August 2025 Scuba Diving Industry™ Magazine

SCUBA DIVING INDUSTRY™ MAGAZINE • AUGUST 2025

CONTENTS PAGE 5 FROM THE PUBLISHER Dive Travel for Retailers: How Group Trips Boost Sales

ADVERTISERS 2 & 3 Aggressor Adventures 6 Divers Alert Network (DAN) 7 Books by Dan Orr/Best Publishing 8 Volivoli Beach Resort, Fiji 9 Big Animals Global Expeditions 10 Aggressor Adventures 13 Alex Brylske’s Book by Reef Smart 15 Neal Watson’s Bimini Scuba 16 Sea Experience, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 17 Barefoot Cay Resort, Roatan 20 ScubaWeather.com 21 Deep Blue Adventures Travel 23 All Star Liveaboards 24 Clear Story Coach 24 Stream2Sea Reef Safe Products 25 Wayne B. Brown Book 25 Make A Di ff erence Challenge 28 Fog-X Mask Defogging Film 29 Blue Force Fleet Liveaboards 31 Sau Bay Resort & Spa, Fiji 33 X-Ray Magazine 34 ScubaRadio 35 SeaCure Custom Mouthpieces 36 Visit Cayman Islands | ISDHF 37 Diveplanit Travel Planners 39 Explorer Ventures Liveaboards BACK COVER DEMA 41 Level Up Podcast 41 Marketing Minutes Podcast 42 Article Index

PAGE 16 PHOTO PRO Amos Nachoum: Behind The Lens - Swimming with Norway’s Orcas

PAGE 26 TRAVEL Gil Zeimer: Palau Dive Travel Guide - Planning the Perfect Group Trip

PAGE 18 RETAILING Michael Connors &

PAGE 30 TRAINING

PAGE 7 SAFETY Dan Orr: Altitude

Joel Silverstein: Oxygen Safety and Gas Mixing for Dive Operations - Handle with Care

Rachael Scott: The Giant Stride, Part 2 - How We Took the Plunge into Dive Shop Ownership PAGE 20 BUSINESS EDU Carlos Lander: Reaching the Right Audience - Why Every Dive Business Needs B2B Advertising PAGE 22 BUSINESS EDU Cathryn Castle Garcia: Going Gonzo - Using Unconventional Marketing Strategies to Grow Your Dive Business PAGE 25 BUSINESS EDU Wayne B. Brown: How We Use AI In Our Dive Business

Exposure After Diving: Safety Risks Every Dive Pro Should Know

PAGE 33 TRAVEL

PAGE 9 TRAINING

PAGE 34 RETAILING Jeff Cinciripino: Adaptive Diving in Retail - Seeing Possibilities for Your Dive Shop PAGE 38 RETAILING Shelli Hendricks, Ph.D.: Peter Symes: Denmark – Wrecks, Reefs, Kelp and Great Diving

Al Hornsby: Instructor’s Words -Miscommunication Can Impact Dive Training and Safety

PAGE 11 BUSINESS EDU

William Cline: Octopus Strategy for Dive Pros - How to Handle the Hustle Like a Pro PAGE 12 ECO PRO Alex Brylske, Ph.D.: Oceanography for Dive Pros - Earth in Motion

5 Tips for Future - Proofing Your Dive Business in the Digital Age

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