The Great Dive Podcast

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.

This week in honor of Veterans Day, the boys interview their friends at Warfighter Scuba. Warfighter Scuba President and Lead Instructor Nick Powers and board member/Secretary and Divemaster Kevin Sheard join us to discuss who they are are and how they use Scuba as therapy for combat injured veterans returning to civilian life. Check them and all the great things they do out at www.www.warfighters...

The boys discuss an excerpt from the pages of "The Inner Experience of Diving: A Beginner's Guide to The Water Planet", by Carlos Eyles from 1978. The idea that our mind is the source of our fears and our fears are what make us uncomfortable when diving so to overcome the fear we must master our mind. Turn on, tune in, have a listen!

Welcome back to the TGDP Halloween Spooktacular 2022. This year Jamesy and Brando talk about the eerie attraction to shipwrecks the ghostly sights of the abyss. They take a look at some literary masterpieces by Fletcher S. Bassett and William Hope Hodgson.

So if Johnny Depp were to star in a remake of the classic 'Edward Scissor Hands', would you go see it? We would.... but this weeks episode title came from a discussion while reading another great article from ol' Bret Gilliam where he talks of being an instructor and how you should probably never think that you've seen it all....because diving and students have an infinite amount of ways to surpri...

So this week we decided to take on a subject of frequent debate and discussion in the SCUBA community, and that is FINS! Have a listen as Jamesy and Brando discuss an old equipment vs. skill topic that centers around one of the most important pieces of a diver's kit... FINS!

As the boys prepare for an upcoming Rescue class, they discuss the necessary tools and training for being a safe diver. The Rescue Diver must first be able to control and take care of themselves. This episode shares with you, 10 tips to improve your safety underwater.

This week the boys read a recent email from Bubba about a bad dive shop experience. He asks us for our opinions on the situation. What do you do when you get bad service from your local dive shop? Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code TGDP at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod

The people have spoken and TGDP has answered the call! They wanted more Lessons For Life AND they wanted more UW photography and Ol' Jamesy has pulled a rabbit out of his dive hood and found a "Lessons For Life" article that involves UW photography! Find out what can happen when two divers get buddied up on a dive boat and one is an UW photographer and the other is not!

The boys continue their trek into underwater photography with a discussion centered around the idea that underwater photographers have to be solo divers. In an article from the "Lessons For Life" section at ScubaDiving.com, a situation involving an underwater photographer and her buddy that was nearly disastrous when the two divers lose focus of each other, time, depth, and location.... which is e...

This week the boys talk about getting better underwater photos. Maybe you’re trying to set yourself apart as a professional photographer or maybe the water conditions are not what you wanted, either way you still want great pictures. Sometimes you need to get creative in order for your pictures to catch any attention. Check out this article on naturettl.com by Pete Oxford, it is full of good infor...

This week the boys discuss an article from Skin Diver's "I learned About Diving From That" section in their magazine detailing a divers account of fin riding on a whale shark and thus giving us all yet another reason to leave the animals alone! Have a listen!

This week the boys talk about a recent dive in Lake Huron on a couple of Advanced Open Water milk run shipwrecks, The North Star and the Mary Alice B. These are two of the most popular wrecks in lower lake huron and Jamesy and Brando joined some friends for a fun day on the water. The weather and visibility was not perfect but the boys had cameras and tried to make the best of it. Join us as we ta...

CROYKEY ! Thiies wayk waeve gawt a faeh deenkum of a bloody bawnzah faw ya frawm the lahnd daown undah!! A sheila neahly carks it whaen she goes on a "trust me" doive in questionable waythah! This one comes from an article on Scuba Diver Mag.com (https://www.scubadivermag.com/dive-another-day/?fbclid=IwAR2RP3cIjBf-bfnBQpOimsC8VeJQRk0Icx505xMlj3tEevxJ5F-TWIY2k_8) and our friend Gareth Lock posted i...