TABLE OF CONTENTS SCUBA DIVING INDUSTRY™ MAGAZINE • MARCH 2026
FROM THE PUBLISHER 05 A Changing Tide for Dive Travel / William Cline INDUSTRY NEWS
ADVERTISERS 2 Divers Alert Network (DAN) 3 Aggressor Adventures 7 Bahamas Ministry of Tourism 8 The Dive Shop @ Cape Eleuthera 10 Barefoot Cay Resort, Roatan 11 All Star Liveaboards 13 Fort Young Dive Resort Dominica 15 Explorer Ventures Liveaboards 17 Blue Force Fleet Liveaboards 19 Fog-X Mask Defogging Film 20 Sea Experience, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 21 Deep Blue Adventures Travel 24 Dive BVI’s 50th Anniversary 25 Visit Cayman Islands | ISDHF 26 Lita’s All Natural Insect Repellant 29 Diveplanit Travel Planners 32 Books by Dan Orr/Best Publishing 34 2026 NOGI Awards Gala @ DEMA 35 Stream2Sea Reef Smart Products 36 ScubaRadio 38 Alex Brylske’s Book by Reef Smart 39 NAUI 41 Aqaba Blue: Ocean Future Show 46 X-Ray Magazine 48 SSI/Scuba Schools International 49 Clear Story Coach 49 Dive Industry Young Professionals 50 Scuba Show 2026 West & East 51 Neal Watson’s Bimini Scuba BACK COVER DEMA
06 In Memoriam: Wayne B. Brown, Aggressor Adventures / Patty Cline 09 From Rags to Enrichment – A Tribute to the Late Wayne B. Brown / Cathryn Castle Garcia RESEARCH 12 How Geopolitical Events Are Shaping Dive Travel Con fi dence / William Cline BUSINESS EDU 15 How Dive Shops Can Thrive This Summer Amid Rising Costs and Travel Uncertainty / Margo Peyton 20 Part 2: Creating an Employee Handbook for Dive Centers / Je ff McNutt 24 Trust, Accountability, and the Lessons of Leadership / Karen Mullett RETAILING 27 To Discount, or Not to Discount, That is Our Question? / Je ff Cinciripino 28 Divemasters as Brand Ambassadors, Not Just Safety Monitors / William Cline and Amber Wagenknecht TRAINING 30 Part 3: Where is the Best Place to Develop Divemasters and Instructors? / Tec Clark 31 Fitness Insights Part 3: A Retailer’s Case Study / Gretchen M. Ashton SAFETY 32 Building a Safe and Enjoyable Buddy Relationship for Traveling Divers / Dan Orr 36 From Swim Lessons to Scuba: Turning Pools into a Pipeline / Al Hornsby ECO PRO 37 Accessible Tourism: An Inclusive Future for Dive Travel / Alex Brylske, Ph.D. 39 The Invisible Thread: Why the Ocean is Your Next Breath / Kramer Wimberley TRAVEL 42 A Group Dive Guide to St. Lucia - the “Helen of the West Indies” / David Prichard & Lily Mak 44 Part 6: How to “Blue” Your Business and Make More Green – Dive Academy Fiji / Gil Zeimer 46 Europe: A Wreck Diver’s Paradise – With a Few Rules / Peter Symes PHOTO PRO 47 Shooting Vertical Worlds: Capturing Height, Depth and Scale / Steven Lopez, MSc & Dr. Carmen Obied
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