Think we could definitely cover some interesting topics with our broad range of experience. Let's make it happen!

@@OceanPancake @DIVETALK I don't even dive but I watch every Divetalk video. Make some content together it would be cool!

Let’s gooooo!!!

Let’s gooooo!!!

Let’s gooooo!!!

How many do you think we could do?

React-ception is a thing!

Well I'm here from their reaction to her vid! I'm guessing you'll get a lot of views Katt as a result! Your original vid was great, though I'm not a diver...

Magicians Jason Parker and Shawn Farquhar did this. I think they got to six back and forths. It was epic!

@@OceanPancakei would say maybe 6. 🤔

I can't wait to visit Norway one day! There's some truly mesmerising nature there. Thank you for coming over to my little channel, I greatly appreciate having you :)

@@OceanPancake That could be a pretty cool collab with Dive Talk, a Norway trip.

Coming from Dive Talk, you are awesome!

Katt, you are exactly the sort of person to encourage people into the sport. Teach them to do it properly and they will not only be safer as a diver but get so much more out of it.

That was awesome!

best diver possible....

Woody was only saying he wanted a dive buddy to learn from that's it don't make it out to be anything more then that.

That's the beauty of diving and sharing our love for it. I'm certain I have an incredible amount of things to learn from Woody and Gus! (Even cave diving and dpvs).

@@OceanPancake you should sell your skills quite high, you should tell them: okay I will teach you the skills, how to dive like you, but they should teach you the skills you would love to learn. So both would get their benefits. 👍

Bro 900,000 dives? He would have to be a dolphin 😂. As far as I know, it's 7,000+ dives, nonetheless both Gus and Woody are awesome.

@@jurajdedic7495 well I said 900,000 because both had so many dives may they don't even track their dives anymore. :) or the may just track the special once, like cave etc.

@@benheckendorn2696 I would love to know what their actual dive counts are and what hers are as well just to see periodic updates…that would be very cool to me as time passes

Usually! They do on occasion do some "worst instructor" videos. Not that we'd see her their.

Yes, unless they rip you to shreds. LOL

not if you're using Chat GPT in your videos .

I would absolutely love to! Maybe will have to plan a trip to the other side of the world!

@@OceanPancake I am sure they would want you to go to your side of the world.

Just watch out for Woody;) @@OceanPancake

@@sliceofheaven3026 maybe he's like a shark

Katt, is amazing and so natural, I love her. I hope she don't mind, but I had to tell this. I would love to dive with her, I believe there is so much I could learn from her. To be honest, I don't like those, who think, just because someone is younger then you you can't learn anything from them, this is so wrong, we can learn so much from each other. Yes even instructors from their students, for examble: the mask clean, if the instructor saw, you didn't it right, they lean from them. How? When I get my OWD, my dive instructor had his head at around 30° so you saw him from front but also the gap between mask and skin, so you saw him moveing the mask. I guess he did this because of his experiance. When I did my AOWD PADI, I had a young instructor, he showed me the skills too, but just from the front, so if I didn't already know how it works, I wouldn't know how he did. This is my own experiance, this is why I believe we always learn from both and most instructor, not just diving are just great because they leaned from the students too, like how could I teach it better etc. I would love to know what Katt things about. This is exactly the point, people who had a real high knowledge, like them or Katt, don't need to show off. Of course it's funny to show off sometimes, but those do it for fun. My experiance with those who realy show off, is they are mostly empty like nothing, they never thought by themselves and mostly they don't know anything. It's my experiance, so I wonder what is your experiance?

Welcome to our little dive and Ocean Community here. Non divers definitely welcome. I do a range of ocean topics :)

Even a month long surface interval makes me itching to go back in! I'm excited you're getting ready to get back to diving

My husband and I are Midwest divers and we dive locally often. You don't have to live in a fancy location to dive often and enjoy it! Our quarries are lower vis (10-20ft is considered great) but it makes you great at nav and my first night dive after 140 low vis dives was a breeze. Definitely make time for diving. Its such a fun hobby.

I'm in WI too and I am *dreading* how cold lake michigan is gonna be when I start taking diving classes.

You are the true explorer!! I can't even imagine how wild it must have been. What's your craziest dive experience?

Got a call one eve from an excited buddy. He had gone to a local mine to practice and adjust his new sidemount gear. He dropped down in one corner of the "lake" and the bottom kept dropping. He got to almost 200ft and realized it was a cave entrance. Next night we dove it together and found it was a huge u/w cavern. We kept going back adjusting our gas mix until we reached an enormous u/w room at 310 ft. Our lights could not even reach wall to wall or floor to ceiling. After the dive we were talking and my buddy said, "Do you realize more people have been on the moon than in that cave? You and I are the only ones on earth to have ever been there!" I got chills. So many stories, so many memories. I leave it to the younger folk to pursue exploration now, happy watching the pretty fish in the ocean! Your channel is excellent. Love your professionalism and your genuine devotion to our environment. Class lady, you are a role model!

All divers are welcome :) (and non divers). I'm just excited for the chance to showcase the beauty of our oceans here in Australia to better help protect them. I hope I can still dive coral reefs when I'm 60!

Welcome to my little corner of KZfaq! Think humour is certainly the best way to survive on the internet. (And probably in life).

The diving community is pretty small!

Thanks for your kind words. The clips were from 2018 in the Bahamas in rental gear. Since I was so far off the bottom and any coral, I let it be attached by my waist strap like I usually do. It must have been a longer hose than I'm used to! Haha

Thank you for your kind words!

Yeah, definitely heard that one before. Haha

Thanks! Your kind words really mean a lot

Have a good day at work! I have heaps of tips for New Divers and dive pros as well :)

Haha welcome! I was so excited to see they were going to review one of my videos, that I made sure to record my first reaction.

As women (and especially in the dive industry) we've been very much conditioned to laugh it off. Every boat trip, there's at least one person making these jokes. So I am very used to it and don't necessarily get offended. Think it is important to try continue changing the narrative. It is 2024, and we can move on from objectifying women or making the same jokes... What are your thoughts?

​@@OceanPancake Ok, understood, and I definitely agree with you. Good that you speak out about it, because the "laugh if off" response can be misinterpreted as that initial behavior was ok. It's not ok.

@generaliserad yes I understand that and especially after thinking about it more, thought it was important to explain rather than just let the ingrained defence mechanism be what other young women see as "appropriate response"

Very understandable to laugh it off as a coping mechanism. Been an offshore firefighter for 15 years, and our code have been to never ever sexualize. So therefore i find this important to point out,. Have integrity, and teach integrity.

@@generaliserad thank you!

Definitely not against the idea

Hahaha that would be crazy! One day I hope to be able to time my travel for a meet up. But there's just so much to see in our world!

Australia has so many amazing dive spots!

The attitude we always have a lot to learn is really healthy and allows for so much growth! Personally and professionally :)

I'm glad I was able to be part of your dive journey!

Good luck, mate. I’m Aussie, too, and certified around 30 years ago. I’m nowhere near so experienced & skilled a diver as @oceanpancake nor Woody & Gus - a dilettante with maybe a thousand or two dives in my time. I’ve not dived since covid :(. I assume you’re comparatively young, and want to encourage you to stick at it, learn more skills, and get as much joy as I have from recreational relaxed diving. A GBR liveaboard to the outer reef (travel north from Cairns to Lizard Island, not the other way) is an incredibly beautiful experience and very accessible. The Rowley Shoals off Broome is comparable, though more expensive. Stay humble & safe in what you do, and have fun. You’ve some amazing times in front of you.

@@jmcplaw cheers mate. I’m actually a late starter at 46 but better late then never eh👍

Its never too late to be a diver. When in Australia do you dive? My favourite has been off Brisbane where loads of megafauna live. But now I'm in warm tropical North Qld

@@OceanPancake South Solitary Island marine park off Coffs Harbour. But I really want to dive Fish Rock off South West Rocks Mid Nth NSW coast

Thanks so much! Let me know if there's any areas you're interested in

Thank you for being here!! I'm obsessed with your channel name!

Thanks! It was chosen carefully :). I hope to adventure to the GBR in the next few yearx.

You're a very lucky diver! I wish I didn't have to have all that extra bulk, weights and effort of gearing up. Not to mention long drying times and that wetsuits are big suitcase space takers.

I worked mostly in the Red Sea, no thermoclines there, I used a 2.5mm shortie in summer to a 5mm full length in winter. temps ranged from 18c in winter to 31c in summer.

It really depends on the person. I used to wear just a shorty. Now that I'm older and a better diver, I move much less (like Katt mentioned) and get colder so I wear a 5mm wetsuit plus a Thermocline hooded vest in the tropics (28-29 C water). When cave diving in Mexico I often make 3 hour dives in 24 C water and that wetsuit is not enough so I use a drysuit. With the added benefit that it allows me to fine tune my trim, have backup buoyancy in case my BCD rips and it has a P-valve installed :D

I agree with @Yggrasil42. Really depends on the person. In my dive club in Germany we have every type. People going into the lake in summer (20-25°C at the upper part of the lake) with their dry suit and people like me going for a 40min dive in December (8-9°C) with a wet suit (7mm) and a shorty on top. I find that having done cardio exercises some hours before diving really helps me to stay warm.

It's absolutely wild to me that little KZfaq videos can have so much impact on people's lives. I'm thrilled we get to introduce people to the beauty of our seas

@@OceanPancake Me too! Can't wait to get out and see more in the ocean. Thanks for the great info you provide in your videos!

Really hope to be able to elevate peoples learning and teaching experience. All instructors have a lot to learn too!

Amazing! Do many courses in such a short time? What was your favourite?

@@OceanPancakedefinitely my drysuit course. Purely because here in the UK cold waters it will extend my season by miles. Nd the training was in an quarry with lots of sunken things to explore

Thank you!! Where were most of your dives?

@@OceanPancake I’ve dove in Hawaii, and Mexico (Yucatán peninsula) , but most are Lake Michigan, and quarry’s in and around Illinois, Ohio . And different spring fed lakes .

Yeah I struggle with the appropriate "drawing a line in the sand" with what's too sideways. I do think they have so many great videos and share some really informative stuff!

The internet is somehow a small place?

@@OceanPancake It is on the KZfaq algorithm sometimes unfortunately X_X! Never heard of your channel just divetalk then YT recommended me some channel that does chat gpt cave diving disastes content so honestly makes me happy when content creators interact with each other to be their own source of putting stuff out there!

cave diving disasters*

Hope you do join the underwater world! I do have heaps on non directly scuba diving content for any ocean lover. Welcome!

I'm so glad you came over here to say hello. We have a great community of newbie to experienced divers :)

Thanks!! Welcome to this little corner of the internet

Yay! Thank you

You're welcome!!

I've met a couple people with the phobia. Have you faced it much? What's your strategy??

I just got too excited and had to watch it!

Me too!

Thank you and welcome!

Thanks so much! Where did you learn to dive?

Florida !!! Ocean and Cave Country!!!

I always appreciate constructive criticism. It's important we share the best information for divers and their safety.

Thanks and welcome!

Maybe.....

Think we could definitely share some epic stories and I'm certain I'd learn so much!

Thank you! Welcome to my little corner of youtube

Welcome to my little scuba diving and Ocean vibes channel!

@@OceanPancake thanks! I really like your way of explaining things! I look forward to checking out your pst and future videos!

Thank you! Have lots of tips for New Divers, info about Padi and tips for Dive Professionals. (Also a focus on marine conservation)

Thank you so much! I never even considered that being a possibility

Thank you so much for your comment. I really find diving has so many nuances and I hope to help people really get the best experience underwater for themselves (and to further promote ocean conservation)

It's a pretty incredible place for scuba diving!

I don't think I could have handled that haha

I do appreciate other people calling it out. It would be nice to live in a world where everyone is held accountable for going making inappropriate comments. We're not quite there yet.

There are lots of ways to compliment someone without insinuating anything. It's Woody's shtick, but it's not necessary.

@@leemiller358 Yes, completely ignore reality. Learn to take compliments, the insinuation was the joke, the part that was suppose to make her feel good...he even said he was over 60 and balding, admitting there was NO CHANCE. Borderline ridiculous, almost mental. I was sorta hoping for some sort of collab, but after seeing these responses, Best bet would be to remove the video entirely since people are sooo soft.

Thank you!! What dive certification level are you now?

No longer certified. I was years ago, but if I got back into it, I'd probably do a full course again because so much has changed. @@OceanPancake

One day...

Tulum is a smidge far from Australia

The sea in Sweden looks pretty scary though. My confession is : I've never seen Jaws. I'm too afraid to open up that fear haha

Oh man, I know the lower back pain. I found consistent core strength exercise is the only thing that's kept me pain free

@@OceanPancake i should do stuff but guess im lazy.. if u know a good video to watch hlet me know.. i went to the doctor, all they said was, oh if youve had it for this long, its probably permanent... i never swam much before 4 years ago.. was kinda scared of being under water, i have asthma and allergies ie breathing problems.. in 4-5 months of going to the pool, i could swim underwater for the entire length of the pool - 25 metres.. then i hurt my back.. as for the video.. id probably need one that is for old people and non sporty people... for example 10 years ago i ripped ligaments in my knee, so i looked for videos to strengthen leg ligaments & muscles but most of them were these pro body builder super athlete type videos, so i found one with simple exercises for old people actually helped more.. not that im old just that i have weak knees..

Thank you!! So freaky

Whys that? I live in Australia :)

@@OceanPancake Your accent.

@@shanemulligan791 still live in Australia and have since 2012 :)

It would be cool to see some other takes on the "young female dive instructor teaching you things" though. As a woman in the dive industry, it's certainly an old joke. Haha

@@OceanPancake They actually had a diver on talking about the women in dive industry difficulties that they face, but it was about the 80s/90s when she first started learning. Maybe you can touch on your experiences as well with them to reiterate issues you're having or had in the past if you get a chance to do a chat with them in a video!

@@OceanPancake Is not a "young female dive instructor teaching you things" thing, is a "man jokes about pretty woman" thing. He does this all the time when other women are showcased in the video. Once he got to sit next to a woman on a flight and he joked about that saying it was a privilege and what not. Some time ago he saw the beautiful girlfriend of an influencer that was swimming and said similar things that those videos were cool or something like that incinuating stuff for fun. Is not something to make you feel less or targeting female instructors or divers persé, is a general thing that seems to be cute or silly or funny when he says it, because it is a universal thing that men like beautiful women. Everytime a pretty woman is showcased those jokes come up, regardless of profession or whatever. I think he is married and has a daughter and is extremely respectful and noble. He is just having healthy fun. At the end of the video he supported you and recommended your video. And of course I can understand it may be an old joke for you but for many in their audience is an old joke that we still enjoy and he makes those jokes in an inofensive way, compared to others that could make those jokes in a disgusting toxic way. You could even make inofensive jokes about them or about men in general and we would laugh as well. Actually as a men myself I would be super interested in seeing the feminine perspective of things like that because in my world that's not something prevalent or that I'm used to see.

@TheGoodContent37 I understand the context behind the joke and how it's a long running joke in terms of women. Also I am truly appreciative of all the positive comments I got in this video about my instructing. It would be amazing if that's what all of the positivity focused on. But as a woman, and as a female dive instructor, this is something we experience every day. Every boat trip we have at least one man making this joke. So while I understand it's not coming from a place of negative Intent. Just like a lot of people pointed out, it's a joke that doesn't need to be included.

@TheGoodContent37 also, in terms of it being an old joke to the audience that many people enjoy, that's fair! However as many other women and I experience this, it's just not as funny to us. Does that make sense? For that reason, while I was not necessarily offended as I'm quite used to these jokes, it was nice to see Gus and people in the comments calling it out :)

Yes, Nemo was a formative movie for many of us!

Yeah I got too excited and since there was two of them in the video I said divers haha

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I dont know, sometimes the internet is funny that way..

Very true! I need to make sure to include that if I ever do a follow up. Should have at least mentioned it in the steam lining section

Understanding the concept of neutral buoyancy and control is core to diving from day 1. There’s always so much to cover regarding diving that adding the concept of weighting would have taken away from the core concept, which you explained so clearly. As important as weighting is, it’s also academic. Awesome job.

@@walterbirriel7620 Good grief...