Faith Ortins – Legendary Underwater Explorer
Hey everyone welcome to another episode of the League of Extraordinary Divers. It’s great to have you here today.
Today we have an absolutely remarkable guest. Today I have a fun interview with diving legend Faith Ortins.
Faith has spent most of her adult life in the ocean. Starting as a
scientific diver and volunteering for public safety diving operations in the
1980’s, Faith became a technical diver and divemaster and has thousands of
dives over her 42 year diving career.
She worked with DUI to develop some of the first women’s drysuits while still a dive store owner in the early 90’s. As VP of sales for DUI, she created the DUI DEMOTOUR, which promoted local diving while allowing divers to test dive DUI products, and the DIVEOPS program which promotes education about the risks of diving in contaminated water.
She has led expeditions around the world- many to the most remote places on Earth including multiple expeditions to both poles. Recently, she co-founded Blue Green Expeditions and now runs expeditions full time as she continues to share her passion for diving with divers from around the world. A frequent presenter at dive shows and conferences, she is a 2010 inductee into the Women Divers Hall of Fame and a member of the Boston Sea Rovers.
Items In This Podcast
- First scuba class in Massachusetts 1979
- Public safety diving
- Teaching underprivileged youth to dive
- Diving both poles
- Finding a 200 year old cannon while diving
- Stellar Sea Lions, Wolf Eels, Leopard Seals and Giant Pacific Octopus
- Blue Green Expeditions
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