Roger Roth Video

12/16/2025

Hello my friends! I am putting all of my books and DVD's on a "Holiday sale" for 20% off until Jan. 15, 2026! You can't beat this deal as a gift for your favorite diver! I will still sign all books and I am still offering free shipping on all products!

If this order is a gift, just let me know who to sign it to and be sure to include their address during checkout. Cheers and Happy Holidays to all!

  Award-winning underwater filmmaker Roger Roth tells the tales of his early days as a novice diver jumping into the deep end. Dive Into The Book! Meet the Author: Roger Roth With an underwater film career spanning over three decades, Roger shares his stories of beginning as a scuba diver in his bo...

08/21/2024

My youngest daughter, Catie, decided to braid my hair yesterday. Here's the result. She said I needed a pic of Willie Nelson too!

08/18/2024

That trip to Indonesia in '09 for a 4.5 week stint filming underwater for 4 different dive operations meant that I'd have to figure out a way to take alcohol with me since I was drinking a lot then. I packed two 1.5 liter bottles of peppermint schnapps into my suitcase and stopped at the duty free store before my last flight to Indo to get two bottles of Jim Beam. I knew Indo only allowed one liter of alcohol to be brought into the country but I figured I could get away with the two bottles I was carrying.
Once I landed, I was unable to find the suitcase with the schnapps in it. Two custom officers came up from behind me and asked me if that was my bag in the middle of the room instead of around the carrousel. I looked and sure enough it was my bag and it had a large chalked "X" on the back of it. I thanked the customs officers and retrieved my bag. That's when each of them walked to either side of me and told me to follow them. So with all my luggage and two Jim Beam bottles in my hand, I followed them to a small room in the back of the airport where a large customs officer sat behind a very large desk with a small jail cell behind him.
To find out what happened next in this foreign country far from the USA, check out my book! You can find it at

  Award-winning underwater filmmaker Roger Roth tells the tales of his early days as a novice diver jumping into the deep end. Dive Into The Book! Meet the Author: Roger Roth With an underwater film career spanning over three decades, Roger shares his stories of beginning as a scuba diver in his bo...

03/26/2024

During a study at Harvard in the 1950s, Dr. Curt Richter placed rats in a pool of water to test how long they could tread water.
On average they'd give up and sink after 15 minutes.
But right before they gave up due to exhaustion, the researchers would pluck them out, dry them off, let them rest for a few minutes - and put them back in for a second round.
In this second try - how long do you think they lasted?
Remember - they had just swam until failure only a few short minutes ago...
How long do you think?
Another 15 minutes?
10 minutes?
5 minutes?
No!
60 hours!
That's not an error.
That's right! 60 hours of swimming.
The conclusion drawn was that since the rats BELIEVED that they would eventually be rescued, they could push their bodies way past what they previously thought impossible.
I will leave you with this thought:
If hope can cause exhausted rats to swim for that long, what could a belief in yourself and your abilities, do for you?
Remember what you’re capable of. Remember why you’re here. "
Keep swimming.

06/22/2022

Just in case....
Don’t forget tomorrow starts the new Facebook rule where they can use your photos. Don't forget the Deadline is today!!! It can be used in court cases in litigation against you. Everything you've ever posted becomes public from today - even messages that have been deleted. It costs nothing for a simple copy and paste, better safe than sorry.
I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, messages or posts, both past and future. With this statement, I give notice to Facebook it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. The . information. The violation of privacy can be punished by law NOTE: Facebook is now a public entity. All members must post a note like this.
If you prefer, you can copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tacitly allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates. DO NOT SHARE. Copy and paste.
Their new algorithm chooses the same few people - about 25 - who will read your posts.
Therefore:
Hold your finger down anywhere in this post and "copy" will pop up. Click "copy". Then go to your page, start a new post and put your finger anywhere in the blank field. "Paste" will pop up and click paste
This will bypass the system.
I DO NOT GIVE FACEBOOK PERMISSION TO SHARE ANYTHING OF MINE., THAT I HAVE PUT ON THEIR SITE, . PICTURES, CURRENT OR PAST POSTS, PHONE NUMBERS OR EMAILS.. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING CAN BE USED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT MY WRITTEN PERMISSION OR VERBAL CONSENT.

07/30/2021

I will be presenting a video at the annual Bay Area Divers' Shipwrecks & Scuba program. If you haven't attended one of these events, you don't know what you're missing! See info below.

02/18/2018

Here's a 3.5 minute video from a shark dive I did while staying at Beqa Lagoon in Fiji last summer. These dives were spectacular!