Destination Dive Vacation is a company built on supplying our customers with brilliant and vivid scenic scuba vacation experiences. Come take a swim with our amazing staff of instructors in exotic locations around the world. We give the underwater experience new light to people all over the globe.
Rick started his scuba diving career at the age of 15. He received his YMCA and NAUI open water certification in 1978. Rick has been diving all over the world. In 1987 he did his internship with a dive shop in St Petersburg, Florida. He started teaching and became an instructor in 1988. Since then he has taught at SPC south campus and Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Over the years he has certified many divers at all levels. He is currently an Instructor Trainer.
Russ is a full time Deputy Sheriff with Pinellas County and has been in Law Enforcement for 24 years, he has been diving Since 1990 and received his PADI OW certification in 1992. In 1993 he got his SSI nitrox certification and continued sport diving, and in 2020 he started teaching scuba diving part time and is currently an SEI and PDIC Instructor. Russ did this the old fashion way… through an Internship. He assisted in teaching classes, fixing equipment and dive mastering existing classes. He feels that scuba diving is a great sport and enjoys teaching it.
Charles splashed into the world of diving in 2018 and has hit the water finning ever since. Advancing through various recreational certifications with an initial goal of becoming an ice diver, Charles’ scubacational journey has carried him through and into a role as an instructor. He found a passion sharing his love and knowledge of scuba diving with new and old hat divers of every age. Charles currently resides on the east coast of Florida and aside from Diving, is an avid Poker Player. Charles rarely misses an opportunity to dive and is always willing to discuss how to help you find your next underwater adventure.
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