The Dive Table Presents: Surface Interval #6 with Jay Gardner: Zigging and Zagging as an Independent Scuba Instructor
07/23/24 • 34 min
Being an independent scuba instructor involves managing various aspects of running a small business, serving students, and handling logistics. This includes finding students, defining the target audience, and understanding their needs. It also involves managing the logistics of teaching classes, such as gas fills, dive sites, rentals, and pool access. Building a support system is crucial, including service, retail sales, and knowledge resources. The closure of local dive shops can present challenges, requiring improvisation and finding alternative solutions. Jay shares his experience and invites other independent instructors to share their stories and insights.
The Scripps Pier underwater camera was donated by DeepSea Power & Light and proved HD live streaming video from ~4m (13ft) water depth.
The Scripps Pier Underwater Camera
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Sarah Miller
Fish Dive Surf, Inc.
Being an independent scuba instructor involves managing various aspects of running a small business, serving students, and handling logistics. This includes finding students, defining the target audience, and understanding their needs. It also involves managing the logistics of teaching classes, such as gas fills, dive sites, rentals, and pool access. Building a support system is crucial, including service, retail sales, and knowledge resources. The closure of local dive shops can present challenges, requiring improvisation and finding alternative solutions. Jay shares his experience and invites other independent instructors to share their stories and insights.
The Scripps Pier underwater camera was donated by DeepSea Power & Light and proved HD live streaming video from ~4m (13ft) water depth.
The Scripps Pier Underwater Camera
If you enjoyed this episode and want to be a part of this growing community, you can join us in a couple of ways:
- Subscribe to the podcast so you get notified when new episodes drop;
- Leave a rating wherever you listen to your podcasts
- Send the link to the show, ‘divetable.com,’ to a dive buddy, your dive team, or your last scuba instructor.
- Share your thoughts with us by leaving us a voicemail here on our website or say,’Howdy!’
- Join us on our Facebook group, www.facebook.com/groups/thedivetable
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Gardner Underwater
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Sarah Miller
Fish Dive Surf, Inc.
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The Dive Table Presents: 'Diversity Below the Waves: The Humans of Scuba'
We here at the dive table are excited to announce our new diversity in diving series.
If you've been involved with the scuba diving community in any capacity, you have probably noticed a lack of diversity. Although this is changing as younger people get into the sport with the help of social media, the general diving population consists of white, middle -aged, straight men. And while we love all the people who keep this sport alive, here at the dive table, we want everyone to feel represented in the sport. So we're creating this series to talk about the different challenges people face.
Our purpose is to raise our collective consciousness around diversity and diving and be a part of the continuing evolution of the sport we are all so passionate about. We recognize fully that this topic may be controversial for some. We hope that you'll stick around and learn with us on this journey as we step into other people's shoes. These conversations are important to have out loud and in the open so we can grow together.
Throughout the rest of this season, we will be sprinkling in episodes from this series, including the topics of culture, race, sexual identity, and gender. Be sure to subscribe to get the latest episode and join the conversation in our Facebook group. That's Facebook.com forward slash groups forward slash the dive table.
If you enjoyed this episode and want to be a part of this growing community, you can join us in a couple of ways:
- Subscribe to the podcast so you get notified when new episodes drop;
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- Send the link to the show, ‘divetable.com,’ to a dive buddy, your dive team, or your last scuba instructor.
- Share your thoughts with us by leaving us a voicemail here on our website or say,’Howdy!’
- Join us on our Facebook group, www.facebook.com/groups/thedivetable
The Dive Table
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Gardner Underwater
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Sarah Miller
Fish Dive Surf, Inc.
Next Episode
The Dive Table Presents: 'Diversity Below the Waves - The Humans of Scuba' with Ara @Diverbliss. 'Promoting Inclusivity in the Dive Industry, Cultural Awareness and Empathy in Diving'
Note: I apologize for the technical difficulty that Jay's microphone was experiencing. It is rectified at the 18:50 minute mark.
In this conversation, Jay, Sarah, and Ara discuss the lack of diversity in the scuba diving industry and the impact it has on different communities. They explore the experiences of being a person of color in the diving world, the stereotypes and discrimination faced by divers from different backgrounds, and the role of marketing and representation in perpetuating these biases.
They also touch on the financial barriers that prevent many individuals from marginalized communities from accessing diving opportunities. The conversation covers topics such as the lack of access to diving for Filipinos due to financial constraints, the importance of localizing diving and making it accessible to all, the need for awareness and empathy when traveling to different cultures, the presence of casual racism in the diving community, and the importance of being an ally and speaking up against racism. The conversation also highlights the significance of supporting businesses that treat their employees well and have fair practices.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Background
08:16 Race and Identity in Scuba Diving
15:12 Stereotypes and Discrimination in the Diving Community
25:37 Financial Barriers to Diving Opportunities
30:45 Promoting Inclusivity in the Dive Industry
30:55 Lack of Access to Diving for Filipinos
35:02 Cultural Awareness and Empathy
38:12 Addressing Casual Racism in the Diving Community
41:38 Being an Ally and Speaking Up
56:34 Supporting Businesses with Fair Practices
01:00:26 Join the Diver Bliss Community and Dive in the Philippines
If you enjoyed this episode and want to be a part of this growing community, you can join us in a couple of ways:
- Subscribe to the podcast so you get notified when new episodes drop;
- Leave a rating wherever you listen to your podcasts
- Send the link to the show, ‘divetable.com,’ to a dive buddy, your dive team, or your last scuba instructor.
- Share your thoughts with us by leaving us a voicemail here on our website or say,’Howdy!’
- Join us on our Facebook group, www.facebook.com/groups/thedivetable
Ara
@diverbliss
The Dive Table
The Dive Table Facebook Group
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@thedivetable
Gardner Underwater
https://gardnerunderwater.com/
Sarah Miller
Fish Dive Surf, Inc.
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