After a really fun weekend in Alpena, Michigan diving the shipwrecks of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Rich spends some time talking about how new boat captains need to be broken in a bit when it comes to people who view diving as a goal rather than people (like us) who view diving as a lifestyle and a recreation.
Rich Talks about the month of diving in July 2024 and diving in Munising Michigan and Isle Royale National Park. He also talks about having a starlink Mini on the Isle Royale trip which was a game changer for him. #starlink Rich is also pretty adamant about doing discover scuba experiences as a resort course. This is something new for the quarry.
Rich talks about the month of June 2024 being a month of Rebreather training and a weird start to the summer. He chats about the business of doing things but the emptiness of many of the dive sites. He gets into details about how all levels of divers can now take Prism 2 Training and it can be done alongside others starting at a different level. Super exciting stuff for people who would wish their first scuba kit to be Rebreathers.
Rich talks about the incredible expedition that was Truk Lagoon. World War 2 casualty shipwrecks that are in warm, tropical water that is truly amazing. Rich talks about the Heinan Maru, The odyssey livaboard, the San Francisco Maru and more
Rich talks about the month of teaching the weekend instructor development course and the convenience of not having to schedule two weeks of vacation to finish it. The course was earlier in the year than normal to work around the last of the covid casculaties. The Truk Lagoon trip was set up in 2015 and took its first deposit in 2017.... originally scheduled for 2020 it was cancelled twice and now we are able to go.
In this episode Rich talks about his problems with time management and not saying "No" enough when projects come around. He also talks about the most epic of adventures, the total eclipse at White Star Quarry. He put together a weekend dive adventure that turned out to be one the most spectacular adventures ever.
Rich talks about the dive center and what has been happening over the last few months. He also talks about opening White Star Quarry early and a trip that he did in March to the Island of Utila. Rich also talks about upcoming podcast with a slight change in format and duration to see what you think.
We are chatting about scuba diving in the winter now that we are in a New Year with new diving opportunities. Rich talks about a dive in Salisbury Quarry off of private property, a winter, off season White Star Quarry Dive and more stuff going on. Rich also talks about a workshop for people to dive in the off season and work on their #12for12diver program.
In this episode Rich talks about his month in Bonaire teaching all levels of technical rebreather diving as well as spending time with his family. He also asks new divers and those people not sure they want to get into diving to comment on this program and talk about what is holding them back. Rich also talks about the "Facebook Brave" attitude some divers have on the internet when the lash out for no reasons and for malice. The pictures accompanying this podcast on youtube are from some dives with his family in Bonaire.
Rich is back from DEMA 2023 which returned to New Orleans for the first time in about two decades. He is excited to talk about some of the new products and things that he learned and is especially excited to talk about the Garmin Descent Mk3 dive computers that he has been product testing for nearly a year with his family.
Rich Synowiec, host of the scuba diving podcast, discusses his efforts to improve the podcast by incorporating more video and visual elements. He acknowledges that other influencers in different industries have had more success with social media, but he is determined to make his podcast stand out. Rich explores various platforms such as YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and Tumblr to reach a wider audience. He also expresses interest in becoming a PADI Ambassador Diver and shares his thoughts on the dive industry's outdated business model. Additionally, he mentions teaching a new distinctive specialty course offered by PADI called the Delayed Surface Marker Buoy program. In this episode Rich talks about his forays into social media and what he is finding related to scuba diving and social media. He talks about some of the PADI Updates and how the content of his videos is going to change from time to time across social platforms while keeping with the idea of the podcast only format. His youtube will be the pillar but most of the video and snippets wil be across platforms. Rich also talks about the challenges of social apps like the PADI Adventure App and the new (to him) DSMB Distinctive specialty from PADI ##scubadiving #diving #scuba #underwater #underwaterimaging #padi #ocean #dive #scubadivers
Rich switches gear with a return to a non-video podcast. He goes back the thing he knows best with an audio podcast. In this podcast, Rich talks about the past couple of weeks teaching the PADI Tec60CCR course at Lake Wazee and he also talks about watching people struggle with getting back into scuba diving after taking some time off. Rich chats about the changes to this podcast as well. He wants to make the podcast more regular doing his best to return to a once a week format. Video has its place and there will be videos that will be shared but in the struggle to get a regular podcast started back up video just takes too much time at this point.
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In this episode, Rich talks about the diving he did in Milwaukee, Wisconsin aboard the Molly V. Shipwrecks featured include the Prince Wilhelm aka "Willie" and the Milwaukee Car Ferry. Rich also takes us on a dive in the wrecks of Munising, Michigan aboard the Wreck Express. Shipwrecks featured include the Bermuda and the Smith Moore. Rich also tells a story about an anchor recovery he did aboard the Kayak Tours Kayak boat and the excitement of doing something new.
Rich talks about the Titan disaster at Titanic then moves on to talk about a trip to Key West, including the Hemmingway house and Pride Week. He also talks about a couple of dives that needed to be rescheduled and just the basics of going with the flow and being flexible in a changing world.
In this episode Rich talks about the realities of running a dive shop post-covid. Also he shares pictures of his past two technical dive courses from the month of May and some spectacular visibility that can be found in the cooler months of diving. Rich also chats about his journey with the 360 video camera. Wrapping up, Rich shares some amazing photos of visibility found at White Star Quarry in May.
In this episode your Host, Rich Synowiec, talks about a dive trip he did in 2021 to the Santa Rosa Blue Hole. In the video version Podcast he shares images of the dive site and explains what you are seeing. Rich also chats about the different aspects of a more Recent dive trip in March of 2023 that he took to Utila with his family and clients. Rich shares with his audience videos of the reefs, dolphins, shipwrecks and his kids who have been diving nearly half their lives.
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Rich talks about a dive trip he did in 2021 that he did video for. On the video podcast he shares pictures of his trip to Lake Mead and the B29 Bomber sunk there. Rich also chats about his weekend of Ice diving in Munising, Michigan and the challenges of getting subject matter for the video podcast.
Rich talks about a dive trip he did in 2021 that he did video for. On the video podcast he shares pictures of his trip to Lake Mead and the B29 Bomber sunk there. Rich also chats about his weekend of Ice diving in Munising, Michigan and the challenges of getting subject matter for the video podcast.
After a nearly two year break, DiverSync is back on it's Regularly scheduled program. In this episode, Rich talks about the challenges that faced his business over the past two years and what the plans for the podcast going forward are going to be. Rich also talks about his recent trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico where he attended a program for the dealers of Huish Outdoors.
After a nearly two year break, DiverSync is back on it's Regularly scheduled program. In this episode, Rich talks about the challenges that faced his business over the past two years and what the plans for the podcast going forward are going to be. Rich also talks about his recent trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico where he attended a program for the dealers of Huish Outdoors.