Planet Earth Diver

Brian Hurricane Smith

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Mike Ball Dive Expeditions Cairns Australia

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01/11/15 • -1 min

Mike Ball has been a force in the Australian dive industry providing exceptional liveaboard expeditions to the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea on their ship, Spoilsport. Spoilsport is a twin hull design making her ride well in all weather conditions. Today I talk with one of the skippers of the Spoilsport, Trevor Jackson about the dives, the expeditions and Spoilsport on Planet Earth Diver.

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http://www.mikeball.com/

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50 Dives in 50 States

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01/07/15 • -1 min

An American Underwater Odyssey: 50 Dives in 50 States is a book that came out in 2002 but it is still valuable today for finding unique dive sites in all of the 50 US states. Charles Ballinger took the journey across the US and dove each of the sites from carnival like rock quarries with sunken buses and helicopters to searching for Megalodon shark teeth in North Carolina. It’s all there for the diving. I talk with Charles about the book and his journey.

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http://www.nationaltravelradio.com/Audio/50_Dives_In_50_States.mp3

http://www.dive50states.com/

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The Best Party Ever held at a Dive Shop

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01/11/15 • -1 min

Amigos Dive Center in Ft White Florida is having an anniversary party this weekend – January 17^th to 19^th. If you are in the area – maybe even if you are not – it is worth going for a visit. A three day celebration with Beer, Baked Beans, Barbecue and Bluegrass. There’s deals too. Owner Wayne Kinard talks about what’s going on in this segment of Planet Earth Diver.

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http://www.nationaltravelradio.com/Audio/Amigos_Dive_Center_anniversary_party.mp3

http://www.amigosdivecenter.com/

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Diving at Coco View Resort, Roatan Honduras

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03/12/15 • -1 min

Roatan, Honduras has an extremely healthy reef system which makes it one of the go to places to dive in the Caribbean. Today I talk with Deb Karlson, manager of the dive shop at Coco View Resort about what it’s like there. They have some rooms that are overtop of the water so diving is quite literally right outside your door.
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http://www.cocoviewresort.com/
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Working Overseas in the Dive Industry

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03/12/15 • -1 min

Want to work overseas in the dive industry? What is it really like to work at a dive resort? What skills do you need to land the job? Should you offer your services for free to get your foot in the door? Today, I talk with the dive shop manager for Lembeh Resort/Critters@Lembeh Lauren Siba, who has been working at dive resorts for ten years. I tap into her experience working in the Dive Industry.
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Sunset House Grand Cayman

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02/25/15 • -1 min

Sunset House Grand Cayman’s biggest claim to fame starts with the underwater mermaid Amphritrite made by sculptor Simon Morris. After the Mermaid you can include the submerged landing craft, amazing shore diving, great food, Cathy Church’s Photo Centre, Dive shop, rooms and more! Today I talk about Sunset House with Michael O’Meara from Scuba Holidays, Worldwide Diving Adventures.
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http://www.planetearthdiver.com/Audio/Sunset_House_Grand_Cayman.mp3
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Deep Sponge Gardens Tasmania

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02/21/15 • -1 min

Australia is more than just the Great Barrier Reef. This is part two of my series of interviews with Karen Gowlett-Holmes from Eaglehawk Dive Center, Tasmania. The diving around Tasmania is temperate water diving but well worth the trip to see the abundance of life in the area. We highlight the dive site the Deep Sponge Gardens.
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Diving California's Kelp Forests

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02/10/15 • -1 min

The Giant Kelp Forests off of California are a truly magical place to dive. It is very much like taking a stroll through a forest with light beams streaming down through the leaves. The sea life there is abundant and engaging. There’s everything from schools of fish, the Giant Black Sea Bass which is making a comeback to hyper active dive bombing Sea Lions. Today I talk with Hal Wells from Hollywood Divers in Los Angeles about the Kelp forests and what you can expect.
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Suunto EON Steel Dive Computer

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02/09/15 • -1 min

Suunto has a new dive computer on the market the EON Steel. It’s their latest which utilizes the bigger brighter color screen – a real plus for those of us who have older eyes that need that sort of thing. There’s lots going on under the hood as well; multiple gases, multiple tanks for tech diving and the display is fully customizable. I talk with Jukka Saarikorpi who heads up new product development at Suunto about the EON Steel, the Zoop, the RGBM algorithm and what goes into making a dive computer.
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Muck Diving at Lembeh Trip February 14th

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01/08/15 • -1 min

My Muck Diving Odessey to Lembeh Resort in Indonesia is coming up from Feb 14^th to 21^st and there are still a couple spots left available. I will be joining Adventures in Scuba and today I talk with store manager Jen Carty about the trip and what you can expect.

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