{"id":768,"count":4,"description":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Dive Industry Analysis<\/h1>\r\nDive industry analysis by a 20-year professional diving instructor and former RAF officer. This series of articles aims to deliver critical assessments of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to those who teach and run businesses in the scuba dive industry.\r\n\r\n[wp_sitemap_page only=\"dive-industry-analysis\"]\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Disclosure<\/strong>\u00a0<em><a class=\"vglnk\" href=\"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">scubatechphilippines.com<\/a>\u00a0is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program; I may earn commission from qualifying purchases made through affiliate advertising links included in articles on this blog.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em>I only endorse and recommend products that I have used myself, or know to be highly recommended by expert diving peers. There is no additional cost to you from purchasing through affiliate links on this site.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-5561\" title=\"andy davis technical diving philippines\" src=\"http:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Cartoon-Andy-900x900-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"andy davis technical diving philippines\" width=\"131\" height=\"180\" \/>\r\n\r\nAndy Davis is a RAID, PADI TecRec, ANDI, BSAC, and SSI-qualified independent technical diving instructor who specializes in teaching advanced sidemount, trimix, and wreck exploration diving courses across South East Asia.\u00a0 Currently residing in \u2018wreck diving heaven\u2019 at Subic Bay, Philippines, he has amassed more than 9000 open-circuit and CCR dives over 27 years of diving across the globe.\r\n\r\nAndy has published many magazine articles on technical diving, has written course materials for dive training agency syllabus, tests and reviews diving gear for major manufacturers, and consults with the Philippines Underwater Archaeology Society.\r\n\r\nHe is currently writing a series of books to be published on advanced diving topics.\u00a0 Prior to becoming a professional technical diving educator in 2006, Andy was a commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force and has served in Iraq, Afghanistan, Belize, and Cyprus.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buymeacoffee.com\/andydavistech\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/img.buymeacoffee.com\/button-api\/?text=Buy me a coffee&amp;emoji=&amp;slug=andydavistech&amp;button_colour=FFDD00&amp;font_colour=000000&amp;font_family=Cookie&amp;outline_colour=000000&amp;coffee_colour=ffffff\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5467\" title=\"Andy Davis technical diving subic bay philippines\" src=\"http:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FB_IMG_1550429037896-2.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Davis technical diving subic bay philippines\" width=\"640\" height=\"437\" \/>","link":"https:\/\/scubatechphilippines.com\/scuba_blog\/category\/dive-industry-analysis\/","name":"Dive Industry Analysis","slug":"dive-industry-analysis","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dive Industry Analysis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These dive industry analysis articles aim to deliver a critical assessment of the scuba training industry. 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