Scuba industry trends 2026 take center stage in this special holiday edition of Level Up, the official podcast of Scuba Diving Industry Magazine. This episode delivers the latest scuba industry trends 2026 across retail, travel, safety, training, and evolving industry data. Hosted by ScubaRadio’s Greg The Divemaster with publisher William “Willie” Cline, this fast-moving roundtable features every major contributor from the December issue.

🕐 Timestamps:

00:00 Intro – Holiday special & November cover / Margo birthday

01:51 Britain Cline – Advertiser thanks & DEMA recap

03:24 Dan Orr (“Santa Dan”) – Incidents vs accidents

06:59 Margo Peyton – Safely teaching kids & youth ratios

11:38 Dr. Jeff Bozanic – Antarctica citizen science & Shag Rocks

19:15 David Prichard & Lily Mak – Dive travel planning checklist

24:19 Gil Zeimer – “To Pee or Not To Pee” in your wetsuit

28:24 Barry Lipsky – Liveaboard fire & vessel-incident survival

37:02 Gretchen Ashton – Fitness wearables & dive computers

41:16 Carlos Lander – Corn Islands, Nicaragua & getting there

45:25 Dr. Alex Brylske – Why the scuba industry needs better data

50:28 Coming next issue – Regulators, wrecks, SOPs & 50 years of retail

54:34 Holiday wrap-up – “Stay off the naughty list” & Happy Blue Year

56:12 BONUS – DEMA 2025 floor interview with Barry Lipsky (LIDA)

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