SpearFactor Spearfishing Podcast
Bret Whitman
4.8from 45 ratings
- 85
- Episodes
- 5
- Transcribed
- 45
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 310K
- YouTube views
About SpearFactor Spearfishing Podcast
The SpearFactor Spearfishing Podcast brings you spearfishermen and watermen from around the world to share their experiences in the ocean in order to help us all become better divers and stewards of the ocean. The experts that Bret Whitman has on the show covers all facets of a life based around the ocean. These areas include surfing, freediving, boating, gear manufacturing, fitness training, and cooking. The goal of having this diversity is to help you become a more educate and complete spearfishing ambassador. Find out more at www.spearfactor.com
- Publisher
- Bret Whitman
- Category
- health & fitness · leisure · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Aug 2019
- Latest episode
- 2 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
5 of 85 episodes have a transcript.
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Spearfactor #84: Ian Higgins, Vision Expeditions
22 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Spearfactor #83: Max Mossler, Freediver & Scientist
13 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Spearfactor #82: Matt Bond, All Waters & the MPA Process
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Spearfactor #84: Ian Higgins, Vision Expeditions
Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And then if you compare, say, like you go to Avalon to do your open water course, you dive to the Casino Point or something like that, The cost of a hotel a night, I don't even know. It's not cheap in Avalon to get a hotel. Then you've got food. Then you have cost of dive equipment, and then you're only going to be diving in that one spot. Ultimately, at the end of it, if you look at accommodation, transportation, food, it's a cheaper daily cost to come out on a live-o-board dive boat. The price has definitely increased. I understand that. People are used to unrealistic rates, but that's a conversation that I've definitely been having with the owners and the past owners and the builder of this boat is how come the dive community seems like it's kind of dwindling. […]
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- Ian Higgins
- Max Mossler
- Matt Bond
- Dr Ray Hilborn
- GR Tarr
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 309,652
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 29 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 16 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 69 / 100
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- Quality
- 67
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 90
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