Bret Gilliam

In a career spanning 35 years in professional diving, Gilliam has logged more than 17,000 dives in military, commercial, scientific, filming and technical diving operations. He was one of diving's most successful entrepreneurs with investments in publishing, training agencies, manufacturing, resorts, dive vessels, cruise ships and film support companies. Author of more than 600 papers, he has been published worldwide. Bret was senior editor with Scuba Times, Rodale's Scuba Diving and Diving...See more

In a career spanning 35 years in professional diving, Gilliam has logged more than 17,000 dives in military, commercial, scientific, filming and technical diving operations. He was one of diving's most successful entrepreneurs with investments in publishing, training agencies, manufacturing, resorts, dive vessels, cruise ships and film support companies. Author of more than 600 papers, he has been published worldwide. Bret was senior editor with Scuba Times, Rodale's Scuba Diving and Diving Adventure magazines as well as publisher of Deep Tech and founder/publisher of Fathoms. He is the principal author or contributor to 27 books. He was elected to the Explorers Club and the Boston Sea Rovers. Bret lives on an island in Maine now after 25 years running diving operations in the Caribbean, Atlantic and Pacific regions. See less