About

Based in Lexington, Kentucky, available to travel worldwide, I offer scuba diving courses for beginners through advanced students. I emphasize safety, teamwork, precision, and FUN in all my classes.

Are you interesting in learning to dive? I recommend that you shop around for a professional instructor that offers the most comprehensive courses, not the cheapest and the fastest. True, we all want to have as much fun as possible during our limited free time, but we are talking about staying alive under water! Don’t skimp on your training. Learning to dive the right way will pay off in the long run because you will be more comfortable and safe, therefore you will enjoy yourself much more than the average recreational diver.

I am proud to be affiliated with Global Underwater Explorers (GUE): a non-profit organization dedicated to Education, Exploration, and Research. We offer the world’s most rigorous, precision-oriented, and teamwork-driven system of scuba diving. Here’s a video about GUE:

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Core Courses I Teach:

  • GUE Fundamentals
  • GUE Primers (intro classes) for Double Tanks, Drysuit, and Fundamental Skills
  • GUE Recreational Diver Level 1 (beginner)
  • PADI Open Water Diver (beginner)
  • Nitrox / Enriched Air Diver
  • CPR/AED/First Aid/Oxygen Administration
  • Advanced Open Water Diver
  • Rescue Diver
  • Divemaster
  • A variety of valuable specialty courses
  • I am available to travel to your location to teach a course in your area; this often works well for divers who wish to take GUE Fundamentals. Additional courses are offered covering a wide variety of special interests. Contact me for more information.

My Resume:

BA Communication, Hanover College 1990

Diving Qualifications

  • GUE Fundamentals & Recreational Instructor
  • GUE Cave Diver Level 2
  • GUE Technical Diver 1
  • NSS-CDS Cave Diver
  • PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
  • PADI Specialty Instructor
  • CPR/AED/First Aid Instructor
  • DAN Member
  • Repair Technician for Scubapro, Aqualung, Oceanic & others

Diving Experience

  • 650+ logged dives
  • 175+ cave dives
  • 150+ staged decompression dives
  • Founding member of BGUE.net
  • Learned to dive in 1991

Special Interests

  • UW photography
  • Member, GUE, NSS-CDS, NACD