.

What side of the aisle do you fall on?  Do you think it matters which one should be used?  Do you agree or disagree with Nick and Jay's assessment?

The article mentioned in the episode, written by Natalie Gibb (Under the Jungle Owner, Instructor) titled, 'Extreme (and not so extreme) multi-stage side-mount cave diving,' that was published on the Shearwater website can be found here:  

https://www.shearwater.com/community/extreme-and-not-so-extreme-multistage-sidemount-cave-diving-with-ai/

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After much needed rest and relaxation (Millennials, am I right?), Nick and Jay have returned.  They have actually been hard at work recording and they discuss a couple of their favorite upcoming episodes, including one not for the faint of heart (or fragile sensibilities...maybe Nick and Jay identify as Gen Z, after all), as well as possible future Dive Table adventures.

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Hey everybody,

Producer Daniel here with The Dive Table

Jay and Nick are gonna take a few weeks off in order to recoup from life outside of podcast responsibilities.

Jay has been out of town with family obligations but at the same time going through quite a bit of training towards his instructor rating with UTD, so I can imagine the combination would warrant a little time off…

And Nick, in case you haven’t heard, is moving to Malaysia.  I think it takes two weeks just to get there, so the time off will allow him to get settled into his new place, his dream job and not to mention the time zone…I think it’s 13 hours ahead…

We will release a new episode on August 2nd where the guys have a conversation with Sarah Miller with Azul Unlimited.  She took the time to sit down with The Dive Table to discuss what’s going on in her part of the world as well as views on the scuba industry itself and something about certain mobile living conditions in the vicinity of a flowing body of water.

You should definitely check her out on Instagram and YouTube in the meantime, just search, Azul Unlimited.

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