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Gil Zeimer is one of the most prominent and prolific figures in the small but thriving world of scuba journalism. A retired advertising copywriter and a certified diver since 1985, the 77-year-old San Rafael resident quickly found that the audience-hooking humor required for his main gig translated easily to writing about his dives in his […]
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These are two presentations given by Gil Zeimer, Scuba Storyteller, at Scuba Show Long Beach on May 30th and 31st, 2026. One focused on the history of Blue Friday, a global initiative that celebrates diving, not shopping, on what is traditional Black Friday. The other is a recap of how 40 years of dive logs […]
The fifth annual Blue Friday day of “Don’t Shop… Dive!”, launched in 2021 by Marin Scuba Club member Kenneth Carter, was our biggest and best one yet, with dozens of participants across four continents, including seven Green Fins Members.
I look forward to sharing my underwater adventures, equipment malfunctions, dives gone wrong, amazing moments, and much more contained in my “Scuba Storyteller” book of 65 diving anecdotes with the Long Island Network Divers on May 13th.
“Scuba Storyteller: How I Turned Four Decades of Dive Logs into a Book”. I’ve been a diver since 1985 and have published more than 300 scuba stories since 1994. Sixty-five of my favorites are in my book.
“Scuba Storyteller: How I Turned Four Decades of Dive Logs into a Book”. I’ve been a diver since 1985 and have published more than 300 scuba stories since 1994. Sixty-five of my favorites are in my book; more than half were written from logbook notes, while others are about the diving industry. I strive to […]
My dive buddy prefers warm water. So do I. Every evening around 8 p.m., we gather our gear, approach the dive site and take the plunge.
Eric Douglas may not believe in reincarnation, but he’s led ten fascinating, overlapping lives. To put his career in perspective, some divers are photographers. A few are columnists or journalists. Fewer yet write novels. More are producing podcasts or documentaries. This 58-year-old has harnessed his insatiable appetite for diving to educate his followers across multiple […]
I dive because it’s beautiful. I dive because it’s powerful. I dive because it’s wonderful. I dive because it’s colorful.
In 1987, I made a killing on Disney stock options, decided to book my first liveaboard, and vowed to wear a Mickey Mouse T-shirt every day of the trip in Belize. But now, when I look back from 2025 with 20/20 hindsight, I must have been out of my mind. With only 10 dives under […]
My first trip to Southern California’s Channel Islands National Park and Marine Sanctuary in 1987 to dive among the kelp forests was going to be spectacular. But all I could think about was my hemorrhoids. I’d already whet my appetite for this type of cold water diving thanks to several trips to the amazing Monterey […]
When our daughter was eight, we flew from cold, foggy California to the hot, sunny, Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba for a vacation. This was her first underwater experience.
AquaTutus Dive Club, Wednesday, May 1, 2025 via Zoom. Title: “Blogging About Bubbles” Subtitle: “How to Get Published or Document Your Trips –– A 13-Step, Real-Time Workshop” by Gil Zeimer Read my Aqua Tutus Presentation (PDF) To put your name on the list to buy my upcoming book of short scuba stories, email gil@zeimer.com with […]
I enjoyed a charmed advertising career and was lucky enough to work with many celebrities along the way. They include Joan Baez and then San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein; ventriloquist Paul Winchell; Pernell Roberts from Bonanza and Trapper John, M.D. fame; Country Joe MacDonald; Henny Youngman; Sally Kellerman; Don Pardo from Saturday Night Live; and […]
After a few delays at the train station, we left London and arrived at our Paris hotel by early afternoon. The Hotel Pas de Calais is just off Boulevard Saint Germaine, around the corner from Ralph Lauren and Yves Saint Laurant, in the 6th Arrondissement. It was a week c’est magnifique!
Revenge, gazpacho, and beef tartare are best served cold. A holiday visit to London and Paris should not be, but an Arctic blast has sent Western Europe temperatures dipping to its lowest temperatures in a decade as we arrived about Noon on December 9. Thanks to our phones’ weather apps, we came dressed for 30s […]
The Nerds Who Brought The Nazis to Their Knees More than 80 years ago, the world was at war. On the ground in Europe, the Nazis’ Third Reich had invaded and controlled most of the continent, while unmercifully bombing London during “The Blitz” in the hopes of surrender. On the seas, Nazi U-2 submarines were […]
I have the good fortune of being born 32 minutes after my twin brother, David, at Mt. Zion Hospital. We’re third-generation San Franciscans. The funny thing is, our Mom didn’t even know she was having two babies because she’d only gained 18 pounds. Her obstetrician kept telling her, “Small baby, lot of water.” But when […]
I’m leaving next April 10th for a trip that’s been on my bucket list for decades –– to the pristine Western Pacific paradise known as Palau. We have four spots left as of today. Contact me if you’re interested.
This story appeared on pages 15 and 16 of Scuba Diving Industry Magazine’s June 2024 issue. SDIM is the ONLY monthly dive trade publication. It’s printed and mailed to every dive shop in the USA (all 888 of them) and has a global digital circulation of over 14,400 in 165 countries.
At Scuba Show 2024 in the Los Angeles Convention Center, I presented this seminar: “The 12 Most Common Diving Injuries –– And How to Prevent Them”. I’ve actucally experienced 11 of these, but that’s not unusual for any diver. After all, one of my dive buddies once explained, “Once you’ve done about 100 dives, anything […]