The Cayman Islands International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame (Watch Video)

Published 6 years agoon October 14, 2019

I recently had the great pleasure of being invited to the 2019 Cayman Islands International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame awards and dinner evening where new inductees collected their well deserved acclamation held at the Margaritaville Beach Resort.

Every year the Cayman Islands holds this International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame where it welcomes new inductees to its world famous list of scuba diving heroes and legends. The event was established in 2000 by the Cayman Ministry of Tourism to celebrate those who have significantly contributed to the world of scuba diving in a positive and innovative way.

It was a busy evening with speeches, awards, good food and wine. There were four new inductees this year and they were Jonathan Bird, Lee Selisky, Dr. Adel Mohamed Taher and Hussain ‘Sendi’ Rasheed. You can read more about them here.

I did get to talk with Jonathan Bird in a short video interview and asked him what this honour meant to him. Jonathan is an underwater cinematographer and created Jonathan Bird’s Blue World, an educational family-friendly underwater science/adventure series.

Watch the video here:

Jeff Goodman

Jeff is a multiple award winning, freelance TV cameraman/film maker and author. Having made both terrestrial and marine films, it is the world's oceans and their conservation that hold his 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 the RAID training agency. 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, witnessing, 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.