TABLE OF CONTENTS SCUBA DIVING INDUSTRY™ MAGAZINE • DECEMBER 2025
FROM THE PUBLISHER 05 The True Power of a Dive Retailer: Community / William Cline SAFETY 06 Why Your Customers Need to Dive Their Experience, Not Their C-Card / Dan Orr 10 When Simple Mistakes Mean Everything / Al Hornsby TRAINING 12 Women in Diving: How Leadership Strengthens Safety & Growth / Burcu Mahmuto ğ lu 14 Rebreathers 102 – The Dive Instructor’s Perspective / Je ff rey Bozanic, Ph.D. 20 Part 1 – New Revenue Streams at Colleges and Universities / Tec Clark RETAILING 22 Dive Retailing – 50 Years Under Pressure / William Cline 24 The Power of Being a New Retailer / Michael & Rachael Conners 27 Time to Move On – Tips for Discontinuing with a Distributor or Manufacturer / Je ff Cinciripino 28 Fitness Motivation for Dive Shops / Gretchen M. Ashton 30 Why Investing in a Child’s Dive Gear Matters / Margo Peyton BUSINESS EDU 32 January DEMA Do-Over Schedule and More Books / Cathryn Castle Garcia 34 How Scuba Diving Captures the Hearts of Younger Travelers / Wayne B. Brown 35 From First Breath to Full Circle: My Journey to Owning a Dive Center in the Islands / Je ff McNutt INNOVATION 39 A New Approach to 2nd Stages: The Technology Behind PLANET 88X Regulator / Gil Zeimer ECO PRO 41 Why Biological Oceanography Matters to Dive Pros / Alex Brylske, Ph.D. TRAVEL 43 A Group Dive Guide to the Philippines / David Prichard & Lily Mak 46 Photo Pros Guide to Liveaboard Diving / Richard Aspinall 47 Florida’s Panhandle: Shipwrecks of the Emerald Coast / Michael Salvarezza & Christopher P. Weaver
ADVERTISERS 2 & 3 Aggressor Adventures 7 Shearwater Dive Computers 8 Aggressor Adventures 9 Books by Dan Orr/Best Publishing 10 Take our Subscriber Survey & Win 11 Divers Alert Network (DAN) 15 Bahamas Ministry of Tourism 16 Fort Young Hotel Dive Resort 18 ScubaRadio 19 Coltri Compressors 20 Campus Edge Training 21 The Dive Shop @ Cape Eleuthera 25 All Star Liveaboards 26 Barefoot Cay Resort, Roatan 28 Best Publishing Scuba Books 29 Blue Force Fleet Liveaboards 30 ScubaWeather.com 31 Beneath The Sea Dive Show 32 Deep Blue Adventures Travel 33 Wayne B. Brown Book 33 SSI/Scuba Schools International 34 Lita’s All Natural Insect Repellant 35 Fog-X Mask Defogging Film 36 Clear Story Coach 36 Make A Di ff erence Challenge 36 Scuba Show 2026 East & West 37 Sea Experience, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 38 Dive BVI’s 50th Anniversary 40 Dive Industry Young Professionals 42 Alex Brylske’s Book by Reef Smart 45 Neal Watson’s Bimini Scuba 47 NAUI’s 65th Anniversary 48 Visit Cayman Islands | ISDHF 49 Diveplanit Travel Planners 51 Explorer Ventures Liveaboards BACK COVER DEMA 53 Level Up, Marketing Minutes & From Behind the Counter Podcasts 54 Article Index
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