The BiG Scuba Podcast

Dec 02 2024 197 ep. 70 mins 53
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The BiG Scuba Podcast is a new, independent podcast dedicated to all things diving and ocean related. Its hosted by two friends, Ian, and Gemma. Our aim is to provide a light hearted podcast for all levels of divers and also non-divers with a view to encouraging the non-divers to consider entering the water. We hope to bring you current dive and marine related news and information with the added BIG twist. Give us a listen and get inspired about all things scuba.

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Episode 192 Sophie Heptonstall BSAC Head of Diving and Training

Dec 02 2024 100 mins  
The BiG Scuba Duo, Gemma and Ian chat to Sophie Heptonstall. Sophie was introduced to diving by her dad, grandad and uncle who were diving in the UK. She did a PADI Discover Scuba abroad at twelve years old and then PADI Open Water Course at Stoney Cove. At university in Wales Sophie joined the university BSAC Club and continued her diver grade training and instructor training in

Episode 191 Aniela Martin – Offshore Hydrographic Surveyor and Scuba Diver

Nov 18 2024 107 mins  
The BiG Scuba Duo, Gemma and Ian chat to Aniela Martin. Aniela Martin is a scuba diver and an offshore hydrographic surveyor, working as part of a large team out at sea mapping the seabed and collecting geological information. Aniela has a deep passion for the underwater world that began after her first ever scuba dive whilst on holiday as a teenager. Having just finished high s

Episode 190 Georgina Miller UK Freedive National Champion

Nov 04 2024 105 mins  
The BiG Scuba Duo, Gemma and Ian chat to Georgina Miller. Aquacity Freedivng is based at Porthkerris dive centre in Cornwall. It is run by UK freedive national champion Georgina Miller, who is an SSI FD instructor trainer and her husband Daan Verhoeven, a well-known freediving photographer. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aquacityfreediving Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

Episode 189 Lundy Diving Dive Explore Swim An update on the 2024 season

Oct 21 2024 112 mins  

Episode 188 “Scoobs” Scuba Shack

Oct 07 2024 54 mins  
In this episode join us at “Scoobs Scuba Shack” We are on location at Diverstme Scuba Diving centre based at Spring Lakes in the UK. We enjoy a dive at West Lake guided by John and Liam and then chat to Mark, John, Liam and Lou about all they offer at the Divers Time and what West Lake has to offer to all scuba divers. We thoroughly enjoyed our day with the team who are so f

Episode 187 Maria Munn Award Winning Author & Underwater Photographer

Sep 23 2024 88 mins  
In this episode join us in conversation with Maria Munn. Maria is a multi-award winning underwater photographer, author, journalist and shark stalker, who fell in love with whale sharks and the ocean whilst in hospital on the end-of-life pathway, after being run over for the second time and left with 15 fractures and life-changing injuries. She launched the first ever underwater p

Episode 186 Dr. Laura Walton Are you Fit To Dive

Sep 09 2024 113 mins  
In this episode join us in conversation with Dr. Laura Walton. Laura is a UK-based clinical psychologist, scuba diving instructor, and the founder of Fit To Dive, an organization dedicated to promoting mental, physical, and psychological fitness for divers. With a background in both psychology and diving, Laura specialises in helping divers manage and overcome challenges such as a

Episode 185 BiG Review of our Farne Islands Diving Trip

Aug 05 2024 32 mins  
A slightly different episode. Ian, Gemma and Honey visited the Farne Islands for a 3 day diving trip in July 2024 and give a review of their experiences. The Farne Islands are in the North East of the UK and have numerous dive sites only a short distance from the mainland and the harbour and coastal town of Seahouses. Our trip was organised by our local dive centre, Christal Seas

Episode 184 Sally Cartwright - Technical Diver and now Manager of Midlands Diving Chamber with a love for the longevity of the diving industry and a passion for UK diving

Jul 20 2024 117 mins  
In this episode join us in conversation with Sally Cartwright. Saly started diving 1993 after an injury on a mountaineering trip. After a bet with a local dive club and a successful try dive, Sally took up the challenge and a new life direction. Early into her diving career she found herself using mixed gas and rebreathers. Finding herself at the bottom of Dorothea Quarry at 1

Episode 183 Michael and Robert Thomas Fathers Day

Jun 15 2024 75 mins  
To celebrate Fathers Day in the UK we have re-released and episode recorded in 2020. Gemma and Ian speak to Michael and Robert Thomas who are father and son. They share similar interests in the caving, diving and diving in caves. Michael Thomas has been involved in diving for over thirty years including being an Examiner and Training Officer for The Cave Diving Group. He is no