The Great Dive Podcast

Gas sharing seems pretty simple on paper, but when it happens in real life it can be quite a different experience. This week the boys discuss what can be learned from this real life gas sharing incident and why these real life experiences almost never unfold like they do in the book and in class. Join Jamesy and Brando for part one of a multi part series exploring this real life gas share that sho...

This week your buddies Jamesy and Brando take a look at a story about a simple dive. Typical in many ways for many divers but when one little problem starts the snowball rolling down the hill, things can go bad quickly. The problem is trying to learn from it and not letting it reinforce bad habits.

This week, Penguin and Kingfish talk about a dive to the RMS Niagra. A 100m deep shipwreck and a diver with only a year of experience. Stop. Breathe. Think. Podcast.

Panic is something that almost every diver is going to need to confront in their diving at some point. The answer is simple....Stay calm! Don't panic. But it's easier said than done for many. This week the boys examine an article that discusses this very subject. Have a listen!!

This week the boys discuss a great book by one of our listeners, Daryl Bob Goldberg, entitled "[Life] Lessons Learned Diving". In his book, Daryl relates much of what is learned as we progress through diving to important lessons that help us live as better humans. We really enjoyed making this episode and it has earned a spot as one of our favorite episodes to create. Have a listen, we're sure you...

Another episode of TGDP and another lesson learned. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that just because you are doing a shallow dive that you don’t need to do your proper preparations. Any and every dive can be dangerous, no matter how shallow, if you and your buddies are not prepared. Listen in as Jamesy and Brando learn another diving lesson.

This week the boys channel some good ol' Jack Handey and go deep!

After a long cave month and a few weeks of heavy episodes, the TGDP boys take it easy this week. Going back to an early look at some of diving’s less glamorous sides. Pee, Snot, Spit, and Vomit. Remember if you’re not American, you’re a peein’.

In a world where it seems increasingly apparent that the wrapping of the message is more important than the message itself, the boys travel back in time to highlight a man that was concerned more about the message than it's wrapping. This week we'll wrap up International Cave Diving Month with a discussion that centers around the death of iconic cave diver Rob Palmer, and the "chaos" that ensued f...

This week the boys continue their discussion about George Irvine and the early days of DIR. The technical diving world was in its youth, the fundamentals class was born, and so was the internet. But what was it that had the entire scuba world so upset? What was at the heart of George’s message? What was he saying?

Hop into your hot tub time machines cause were going back in time!!!! We're gonna go back more than thirty years to examine just how we got where we are with diving with regard to the DIR philosophy,and the who, when , where, and how it began!! And to begin with a bang we're discussing The Man himself... The legendary George Irvine III !! This will start a multi part series highlighting the roots...

This week Tepezcuitnle and Brandito join Sheck on his world record breaking Deep Dive. As we wrap up Ned Deloach’s article we see and can actually feel the pressure that Sheck must have experienced 800 feet underwater in Cuidad Mante.

Have you ever wondered what Tempescuintle is? Are you wondering what it has to do with diving? Well have a listen to this week's episode and you'll find out what it is and what it meant to cave diving legend Sheck Exley as we continue our deep cave dive into with part 4 of our cave series that continues discussing "The Deepest Dive" by Ned DeLoach!

For the third episode of this year’s Cave Diving Month, the boys continue their look at world famous cave explorer Sheck Exley. In 1988, Sheck and author Ned Deloach made their way 1,500 miles from Live Oak, FL to Cuidad Mante, Mexico to try to reach the bottom of what was thought to be the deepest cave in the world.

Episode 303 – Exley’s Accident Analysis Revisited Part 2 aka Pulling A Zeppelin This week the boys dive back into the second half of Sheck Exley’s Accident Analysis Revisited article from 1990 in Underwater Speleology Magazine. The discussion moves from an associative approach to looking at causality. Other factors about diving fatalities are also discussed that effect both cave divers and open wa...

This week, Ol' Jamesy and I kick off the highly anticipated International Cave Diving Month!! And we do so with none other than the legend himself, Sheck Exley! His article in the NSS-CDS Magazine "Underwater Speleology" (Vol. 17 No. 4)entitled "Accident Analysis Revisited" provides us some insight and fodder for discussion into the growth and development of Cave Diving Training. But can open wate...

In this week's episode the boys discuss the results of several surveys from Scubanomics (https://medium.com/scubanomics)that are giving us a glimpse into the current state of the Scuba industry. Scubanomics is the creation of Darcy Kiernan & Michael Menduno as a project of The Business of Diving Institute (https://www.businessofdiving.com/)with the mission of helping with "the propagation of valua...

Wow! 300 Episodes!! Can you believe it? TGDP wants to thank all of you listeners and supporters for making this show such a success. We went back and put together clips from our all-time top listening episodes. A little bit of recap, reminiscing, and fun along the way. This episode really shows the heart of TGDP and why we keep coming back every week and the main reason why is, YOU! The diving com...

As we wind down 2022, we hope all of our listeners are enjoying the Season's various holidays and spending time with friends and relatives and (hopefully) also getting a bit o' time underwater! 2023 is around the corner and (again, hopefully) we want to wish everyone a Wonderful New Year!! Thank you all so much for listening and supporting us with all of the great reviews (and even the critical on...

This week the boys take a little trip in Santa’s sleigh. Are you a naughty or nice little diver? Santa Jamesy, Brandi Claus and St. Scubalas tell a fun tale sent into us by Dr. K. Seuss.

The boys dig out the very first, “I Learned About Diving From That…” article published in Skin Diver. Too deep, too fast. This is a lesson about ego. A love story with Eric the Instructor and Patch Jacket Joyce. When you fixate on a target and the dive becomes all about a goal, you lose the importance of the journey.

We're BACK! Sorry for the delay. listener.... we encountered some challenges last week that hindered our time schedule for recording/editing/ & releasing.... our humble apologies. But we are back talking diving again and this episode we continue our topic of buoyancy control in yet another article from Bill Gleason. (Look for Friday's episode to release normally this week gang!)

This week, your buddies Jesse Jamesy and Bronco Brando, ride off into the sunset with the 3 golden rules of scuba diving. Why do mature and experienced divers get blamed for the crimes of the unsafe diver? Are we going to value this experience or hang these cowboys up Wanted Dead or Alive?

Today we are thankful for electric and hi tech undergarments! Just in time for the cold weather season, we have a short primer on cold water diving for those of us who just can't get enough of being underwater and are willing to brave the elements to enjoy our favorite activity! Have a listen!

Jamesy just got back from teaching a class in the middle of a hurricane, so the boys take a week to catch up on the recent happenings. Florida Keys, Tech classes, Dive Buddies, Ratio Deco, Unexpected Sexual Innuendos… There is no telling where this discussion may go. Join us for some fun.