The BiG Scuba Podcast

Episode 104 Gemma and Ian reflect on 2021 and we have some Christmas and New Year messages sent in from our BiG Scuba Podcast Friends.   Contact Gemma and Ian with your messages, ideas and feedback via The BiG Scuba Bat Phone    +44 7810 005924 Or use our social media platforms.   We are on Instagram    @thebigscuba   We are on Facebook     @thebigscuba   We are on Twitter  @the_big_scuba    The B...

Gemma and Ian chat to Dan Abbott.  Dan works at Save The Med Foundation.  He is incredibly passionate about marine conservation, underwater filmmaking, drones and helping people understand the world of sharks. It's probably safe to say sharks are his main passion, and he has spent the last five years traveling around the world filming various species including great white sharks, bull sharks, tige...

Gemma and Ian chat to Dave Conlin.  Dave was born and raised in Boulder Colorado and knew early on he wanted to be an underwater archaeologist.  He is part of National Park Service's Submerged Resources Centre dives on shipwrecks around the USA and around the world.  Landmark projects include work on the B-29 Superfortress that crashed into Lake Mead in 1948, work on USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor. ...

Gemma and Ian chat to Daniela Ceccarelli who is a marine biologist who is based on Magnetic Island.  She works for the Australian Institute of Marine Science as the Fish Ecologist on the Long-term Monitoring Program on the Great Barrier Reef.  She arrived in Australia in 1995 from Switzland and always knew she had a connection to the ocean.    https://www.facebook.com/daniela.ceccarelli.946 https:...

Gemma and Ian have reached 100 episodes!  They both chat about the BiG Scuba Podcast Journey.   They do a lucky dip and  talk about three episodes. Episode 37  Mike Valentine    https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=16633451 Episode 76  Cristina Zenato and Kewin Lorenzen    https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=18941666 Episode 26 Phil Short    https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=15631457...

Gemma and Ian chat to Elaine Whiteford.  Elaine learned to dive in 2002 and qualified as an Instructor (Master Scuba Diver Trainer) in 2005. She is based in Scotland and dives all year round in the North Sea and the sea lochs of the Scottish west coast. A photographer before she was a diver, taking pictures underwater was a natural development for Elaine, who was awarded a Licentiate of the Royal...

Gemma and Ian chat to Samantha Falcucci.  Samantha Falcucci is a technology professional in New York City, STEM mentor, and ocean and space exploration advocate. After studying Information Systems & Marketing at the University of Texas at Austin, she launched into a business-technology career and has worked at Microsoft for six years guiding enterprise customers through their unique digital transf...

Gemma and Ian chat to Chris Jewell.  We are on location in Cheddar Gorge, a limestone valley in the UK recording on the Ford Custom Transit Nugget.  Chris is a cave diver and cave explorer and as a member of the British Cave Rescue Council was one of the British cave divers who played a leading role in the 2018 Tham Luang Thailand cave rescue.  Chris talks more about the current film that is now o...

Gemma and Ian catch up with Gabriel Pineda, Director of Sales and Marketing at Shearwater Research and Simon Morris who has been appointed as a Sales Manager for Shearwater. Both Gabriel and Simon are previous guests and its lovely that Simon has become part of the Shearwater organisation.  We also hear from German Arango who speaks about BonaireTEK 2021, a technical-diving-focused event https://w...

Gemma and Ian chat to Luke and Penney Evans.  They are son and mother.  Luke is just fifteen and is a very keen diver as is his mum!   Mark Evans, Editor in Chief of Scuba Dive Magazine is husband to Penney and they are Lukes parents.   Luke and Penny tell us about their scuba journey so far.   https://www.instagram.com/lukeevans2006/ https://www.facebook.com/penney.evans     New episodes of The B...

Gemma and Ian chat to Hamna Hussain, also know as Humpty!  Hamna is one inspirational young lady that has found the magic in diving.  Her enthusiasm is endless.  Listen to her conversation with us and all about her journey into the underwater world.   https://www.instagram.com/sanfagedhiya/ https://www.instagram.com/oneislandatoll/ https://www.instagram.com/pelagicdivefuvahmulah/   New episodes of...

Gemma and Ian chat to Emma Keen.  Emma is based on a 74 foot sailing boat called Wildberry .. it's a Sunreef Catamaran.  Emma is currently in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines but sails all over the Caribbean taking guests diving and kitesurfing.  Emma has a Masters in Science, Marine Biology and Oceanography and passionate about all things ocean related.   https://www.instagram.com/keenonthewater/...

Gemma and Ian chat to Ryan and Nicole Levinson.  The couple are also known as "Two Afloat" and live on a catamaran in French Polynesia.  The are content creators and have fun on and under the water.   https://www.youtube.com/c/TwoAfloatSailing https://www.instagram.com/twoafloat/ https://www.facebook.com/TwoAfloat/ https://www.patreon.com/twoafloat   New episodes of The BiG Podcast go live every M...

Gemma and Ian chat to Alyson Tyler and James Fletcher from Blue O Two.   Blue O Two is an ward-winning luxury scuba diving tour operator, offering liveaboard and shore-based holidays around the world.   Alyson is a Managing Director and James (aka Fletch) specialises in sales for the company.  The BiG Scuba Podcast have chartered a vessel for a Red Sea holiday in October 2022.   https://blueotwo.c...

Gemma and Ian chat to Rosemary Lunn.   Rosemary is a well-known Dive Industry Professional from the UK.  In this episode Rosemary talks about her recent dives in the Shetland Islands and answers some of our listen questions that include methods used to equalise and choosing whether to use a wing or BCD set up. https://rosemarylunn.wordpress.com/about/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosemary-e-lunn-ro...

The GO DIVING ROAD SHOW.  Hear all about it here.   Mark Evans from Scuba Diver Magazine & Go Diving Show joins the The BiG Scuba Podcast to tell you what is planned for the weekend. Have you bought your ticket? 

Samantha Howlett is a PhD student based at the Lancaster Reefs Lab.  Her research covers how climate change effects coral reefs and their future.  Prior to that she volunteered for a marine project in the Caribbean.  This involved learning to dive and lots about coral reefs.   She found her love for scuba diving and has travelled around the world on coral reef projects including Kuwait, Ecuador, S...

This is Part 2 of our conversation with Leigh Bishop.  Leigh is one of the most accomplished and well-known technical divers in the world.   In this episode we discuss under water artifacts and find out that dishes from 1880 are dishwasher proof!  Leigh has a book in the pipe line that details over 30 years of wreck expedition and diving stories.  There is conversation about Truc Lagoon, the North...

Leigh Bishop is one of the most accomplished and well-known technical divers in the world. He first began diving during the late 1980's in the English Channel, a virtual museum of over 5000 known shipwrecks. Being one of the first sport divers in England to adapt to using mixed, gas he was in a position to explore countless virgin deep shipwrecks around the British Isles. His passion, research and...

Chris Foiesy is a professional Scuba instructor and certified in cave diving and technical decompression diving techniques. He has been in the dive industry for over 10 years selling, maintaining and educating divers on modern day scuba equipment.   He has been all over the world including deep cold-water lakes to see 200 year old shipwrecks, warm tropical waters to see breath-taking reefs as well...

Gemma and Ian chat about the Farne Island Dive trip they made at the end of July 2021.  We talk about the diving, the kit we used and the scuba vehicle we were in.  Matt Rivet features at the end of the podcast talking about his Cavern and Limited Mine Course.  Remember you can feature on any episode just by calling the BiG Scuba Bat Phone.   https://www.scuba4me.co.uk/ https://www.othree.co.uk/ h...

A roving report style podcast from our three day trip to Seahouses in North East England and our diving adventures in the Farne Islands just off the coast.  The trip was organised by our local dive centre Christal Seas Scuba.  Below are some useful links.   Ford UK    https://www.ford.co.uk/vans-and-pickups/ranger/ranger-raptor Christal Seas Scuba         https://www.scuba4me.co.uk/ Holly Trees B&...

Gemma and Ian chat to Dean Martin.  Dean Martin is the Hardware Product Manager at Fourth Element.  Hel tells us about his scuba journey.   https://fourthelement.com/       ISSN Number 2752-6127   Contact Gemma and Ian with your messages, ideas and feedback via The BiG Scuba Bat Phone    +44 7810 005924 Or use our social media platforms.   We are on Instagram    @thebigscuba   We are on Facebook  ...

Gemma and Ian catch up with a previous guest, Lydia Walker from Ilkeston & Kimberley Sub Aqua Club.  We spoke to Lydia in June 2020 and we hear all about her scuba adventures in the last year as a relatively new diver.  Its also at the time we are celebrating Womens Dive Day on 17 July 2021.   https://www.iksac.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/iksac_scuba/ https://www.facebook.com/Ilkeston. Kimber...

Here is a little montage of clips we have drawn from some on the episodes we have recorded…Have a listen and then go back and have a listen to some of our past friends of the podcast.   We also mention the new project 6/50 and you can contact Shaff at   shafraz.naeem@gmail.com   ISSN Number 2752-6127   Contact Gemma and Ian with your messages, ideas and feedback via The BiG Scuba Bat Phone    +44...