Email Rob

Not only is Rob a well qualified and experienced Navy Clearance Diver for the Canadian National Defence Pacific Fleet Diving Unit, he is accomplished recreational, technical and commercial diver. He is as comfortable diving a 50 year old Mark V deep diving helmet as he is a closed circuit electronic mixed gas rebreather. Probably one of the most active divers in Canada, Robs knowledge of the marine environment is only surpassed by his knowledge of commercial and clearance diving and mine warfare operations. He is HeO2 Rebreather qualified to 270 FSW, a Recompression Chamber Attendant and Supervisor, WCB approved Unrestricted Surface Supply diver and has participated in many diving series at the DCIEM both domestically and overseas. Rob was involved in the Swiss Air Disaster recovery operation and continues to help promote commercial standards.

Email Ralph

Ralph has been around the world either mapping complex underwater cave systems or exploring deep wrecks. With over 30 years of diving and more than 2700 logged dives under his belt he has come to know the ins and outs of technical diving. A Master Scuba Instructor with PADI Ralph is also trained mix gas closed circuit rebreather and is a skilled sidemount caver. His adventures have included challenging systems like the Leopards Frog Sump in Tobermory, Devils Bath on Vancouver Island, Bell Island Mines and the Ottawa River Caves. In addition to staffing cave expeditions Ralph has also assisted with filming projects including the HMS Manchester and the HMCS Regina, both lost in World War II. Bribe Ralph with a Kokanee and a bag 'o' potato chips and he'll tell ya all about his adventures.

Email Ed

Ed owns and operates Sundown Diving in Nanaimo and has done so for decades. He also runs an active commercial diving operation and is extremely knowledgeable about the Vancouver Island marine environment. He has run charters for many years around the Nanaimo area and is on the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Ed is extremely active promoting dive tourism on Vancouver Island and is a pioneer in the Nanaimo diving community. He also knows his way in and around just about any model of diving regulator. Ed is an Instructor Trainer (IT) and holds Instructor certifications with a variety of licensing agencies including PADI, IANTD, TDI and DAN. Ed makes himself available to anyone coming through his shops doors and epitomizes the friendly Dive Instructor image. Best of all - Ed makes great Sushi.

Email 'One'

Bill, aka 'One' {you'll have to ask him to explain}, and his wife Sharon run Pacific Pro Dive in Courtney in the Comox Valley, one of the most successful and enterprising dive and surf shops in Bristish Columbia. He will tell you that he spends too much time in the office behind a computer screen but he always finds time to get out and either squeeze in a dive somewhere around the world or get out in one of his big boats. An avid Cinematographer he loves to travel the world with his video camera. He is an IANTD, SDI and TDI Instructor Trainer, at the Recreational and Technical levels as well as Divers Alert Network IT and PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer. Bill is also a Part Time Paramedic with the British Columbia Ambulance Service.

Email Ron

Ron, who started as a diving legend from Alaska, owns and operates Adventures Down Under in Washington. He has a degree in marine biology and instructor certifications from IANTD, PADI, TDI and SDI, Akeson travels throughout the Pacific Northwest teaching both recreational and technical courses. He is an incredibly accomplished photographer and extremely knowledgeable about his marine life subjects. He has published stories and photographs about his adventures in magazines like Skin Diver, Western Diver and Diver Magazine in Canada. Ron loves rebreathers and even designed and built his own which he constructed out of metals harvested from meteors. Ron is heavily involved in promoting and advancing the dive retail industry, and although he is integrated very heavily into the business community, is always laid back and on a permo-coffee break.

Email Bill

Bill is a licensed Master with Transport Canada and has skippered day charters and live-aboards in Canada and the Caribbean teaching cave, rebreather and mixed gas courses along the way. Currently a regular member of the RCMP and is an active member of the URT (Underwater Recovery Team). In 1998 he retired as the National Training Director and Licensee for the International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers (IANTD). With over two decades of technical and commercial diving experience in all kinds of environments around the world, he has applied his background and experience to the development of the technical diving industry by authoring a number of training manuals and materials for several training agencies. He is a Technical Instructor Trainer Trainer (ITT) and holds Instructor certifications with a variety of licensing agencies including PADI, IANTD, TDI, SSI, NASDS and DAN.