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This podcast is comprised of interviews with divers and marine scientists where they get to share their experiences, thoughts, advice, and stories. We record this podcast with the goal of making the intersection between professional diving and marine science accessible through the amplification of the diverse voices of those who live it firsthand!
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On this week's special edition Fish Tales Episode, hear a first hand account of Haley and Sydney's recent research cruise to the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary! You'll get to learn about the ins and outs of large-vessel dive operations as well as learning more about technical diving operations from last week's episode! you'll also hear about our favorite moments, the most challenging dives, and every moment in between!
To learn more about the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary head to their website. If you want to know more about the formation of these banks you can learn more here!
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Intro music and editing by Haley Davis
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This collaborative episode with ECO magazine in their Deep Dive multimedia series features three scientific technical divers at various levels of their training and dive careers. Come along with us as we learn about all the hard work these ladies have put in, their favorite parts of tec diving, their craziest/funniest stories, and why its always important to trust your gut. This episode is our first group-style interview and as a result, has three times as many good stories and laughs to share! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @todiveforpodcast Visit https://tidalteesapparel.com/pages/to-dive-for-podcast to buy merch and submit your Fish Tales! Cover art by tidalteesapparel.com Music and Editing by Haley Davis Feel free to reach out to us at todiveforpodcast@gmail.com
In this week's episode Haley and Sydney interview Flynn Delany from Stony Brook University as he discusses the importance of roots, overweighted muck diving, underwater gardening, and all things seagrass. Follow his awesome work through his lab Instagram account @peterson_lab to see more! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @todiveforpodcast Visit https://tidalteesapparel.com/pages/to-dive-for-podcast to buy merch and submit your Fish Tales! Cover art by tidalteesapparel.com Music and Editing by Haley Davis Feel free to reach out to us at todiveforpodcast@gmail.com
It takes two to tango, and in corals that involves an incredible amount of planning. Learn a bit about the delicate process of coral spawning and its intricate timing in this week's episode featuring Krista Laforest. As a researcher at Nova Southeastern University, she and her team have become master match makers for corals in an effort to make future reefs more resilient. Learn from Krista about drift diving life, and channeling your inner coral larvae! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook: @todiveforpodcast Visit https://tidalteesapparel.com/pages/to-dive-for-podcast to buy merch and submit your Fish Tales! Cover art by tidalteesapparel.com Music and editing by Haley Davis.
The world is your oyster! This week's episode features Christa Russell, an oyster reef ecologist and Ph.D. student at Dauphin Island Sea Lab...although if you ask Christa, curiosity is her career! Join us in learning the inside scoop on oyster reefs, how diving ties into shellfish restoration, and why these coastal ecosystems are worth saving.
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Music and editing by Haley Davis.
In this episode, learn all about PhD candidate Nadège Aoki from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and her incredible work in coral larval real estate! Nadège uses sound to encourage coral larvae to make the most important decisions about where to settle down and make a home for themselves. She also shared with us all about some of her favorite marine worms and jellyfish, some super cool dives she's done, challenges she has faced while diving, and so many other great stories! Don't forget to like and follow this podcasts wherever you're listening to help more people in our community hear these amazing stories. You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram to keep up with merchandise drops and episode updates! Head over to our website to buy merch and keep an eye out for hats coming soon! Lastly, here are some links you can follow to find resources for dive gear and training opportunities! Women Divers Hall of Fame Grants Padi Foundation Our World Underwater Rolex Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences American Academy of Underwater Sciences
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Music and Editing by Haley Davis.
this episode, hear stories of 100th dives, getting caught in a downwelling while diving a sea mount in Komodo, nitrogen narcosis in a Florida Spring, grouper grunts, baby octopus, and diving into the new year! Hear from some of our old guests who have sent in some of their greatest dive stories for your listening pleasure. Don't forget to stop on by our instagram page for photos of these incredible stories!
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In this episode, you'll learn all about what it means to be a curator of an aquarium, how to work your way up in this fishy field, what its like to be a young female curator, Brittanie's favorite fish and marine species, and all of the incredible things she's been a part of through the years. Join us in celebrating her accomplishments, and laughing with her at the sometimes crazy days in the zoo and aquarium life.
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Dive into what it means to be an Instructor within an Academic Diving Program at Nova Southeastern University. Scuba Instructor, Alec Leitman, shares with us how he juggles participating in the university's dive program, getting a master's degree in marine biology, and helping out various coral research groups!
Follow along with Alec's journey here.
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This episode we interview Ambar Witter, a boat crew trainer and dive master in Southeast Florida. Be our buddy as we go behind the scenes of training boat crew for an elite dive operation and uncover the secrets of diving in a dynamic reef system. By the end of this episode, you’ll be itching for a drift dive and showing your boat crew some extra love! Merch is available here, and don't forget to submit some of your crazy stories here to be shared on our upcoming fish tales episodes!
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