Rising Tide: The Ocean Podcast

Rising Tide: The Ocean Podcast


Blue News and Great Diving with Rep. Huffman & Tiani Dun

May 19, 2025

Our latest episode of Rising Tide the Ocean Podcast ranges from Palau in the central Pacific to Washington D.C. After a short Blue News update with Congressman Jared Huffman in his DC office we go to the shark enhanced – not infested - waters of Palau where Blue Frontier's David Helvarg interviews Tiani Dun an underwater photographer who also organizes dive charters, part of the multi-billion-dollar global scuba diving industry.


Co-Owner of Dive and More, a company that focuses its dive trips around underwater photography and more recently, marine conservation, Tiani’s also a marine biologist, surfer and drone pilot from Byron Bay Australia. So, lots to cover this episode from political resistance to Trump administration attacks on our public seas to diving with big critters in one of the world’s last best coral reef habitats and Marine Protected Areas. So, let’s dive in! 


** Links & Resources **


Tiani Dun: https://www.tianidun.com/


Shiver: https://www.tianidun.com/shop/p/harvest-moon-cup-5fc72-ww9xn


Eagle Ray: https://www.tianidun.com/shop/p/earth-sky-planter-4awkk-lm479-pwat8-n5rrk


Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tianioceani/


Dive and Moore: https://www.diveandmore.com/


Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dive_and_more/


James Cook University (JCU): https://www.jcu.edu.au/


Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority: https://www2.gbrmpa.gov.au/


Magnetic Island, Australia: https://www.townsvillenorthqueensland.com.au/destinations/magnetic-island/


Palau's Marine Protected Areas: https://marine-conservation.org/blue-sparks/projects/palau-nms


Manta Trust: https://www.mantatrust.org/


Shark Trust: https://www.sharktrust.org/


Blue Frontier: bluefront.org

Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild.


Blue Frontier on Substack: https://davidhelvarg.substack.com/


Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org

Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection


Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org

Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future.