John shares how Hudson Valley Commercial Diving is helping students move from recreational scuba into commercial diving through hands-on training on the Hudson River in Newburgh, New York. The conversation covers the pathway from mask-and-tank diving to surface-supplied commercial diving, including hard hats, umbilical lines, underwater communication, and real-world job opportunities in marine contracting, salvage, oil fields, unions, and other commercial diving sectors.

🕐Timestamps:

0:00 Welcome from Scuba Show, Long Beach

0:37 Meet John Antinori of Hudson Valley Commercial Diving

0:48 Training on the Hudson River in Newburgh, New York

1:00 Moving from recreational scuba to commercial diving

1:28 From mask and tank to hard hat and hose

1:47 Commercial diving job opportunities

2:25 Closing r ...