Ep. 1193: SCUBA for Preservation Around the World with Andi Cross
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
SCUBA diving, technical diving, ocean conservation: Learning to dive BEFORE learning to swim!
Andi Cross is a technical diver and scuba instructor who has traveled to over 50 countries in the last three years. Andi shares her unique journey from a corporate marketing career in New York to becoming a passionate scuba diver and conservationist. She discusses her experiences learning to swim at 30, the differences between open water and technical diving, and her work with Edges of Earth, a consulting business focused on marine conservation and storytelling. The conversation highlights the importance of connecting people to the ocean and inspiring them to explore and protect marine ecosystems.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Adventure Sports Podcast. |
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| 1:08.4 | you because there are thousands of you out there who also are taking the time to listen and thank you very very much your what make this show possible now let's jump into this episode on scuba diving for preservation all over the world this is going to be a really fun episode. |
| 1:28.6 | I can already tell. |
| 1:29.9 | I am so excited to learn more about Andy Cross. |
| 1:35.1 | Andy Cross is a technical diver, a scuba instructor, |
| 1:39.1 | but she also does expeditions around the world. |
| 1:42.8 | And in the last, I believe, three years, she's been to over |
| 1:45.0 | 50 countries. She's documenting remote ecosystems and learning about them so that we can |
| 1:52.9 | better understand them and protect them. Andy, welcome to the program. Thank you so much. |
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