To Dive For

To Dive For

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To Dive For episodes

  • Episode 37 - Under Pressure: Surface Supply Diving with Lenny Elliott

    We FINALLY dive into the world of commercial diving in this week's episode! Lenny is a surface supply diver and electrician from Canada who uses her specialized training to do a variety of underwater jobs including aquaculture maintenance, vessel, barge & dock inspections, construction, pressure washing, surveying, and marine salvage & recovery. The options are endless in this field so join us as we learn what it takes to be a commercial diver and the amazing experiences that bring people to this career path!

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    Editing and cover art by Sydney Bell

    Intro music by Haley Davis

    1 hr 1 min
  • Fish Tales Episode 9 - Dive Incident
    Tune in this week for a very special episode as Haley shares about her experience getting decompression sickness last year and how it shaped the way she dives now! Haley shares all about her symptoms, her treatment, and how it affected her mentally in an effort to normalize (or at the very least take away the taboo from) the topic of dive injury. Hear how her dive insurance helped to keep her safe while she lived on a remote island with no hospital, and what her first signs were that something might be wrong.
    1 hr 19 min
  • Episode 36 - Deep Thoughts & Deep Water with Tanya Streeter

    Join us this week as we dive deep with Tanya Streeter, a world champion freediver and environmentalist! Tanya takes us beyond her amazing records and into the behind the scenes of her freediving journey, talking about the years of hard work, challenges, and mental fortitude. We also dive into the peace, clarity, and self-empowerment that freediving has given her and how she gives back to the ocean today through her conservation and education efforts. We are so grateful for Tanya's words of wisdom and authenticity. Hopefully this episode will inspire you to redefine your own limits!


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    Editing and cover art by SLB Art Co

    Intro music by Haley Davis

    1 hr 8 min
  • Episode 35 - Hitting the Books with Ned and Anna Deloach

    On this week's episode, hear from the people who wrote the book on Fish ID... Literally!


    Ned and Anna Deloach are known around the world for their work in Fish, Invertebrate, and Coral identification, as well as their extensive field guides in these topics. They helped to found REEF the Reef Environmental Education Foundation where they have helped to collect thousands of datapoints regarding fish population over time. Over more than three decades of work finding, identifying, and documenting organisms around the world, this dynamic duo has even had fish named after them!


    Don't forget to follow their journey on Instagram at @Blennywatcher


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    Cover art by SLB Art Co

    Editing and intro music by Haley Davis

    1 hr 6 min
  • Episode 34 - Florida's Roadside Treasures with Gabriel Jensen

    Micro-fauna, nudibranchs, muck diving, underwater photography, and more! Make sure to tune in to hear weekend warrior and underwater photographer, Gabriel Jensen, share his knowledge of the tiny marine critters that call roadside locations in Florida "home". After an hour, you'll leave with a new appreciation for the tiny, incredible life in your own backyard!


    Find Gabe's work on Instagram or his website !

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    Episode edited by Sydney Bell

    Cover art by slbartco

    Music by Haley Davis

    1 hr 9 min
  • Episode 33: Exploring Long Island with Chris Paparo

    This week, hear from Chris Paparo, a Long Island native who has made it his mission to learn as much as he can about the local wildlife above and below the water's surface. Chris works at a Marine lab as an educator during the day, but by night he heads out into the community to share all that he has learned along the way about Long Island fauna! Hear first hand accounts of dives under bridges that for once aren't blue heron, and learn all about Chris' cool hobbies. From birds, to fish, to marine mammals, he really does seem to have a hand in everything!


    Follow chris' adventures at @FishGuyPhotos on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and more!


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    Cover art by SLB Art Co

    Intro music and editing by Haley Davis

    57 min
  • Fish Tales Episode 8

    This week's fish tales episode is all about the most incredible megafauna encounters, Jellyfish Lake, invasive species, trusting your gut, magic moments in Bonaire, wildlife that's a little too friendly, and more! This is an awesome episode with crazy stories from all over the globe! You'll definitely want to add these sites to your bucket list!


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    Episode edited by Sydney Bell

    Cover art by slbartco

    Music by Haley Davis

    38 min
  • Episode 32 - The REAL Life of a Marine Biologist with Christina Chapman

    This week we sat down with scuba instructor, scientific diver, skipper, and marine biologist, Christina Chapman! Enjoy stories from conducting science in the kelp forests of northern California to instructing students on the beautiful reefs of Little Cayman. If you still need convincing we have 3 words for you...zombie sea urchins!

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    Episode edited by Haley Davis & Sydney Bell

    Cover art by slbartco

    Music by Haley Davis

    1 hr 6 min
  • Episode 31 - Shark Diving with Cassandra Scott

    This week, we sat down with engineer and shark diver, Cassandra Scott! Join us as we talk about finding compromise between conservation and fishing groups in southeast Florida, plus harnessing feminine energy and engineering skills to save sharks. You won't want to miss hearing all about Cassandra's journey!

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    Episode edited by Sydney Bell

    Cover art by slbartco

    Music by Haley Davis

    1 hr 5 min
  • Episode 30 - Out of this World Diving with Lauren Maples

    This week's episode features Lauren Maples, a previous NASA Neutral Buoyancy Lab Safety Diver and current EVA Flight Controller. In this episode you'll learn all about what it takes to be a diver with NASA, why astronauts use the Neutral Buoyancy Lab for training, some of the unique challenges this environment poses, and what its like to be a part of the ground support during a spacewalk!


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    Episode edited by Sydney Bell

    Cover art by slbartco

    Music by Haley Davis


    1 hr 3 min

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