Jay Gardner
Appears in 108 Episodes
Rescues and Emergencies | S3E09
In this conversation, Jay and Sarah discuss the importance of being prepared for emergencies in diving. They talk about the significance of rescue training and the goa...
Surface Interval #3 - A Day In The Life with Jay & Sarah in San Diego, CA.
In today's short Surface Interval episode, Jay and Sarah share a few minutes of their day as they enjoyed a shore dive at La Jolla Shores in San Diego, CA.Recorded aft...
Diving From Your Vehicle - Prepping Your Car or Truck to be Your Mobile Scuba Platform | S3E08
In this conversation, Jay and Sarah discuss the topic of diving from vehicles. Sarah shares a funny story about her van breaking down on the freeway and the importance...
Being Physically Ready To Dive - Diver Health and Nutrition | S3E07
In this episode, Jay and Sarah discuss the importance of nutrition and hydration in diving. They share their personal experiences of not properly fueling their bodies ...
An Off the Cuff Discussion About Cave Diving | S3E06
In this conversation, Jay and Sarah discuss their experiences about cave diving. They discuss their different preferences and experiences. Sarah shares her motivatio...
Diving With "New To You" Divers | S3E5
The conversation revolves around the topic of diving with new people and the challenges and considerations that come with it. Both Jay and Sarah share their experience...
Tips On How To Prepare For A New Dive Season | S3E04
In this episode, Jay and Sarah discuss getting back into diving after a surface interval. They cover topics such as preparing and servicing gear, buying gear and prior...
Meet the hosts of The Dive Table at La Jolla Shores in San Diego, CA on April 7, 2024
Meet Jay and Sarah, the hosts of The Dive Table on April 7th, at La Jolla Shores in San Diego! Bring your gear and go diving with your favorite scuba podcast hosts.
Sarah's Introduction to Scuba Diving
Sarah grew up in California with a legitimate fear of sharks, but still found the ocean "pretty cool." A snorkeling swim in Hawaii started her interest but she wasn't...
Is Technical Diving for You? | S3E03
In this episode, Jay and Sarah discuss their journeys into tech and cave diving. They share their experiences and the challenges they faced along the way. They also di...
The Dive Table Presents: A Surface Interval Conversation with Sarah Miller and PADI Instructor, Camila Quinones
Sarah sits down with long time friend and PADI Instructor (currently not teaching), Camila Quiñones to talk about their scuba diving experiences together in Mexico.
The Path to Becoming a Scuba Professional | S3E02
In this episode, Jay and Sarah discuss their journeys into professional level courses. Jay shares his journey to becoming a professional instructor, including the chal...
The Dive Table Presents: A Surface Interval Conversation with Sarah Miller and PADI Course Director, Aitor Diaz
Sarah sits down with PADI Course Director, Aitor Diaz to discuss how they met, how they started a dive shop in Komodo and what they did after COVID said, "Nah," to tha...
Is Scuba Diving Still Special? | S3E01
Welcome to Season 3 of The Dive Table Podcast, introducing Sarah Miller from Azul Unlimited!As per tradition, the inaugural episode of each season brings up the questi...
Essentials of Recreational Diving (UTD) with Students, Steve and Paul
After taking their Essentials of Recreational Diving course (UTD), "Hosts" Steven and Paul sit down with their "Guest," instructor Jay, to discuss what they thought ab...
UTD Scuba Diving Podcast (Crossover) - Introducing Jay Gardner, Director of Development for UTD | S2E19
This episode is a crossover episode of the UTD Scuba Diving Podcast. We are sharing their podcast because they are officially announcing that Jay Gardner is their new...
The Reef of Horrors, Vol. 2 with Jack Der
This year, Jay is joined for The Reef of Horrors, Vol. 2 by friend of the show, Jack Der. Jack is a CA native and regular dive buddy with Jay. While they don't share...
Designing Scuba Training for Adults with Ben Bos | S2E18
Jay sits down with the Training Director of United Team Diving (UTD) Ben Bos to discuss the designing of scuba training for adults and designing a scuba training curri...
Applying Human Factors in Scuba Diving with Gareth Lock | S2E17
Gareth Lock sits down with Jay to discuss all things, 'Human Factors.'Gareth Lock is a retired senior officer in the RAF, having spent 25 years flying Hercules transpo...
The Good, The Bad, The Resolution; A Path to Becoming a Scuba Diving Instructor with Kevin "Heat" Wood | S2E16
Jay sits down again with Kevin "Heat" Wood to discuss their personal journey's in becoming UTD instructors.Kevin was born in Olney, MD and graduated from Virginia Tech...
How To Compare Scuba Diving Instruction vs. Pilot Instruction with UTD Instructor and B-52 Pilot Kevin Wood | S2E15
Jay sits down with UTD Instructor and B52 pilot trainer, Kevin Wood, to discuss the similarities and differences when it comes to training these two fields. Is traini...
Ecotourism Defined by The United Nations World Trade Organization (UNWTO) with Greg Wolf | S2E14
The United Nations World Trade Organization (UNWTO) defines 'Ecotourism' with 5 characteristics. Jay sits down with Greg Wolf for his third and final episode to discu...
From Lost Open Water Student to Overhead Protocols, Cave 1, 2 and Beyond| S2E13
Daniel sits down with Jay to discuss his latest scuba training, 'Overhead Protocols,' before he officially ventures into cave diving training and beyond.
Desert Island Dives: Underwater Archeology Edition with Greg Wolf | S2E12
Jay and Greg continue their conversation about underwater archeology but this time they each give up their top three sites that they would like to explore... ...and o...
Megalodon Tooth vs A Coke Bottle...The Gray Area Between Treasure Hunting and Archeology | S2E11
We've all seen things that we wanted to pick up while scuba diving. Most of it was trash and we picked it up (I hope!) in order to remove it from the ecosystem, (Perso...
Full Episode - Underwater Archeology with Greg Wolf | S2E11
Greg Wolf joins Jay at The Dive Table to discuss Underwater Archeology. This latest dive into scuba work comes after among other things, volunteering as a Public Safet...
Archeological Story: The Dutch Trading Ship And An Archeologist vs. Treasure Hunter | S2E11
Jay recalls a story of financial trading on the high seas and the discussion turns to the topic of when is someone an archeologist or just a treasure hunter? Does it b...