Our staff

Vice President and co-owner. Certified late 1987. Full time here December 1988. NAUI Instructor in early 1989. PADI Instructor, NACD and NSS cave, DAN Oxygen Instructor, PSI and SDI Visual Cylinder Inspector Trainer, TDI semi-closed rebreather trainer, NAUI Instructor Trainer.

Vice President of Friends of the Massachusetts while the wreck became Florida's fourth Underwater Archaeological Preserve. Repair tickets from SCUBAPRO, Aqua Lung, Sherwood, Beuchat, Oceanic, and more.

Senior Instructor. Started diving in the mid-1990s. Taught in Arizona, California, and Mexico before Pensacola. NAUI Instructor Trainer, NAUI Open Water Instructor, SSI Instructor, EFR and NAUI first aid / CPR / AED Instructor, DAN and NAUI Oxygen Instructor.

Local favorites: the YTD boats, Chevron Rig, and the Russian Freighter. California kelp and Bonaire when he's away.

Manager since 2001. Started here in 1997 after working as a divemaster in Malaysia. NAUI Instructor #33639 (1999). Commercial diving for FEMA, EPA, and the U.S. Coast Guard. Founding member of O.R.G. search and recovery. PSI inspector. NAUI Instructor Trainer. EFR and DAN Oxygen Instructor. USCG boat captain. Chairman of the Escambia County Marine Advisory Committee.

Local favorites: I-10 bridge rubble, Chevron, the Brass wreck, USS Oriskany, and the YDT boats.

NAUI cave and technical instructor. Instructor in 1994 on Guam. Teaching cave and tech since 1998. Well over 1,000 cave dives and 1,000 trimix / decompression dives. WKPP, Association of Underwater Explorers, and other research groups.

Courses: Intro to Tech, Advanced Nitrox / Deco / Helitrox, Trimix 1 and 2, wreck penetration, cavern, cave 1 and 2, DPV. Favorite course to teach: cavern.

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