The BiG Scuba Podcast

INTRODUCTION Ian and Gemma chat to Christine Grosart.  Christine Grosart is an offshore diver medic, working in the North Sea on vessels and gas platforms.  When she is not attending to emergencies, her whole life is dedicated to cave exploration, cave diving and any excuse to get outdoors, underground or underwater!    She is also heavily involved with Ghost Fishing UK. https://www.wetwelliescavi...

INTRODUCTION Ian and Gemma chat to Christine Grosart.  Christine Grosart is an offshore diver medic, working in the North Sea on vessels and gas platforms.  When she is not attending to emergencies, her whole life is dedicated to cave exploration, cave diving and any excuse to get outdoors, underground or underwater!    She is also heavily involved with Ghost Fishing UK. https://www.wetwelliescavi...

INTRODUCTION  Ian and Gemma continue their chat with Mike Valentine.  Mike is a  renowned underwater film cameraman credited on an enviable list of A-list movies. These include Bourne Supremacy, Casino Royale, Castaway, Terminator Dark Fate.. to name a few.   With his wife, Francoise they have a production company called ValentineFilms.  They are passionate about revealing the hidden beauty of the...

Ian and Gemma chat to Mike Valentine.  Mike is a  renowned underwater film cameraman credited on an enviable list of A-list movies. These include Bourne Supremacy, Casino Royale, Castaway, Terminator Dark Fate.. to name a few.   With his wife, Francoise they have a production company called ValentineFilms.  They are passionate about revealing the hidden beauty of the underwater world to audiences....

Ian and Gemma chat to Mike Valentine.  Mike is a  renowned underwater film cameraman credited on an enviable list of A-list movies. These include Bourne Supremacy, Casino Royale, Castaway, Terminator Dark Fate.. to name a few.   With his wife, Francoise they have a production company called ValentineFilms.  They are passionate about revealing the hidden beauty of the underwater world to audiences....

INTRO Ian and Gemma chat to Simon Rogerson.  He is the editor of Scuba magazine.  The official magazine of the biggest British diving club the British Sub-Aqua Club. It is published monthly and is circulated to BSAC members and is available to purchase via this website He took up diving in 1992.  Initially a crime reporter, he turned to diving as a full-time specialty.  In addition to editing, he...

INTRO Ian and Gemma chat to Gemma Smith.  She is a UK female scuba dive role model ; a technical diver ,caver diver ,Elite Instructor ,PADI Ambassadiver ,expedition leader ,and the first woman ever to dive at the world famous Antikythera Shipwreck... she has achieved more in her diving career than most will in their lives and has been a constant inspiration to all.  After a horrific car accident s...

Ian and Gemma chat to Jacob about the new Paralenz Vaquita. Paralenz Vaquita is a small yet powerful underwater camera with a simple mission: to enable you to seamlessly capture and share brilliant underwater videos with the world. Get wet, discover the depths below, and make an impact. Every dive counts. GUEST  WWW https://www.paralenz.com/ GUEST TWITTER https://twitter.com/paralenz/ GUEST FACEBO...

Ian and Gemma chat to Georgina Miller, national champion freediver. She learned to scuba dive in 1998 and certified as a PADI MSDT Instructor in 2005 and then progressed to freediving. Aquacity Freediving is a school founded by two people with a passion for waters based in one of the UK's best locations Porthkeris, Cornwall. GUEST  WWW    https://www.aquacityfreediving.com/ GUEST TWITTER          ...

Ian and Gemma chat to  Steve Davis, the host of the acclaimed podcast, "Speaking Sidemount", author of the books, "The Canterbury Wreck - A Diver's Guide" and "Sidemount Fundamentals" and he is the principal instructor and founder of Sidemount Pros.  We chat over a range of subjects and even talk about Steves Coffee and Gelato business. GUEST WEBSITE               https://www.sidemountpros.com/ GU...

Ian, Gemma and Scuba Honey chat to Mike Fincke. Mike is a real life NASA Astronaut, he has completed nine spacewalks and spent 381 days in space! We talk about his training for he space adventures in the NBL, Neutral Bouyance Lab, basically a huge swimming pool!   GUEST  WWW    https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts GUEST TWITTER               https://twitter.com/NASA_Astronauts GUEST FACEBOOK           ...

Ian and Gemma chat to Rannvá Jørmundsson about her scuba journey and working for Fourth Element and Shearwater. She originates from the Faroe Islands. We talk about her next adventure, being a member of the First All - Female Cave Exploration Group. GUEST  WWW    https://robbieschmittner.com/the-xunaan-ha-expedition/ GUEST TWITTER               GUEST FACEBOOK            https://www.facebook.com/ra...

Ian and Gemma chat to Kellor Laros and Janice McLaughlin about The Manta Pacific Research Foundation. The foundation is dedicated to research, education, and conservation concerning manta rays and the marine environment. Kellor talks about logging dives, he has just recorded his 13272 dive! GUEST  WWW    https://www.mantapacific.org/ GUEST TWITTER               https://twitter.com/MantaPacific GUE...

Ian and Gemma chat to Mark Evans. Mark Evans is the Editor-in-Chief of the Scuba Diver Magazine. He has been in the diving industry for nearly 25 years, and has been diving since he was just 12 years old and 30-odd years later and he is still addicted to the underwater world. GUEST  WWW    https://www.scubadivermag.com/ GUEST TWITTER               https://twitter.com/ScubaDiverMag GUEST FACEBOOK  ...

Ian and Gemma chat to Tec Clark. Tec Clark is a renowned instructor trainer in the diving industry, and he has devoted plenty of his time into creating various projects aimed at both recreational scuba divers and those working as professional divers. These include the ScubaGuru website, The League of Extraordinary Divers podcast, the Scuba Exam app, and the Beyond the Standard vlog. The Dive Locke...

Ian and Gemma chat to Tec Clark. Tec Clark is a renowned instructor trainer in the diving industry, and he has devoted plenty of his time into creating various projects aimed at both recreational scuba divers and those working as professional divers. These include the ScubaGuru website, The League of Extraordinary Divers podcast, the Scuba Exam app, and the Beyond the Standard vlog. The Dive Locke...

Ian and Gemma chat to Phil Short. Phil is a Cave Explorer and Scientific Diving Safety Office. Phil has a passion for diving that is infectious.. he even still logs every dive and is happiest in a hole in the ground! He passes on one recommendation that will be useful for all levels of divers so listen out for this.. He is also a commercial drone pilot. Phil has been diving professionally and expl...

Ian and Gemma chat to Richard Cullen, a founder of the Charity Deptherapy. He is joined by Tom Oats and Tom Swarbrick, Ambassadors for the charity.   GUEST  WWW https://deptherapy.co.uk/ GUEST TWITTER https://twitter.com/deptherapy GUEST FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/deptherapy GUEST INSTAGRAM   GUEST YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMXzK-trfevu9wjyyiSAGyw GUEST OTHER   EMAIL Please e...

Ian and Gemma chat to Jill Heinerth, Canadian cave diver, underwater explorer, writer, photographer and film-maker. We previously had Jill on as a guest in Episode 17 and she continues talking about cave diving, environmental changes she has seen, water resource conservation and being a women diver. Jill then answers the BiG questions at the end of the conversation.   GUEST  WWW https://www.intoth...

Gemma and Ian chat to Miranda Krestovnikoff. We discuss how she started her scuba journey and the passion she has for UK diving and marine life .   GUEST  WWW    https://www.mirandak.co.uk/ GUEST TWITTER               https://twitter.com/MirandaKnature GUEST FACEBOOK            https://www.facebook.com/miranda.krestovnikoff GUEST INSTAGRAM         GUEST YOUTUBE             GUEST EMAIL     EMAIL  ...

Gemma and Ian and their guest co-host, Cristina Zenato, discuss women divers and we listen to some contributions from a range of women talking about their diving life and passions. GUEST  WWW    https://cristinazenato.com/                     https://pownonprofit.org/ GUEST TWITTER               https://twitter.com/CristinaZenato GUEST FACEBOOK            https://www.facebook.com/cristina.zenato  ...

Cristina and her connection with the underwater world and its exploration, our education and its conservation.  Gemma and Ian chat to Cristina Zenato, Cristina is a recognized diving professional and shares her knowledge about the oceans, sharks, caves and scuba diving. GUEST  WWW    https://cristinazenato.com/                     https://pownonprofit.org/ GUEST TWITTER               https://twitt...

Cristina and her connection with the underwater world and its exploration, our education and its conservation.  Gemma and Ian chat to Cristina Zenato, Cristina is a recognized diving professional and shares her knowledge about the oceans, sharks, caves and scuba diving. GUEST  WWW    https://cristinazenato.com/                     https://pownonprofit.org/ GUEST TWITTER               https://twitt...

Gemma and Ian chat to Jonathan and Jenny from the Galapagos Whale Shark Project..its a totally inspiring conversation about the Whale Shark. So little is know about this species... It is the world's largest fish and the biggest shark ever to exist!! The Galapagos is famous for big animal diving & its shark diving. It is one of the few places where you can dive with adult whale sharks - up to 15 me...

Ian and Gemma chat to father and son, Michael Thomas and Robert Thomas. Michael Thomas has been involved in diving for over thirty years including being an Examiner and Training Officer for The Cave Diving Group. His son, Robert became the UK's youngest fully-qualified cave diver when he turned 18. We chat about how they are father and son and best friends and share a mutual passion for diving.  ...