Cline Group / Scuba Diving Industry Magazine

11/22/2025

🌊 Blue Friday 5.0 – Friday, November 28th
Why stand in a checkout line… when you could be on a descent line?

Skip the mall, skip the chaos, and choose the ocean instead.
This year, celebrate Blue Friday by supporting your local dive retailer and getting underwater where you actually belong.

Want the full story behind this growing dive-industry tradition?
Read Gil Zeimer AuthorGil Zeimer’s feature “Celebrate Blue Friday 5.0 and Leave Black Friday at the Mall” here: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/496169000/30/

Gil also has a new book! https://scubastoryteller.com/

🛍️ Don’t shop.
🤿 Dive.

11/22/2025

Fantastic idea!

What are you doing the day after Thanksgiving? Our club members don't go shopping... we go diving! Join us for Blue Friday 5.0 on Friday, November 28th.

Through our contacts, divers in dozens of countries on four continents will be getting wet in:
• Point Lobos, Carmel, California, with members of Marin Scuba Club and the Dive Club of Silicon Valley
• The Big Island of Hawai'i with Kerwin Louis and Jack's Dive Locker
• Sun Divers Roatan will host a "Dive Against Debris" at its PADI Adopt the Blue dive site, followed by a beach clean-up
• Amigos del Mar in Mahahual, Mexico, will take drift divers in the Western Caribbean
• Dive-Queensland in the Coral Sea and DivePlanit Dive Travel in Australia
• DivePacific.co.nz and the New Zealand Underwater Association (NZUA)
• Palau through NECO Marine and the Black Pearl
• High Plains Scuba Center in Fort Collins, Colorado, will take divers in a lake
• The Chicago Underseas Explorer Society will have some members take a dip in a high school pool
• Jami Leslie Feldman ( ) will dive in San Diego
• Author Jeff Bozanic will dive in CA or FL
• Author Carlos Lander will dive at Chichiriviche de la Costa in Venezuela
• Service Manager Sameer Chettri will jump into the United Arab Emirates’ warm water
• NAUI Worldwide, PADI, and CORAL.org will participate
• Finally, Marin Scuba Club, Sun Divers Roatan, Green Fins, and The Reef World Foundation have formed an alliance to ask that Green Fins’ 1,,500 dive operators worldwide participate this year.

Organize Your Own Blue Friday 5.0 Event
• Plan your dive on November 28, or any day during the last week of the month.
• Post your photos, videos, and stories on Facebook and Instagram using , , and .
• Share your posts on our page and I’ll recap all Blue Friday activities in a follow-up blog.
• And support your local dive shop––every purchase helps sustain our community throughout the year.

Together, we can make history with the largest Blue Friday event ever. For more information, visit MarinScubaClub.org/blogs.

Kenneth R. Carter

11/21/2025

???Who's on November's Cover??? Find out November 30th! Hint: One of our writers will be VERY surprised!

“What near miss changed the way you dive forever?”
Find out why incidents matter more than accidents—November 30.”

“Are you planning a dive trip… or just hoping nothing important gets missed?” New Dive Travel Planning Checklist drops November 30.”

“If we don’t define our impact as an industry, who will?”
Alex Brylske reveals why we need our own data—Nov 30.”
https://us21.campaign-archive.com/?e=b2f14edcac&u=13a950594acc9600393343584&id=49301cfbad

11/21/2025

Tuscany Dive Travel Guide 2025: Explore Europe’s Hidden Underwater Gems - Peter Symes
https://online.flippingbook.com/view/28886887/12/
"Florence, Pisa, San Gimignano, and Siena are all easily reachable, along with many dive sites along the Ligurian coast. You can also visit the island of Elba off Liguria, home to several good dive centres."
&Tourism

As I resume writing about dive travel to Europe, I want to remind everybody that my aim is to enlighten those American colleagues who have little or no idea about Europe and diving here. I do appre…

11/21/2025

ELEUTHERA, Bahamas – Cape Eleuthera Resort & Marina has been spotlighted as the hottest dive resort in the Caribbean right now in a major new feature published today by the leading authority on Caribbean travel, Caribbean Journal.

ELEUTHERA, Bahamas – Cape Eleuthera Resort & Marina has been spotlighted as the hottest dive resort in the Caribbean right now in a major new feature published today by the leading au…

11/21/2025

Roseau, Dominica (November 19, 2025) — Fort Young Hotel & Dive Resort, the “Nature Island’s” landmark, waterfront “All-Inclusive, Island-Included” resort in Dominica’s capital, Roseau, is proud to announce that it has been recognised with five awards in Scuba Diving Magazine’s 2026 Reader’s Choice Awards.

Roseau, Dominica (November 19, 2025) —  Fort Young Hotel & Dive Resort, the “Nature Island’s” landmark, waterfront “All-Inclusive, Island-Included” …

11/20/2025

Highlighting the 2025 recipients whose dedication strengthens NAUI’s mission and inspires divers worldwide.

RIVERVIEW, FL. Nov 19, 2025 - NAUI Worldwide proudly recognizes the outstanding achievements and contributions of its members during the 2025 NAUI Awards ceremony, held on Thursday, November 13th, at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) during the DEMA Show in Orlando, Florida.

Highlighting the 2025 recipients whose dedication strengthens NAUI’s mission and inspires divers worldwide. RIVERVIEW, FL. Nov 19, 2025 – NAUI Worldwide proudly recognizes the …

11/20/2025

Jeff & Teri Leicher of Jack's Diving Locker in Kona, Hawaii, ISDHF 2026 Inductees at DEMA Show 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNoqCY-b0SE
"We have been with Jack's Diving Locker since 1982.. the shop's been there 44 years... I'm really greatful for the industry to allow us to get this far."

2026 International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame inductees Jeff and Teri Leicher join us from Kona, Hawaii, to share the incredible 43-year story behind Jack’s D...

11/19/2025

Hill Tribe–Inspired Luxury Retreat Officially Opened on November 1, 2025

AUGUSTA, GA — Aggressor Adventures® is proud to announce the official opening of the Aggressor Signature Lodge – Chiang Mai, Thailand which welcomed its very first guests on November 1, 2025.

Hill Tribe–Inspired Luxury Retreat Officially Opened on November 1, 2025 AUGUSTA, GA — Aggressor Adventures® is proud to announce the official opening of the Aggressor Signature Lodge – C…

11/19/2025

Dive into Europe: New European Travel Infrastructure - Peter Symes
https://online.flippingbook.com/view/124914104/58/
"Travel within Europe has also become far smoother. The continent’s rail network is far more extensive and integrated than its North American counterparts, often offering the most convenient onward journey also for divers who frequently travel with more than one piece of bulky luggage."
&Tourism

Long-range aircraft and high-speed trains expand Europe’s dive travel map Dive travel across Europe is possible all year round, from the Arctic waters of Norway’s North Cape to Gibraltar. Most dive…

11/18/2025

At DEMA Show 2025, William Cline sat down with Stephen Broadbelt chairman of the board for the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame and owner of Ocean Frontiers, Ltd. in Grand Cayman to discuss the 2026 ISDHF inductees, the upcoming ceremony in the fall and diving in Grand Cayman.

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11/17/2025