Scubaverse Jane Herbert

In this exclusive Zoom interview, Jeff Goodman, Scubaverse Editor-at-Large, chats to Anca Vaida - Doctor (Consultant Psychiatrist), award winning Actor, Director, Writer, Producer and Scuba Diver, about her love of diving.

Anca is a Romanian Actor, Director, Writer and Producer, who trained at East 15 Acting school, London. She has won seven acting awards at a variety of international film festivals for playing the role of Dr Alex Ionescu in the TV series 'Psyched!', which she also wrote, directed and produced.

Some of Anca’s most notable projects include Crossing Continents on BBC radio, the film Can We Order First? which premiered at the Berlin Short Film Festival, the play Sorry, My Compassion is on the Blink at the Pleasance Theatre, London, and the play Fine and Dandy at the King’s Head Theatre.

A keen diver, Anca got her PADI Open Water Certification in 2012 and has gone on to dive in Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada and Dahab in Egypt, as well as in Lefkada in Greece, The Cape Verde Islands and Miami, USA.

In her spare time, when not diving, Anca is also a Doctor (Consultant Psychiatrist) with 13 years' experience in the NHS.

Find out more about Anca at: https://www.spotlight.com/5491-3425-9331

In this exclusive Zoom interview, Jeff Goodman, Scubaverse Editor-at-Large, chats to Paul Cox, CEO of the Shark Trust UK about the Big Shark Pledge.

The Big Shark Pledge aims to build one of the biggest campaigning communities in the history of shark conservation. To put pressure on governments and fisheries. And make the positive changes required to safeguard awesome sharks and rays.

Find out more at: www.bigsharkpledge.org and www.sharktrust.org.

In this exclusive Zoom interview, Jeff Goodman, Scubaverse Editor-at-Large, chats to Craig Waller, Underwater Lighting Technician on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Craig is a Key Grip and Lighting Director with 10,000s of hours of Set Experience.

In Craig's own words:

I started my career when I was in my first year of college.  I always had that creative side of the brain that needed to be followed as a career.  I thought that would be in designing engineering pieces but wasn’t happy about the idea of an office cubicle and drafting table.

I accidentally found my way onto a big commercial job for a week and decided “THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO”.   I made it my career after that. This is a quick list of recent and big projects in my 35 yrs of TV / Film / Photography.

Most Recently:


“Black Panther 2” - UW Lighting Technician / 2nd Unit Underwater Team
“Stranger Things” Season 4 - UW Lighting Technician / 2nd Unit Underwater Team
“Suicide Squad 2” - UW Gaffer / 2nd Unit Underwater Team
NASCAR / FOX Sports 1 - Network TV Lighting Director - 7 years / 700 races of Live BIG track TV shows
10,000s of commercials / music videos / tv shows

I started diving when I was 18 years old with my OW and then AOW with PADI. I was diving with lots of friends in the late 80s and early 90s and then moved onto Kayaking. I got my daughter into diving when she turned 14 and have picked up where I left off.

I have approx 5000 dives now and spend most of my free time diving.

Here are my certs:


OW - AOW 1989
Adv Nitrox / Deco 2020
Cavern - Intro Cave 2021
CCR Tech - Fathom - 2021

You can find out more at www.craigwaller.com

In this exclusive Zoom interview, Jeff Goodman, Scubaverse Editor-at-Large, chats to Margo Peyton, President / CEO of Kids Sea Camp Inc. & Family Dive Adventures.

Margo is also a Member of the Women Divers Hall of Fame, a SCUBAPRO Deep Elite, PADI Ambassadiver and PADI Elite MSDT instructor. She has been awarded The PADI Lifetime Achievement, PADI Award of Excellence in training and education, Beneath The Sea Diver of the Year, and the DEMA Hall Of Fame/ Reaching Out Award. Margo is a Wyland Icon nominee, SSI Platnum Pro Diver, a Lifetime member of the Historical Diving Society, The Family Travel Associations Person Of The Year, and a recipient of The Legends of The Sea Award.

Margo has contributed to over 7,600 certified youths and zero dive accidents. A leader, pioneer, and inspiration to her peers, she has dedicated her life to children and diving. Margo is a passionate ocean advocate who promotes education, training and travels in every part of her life. Margo is also the founder of Ocean Wishes, a charity designed to protect, preserve and educate, through training grants, donations, and conservation. Margo is a writer and contributor to many dive magazines. She is an expert consultant with regard to children and diving and has been published in Diver Magazine, Scuba Diving Magazine, Dive Training, Diver Alert Magazine, Sport Diver Magazine, Working Mothers Magazine, USA Today, The Sun Sentinal, The State, Departures Magazine, The Undersea Journal, Ocean Realm, Scuba Diver Magazine, and others.

Find out more at: www.familydivers.com/kids-sea-camp/

In this exclusive two-part Zoom interview, Dove Joans - author, artist, creative conservationist, host, storyteller and explorer - interviews Jeff Goodman - multiple award winning, freelance TV cameraman/film maker, author and Editor-at-Large for Scubaverse - about his life filming and interactions with wildlife.

Having made both terrestrial and marine films, it is the world's oceans and their conservation that hold Jeff's passion with over 10,000 dives in his career. Having filmed for international television companies around the world and author of two books on underwater filming, Jeff is Author/Programme Specialist for the 'Underwater Action Camera' course for RAID.

Jeff has experienced the rapid advances in technology for diving as well as camera equipment and has also experienced much of our planet’s marine life. He has witnessed, first hand, many of the changes that have occurred to the wildlife and environment during that time.

Jeff runs bespoke underwater video and editing workshops for the complete beginner up to the budding professional.

Find out more at www.jeffgoodman.co.uk

In this exclusive two-part Zoom interview, Dove Joans - author, artist, creative conservationist, host, storyteller and explorer - interviews Jeff Goodman - multiple award winning, freelance TV cameraman/film maker, author and Editor-at-Large for Scubaverse - about his life filming and interactions with wildlife.

Having made both terrestrial and marine films, it is the world's oceans and their conservation that hold Jeff's passion with over 10,000 dives in his career. Having filmed for international television companies around the world and author of two books on underwater filming, Jeff is Author/Programme Specialist for the 'Underwater Action Camera' course for RAID.

Jeff has experienced the rapid advances in technology for diving as well as camera equipment and has also experienced much of our planet’s marine life. He has witnessed, first hand, many of the changes that have occurred to the wildlife and environment during that time.

Jeff runs bespoke underwater video and editing workshops for the complete beginner up to the budding professional.

Find out more at www.jeffgoodman.co.uk