Hal Watts, world record deep diver and legendary technical instructor
Hal Watts (aka Mr. Scuba) is the founder of The Professional Scuba Association International (PSAI). His first experience with SCUBA was in 1955. He pioneered many areas of extreme diving and technical diving. In fact he set a World Record Deep Air Dive to 119 meters (390′), and Hal holds the World Record Deep Air Cave Dive at 127 m (415 feet). He has trained six other world record deep air divers, including his daughter Scarlett Watts, who in 1999 established a new Woman’s World Record Deep Air Dive to 129 m (425 feet).
In 1996 Hal won the prestigious Diver of The Year Award for Education, presented by Beneath the Sea organization of NY. Hal was a Co-Founder of NACD And has been an Extended Range Instructor Trainer for PSA, IANTD, NASE, NAUI, PDIC and TDI. He is qualified to teach Deep Air, Nitrox, Extended Range Nitrox, Trimix, Rebreathers, Full Face Mask, Dry suit, Cave, Cavern, Diver Propulsion Vehicles, and Wreck Penetration. Hal is one of the diving industry’s foremost authorities on deep diving and he has written over 15 manual in dive education.
Items In This Podcast
- Clorox bottles for BCD
- Pioneering deep diving
- Beating narcosis
- Early nitrox days
- Cave-in on a cave dive
- First dives in 40 Fathom Grotto
- First rebreather training
- Professional Scuba Association International
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