January 2017 - Art & Culture
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and Speedie will celebrate their own 25th anniversary next year.
With more time on his hands, Bress co-founded the Toronto Rainbow Reef Rangers scuba club and co-hosts an annual diving excursion under the moniker, BCDs Scuba Week: Bears, Cubs and Daddies. Their next event will be in Little Cayman in April of 2017.
There are still things that Bress wants to accomplish in scuba diving such as locations not yet visited. On his list are Palau, Maldives, the Red Sea and the Wrecks of Chirk Lagoon. His focus on the types of diving trips he goes on will change going forward.
“I have been on dives where if you hear a bell and you are wet, it’s time to eat,” he says, “if you hear a bell and you are dry, it’s time to dive.”
Going forward he wants to focus more on adventure diving and exotic locales. Respect for the ocean is also high on his list as he has seen the decline in ocean health during his diving career. He says that people have been banned from his trips for not showing enough respect for marine life and other divers. A recent trip to the South Pacific has left him with a new wonderland to explore.
“Little Cayman has always been my favorite, but the South Pacific was a beautiful experience. The underwater visuals were heavenly to look at and I saw entirely different creatures such as mantis shrimp and various turtles.” Bress says. “I am looking forward to getting a reef hook in Palau and just hanging there.”
For David Bress, diving is for life.