Public Safety Diving

2025 Public Safety Divers Conference

Friday, March 28th 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Meadowlands Exposition Center

Beneath the Sea is presenting a comprehensive 7-hour symposium designed specifically for the Public Safety Dive community. This event will explore, educate, and engage current public safety diving practitioners through a combination of best practices and networking opportunities within the industry. Whether you are new to public safety diving or a seasoned professional, you will gain valuable insights that will reshape your perspective on this vital field.

The program features a series of presentations by nationally and internationally recognized frontline public safety diving professionals.Don’t miss this unique opportunity to have your questions about public safety diving answered firsthand!

What To Do When Things Do Not Go as Planned
(Sometimes you need not only plans A & B, but plan C as well)

Scheduled presenters include:

• Josh Whitney & Tyler Hunter - Marshals from Oklahoma Cherokee Nation
  6 hour recovery of boy in contaminated well (only 12 feet deep)
• Skeeter Porter - Maryland side scan sonar expert
  What to do when it doesn’t work (recovered 75 bodies)
• Walt "Butch" Hendrick - Life Guard Systems
  79 minutes of bad decisions
• Andrea Zaferes & Joe Steyer - Ulster County Sheriff’s Office Water Rescue Team
  How to Take It to The Next Step When Everything Says It’s Not An Accidental Drowning
• Representatives from Dive Rescue International
• Representatives from New York State Water Operations

Lunch will be provided by Beneath the Sea.