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I have wanted to learn to scuba dive ever since I was 5 years old. I used to watch "Sea Hunt" all the time. I got a mask and fins when I was 7 years old and learned to swim underwater before I could swim on top. I finally got my Open Water PADI certification in 1996. I got my advanced certification in Bonaire in 1998 and Rescue Diver later that year. I am currently a Master Scuba Diver.
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this page or you can use the buttons below to see pictures from some of my
other dive
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Click on the thumbnails below to see
pictures from some of my early dives. Use your browser's "BACK" button to
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 Alice In Wonderland |
This is me coming out of the ocean after a great dive in "Alice In Wonderland" off the southern shore of Bonaire. It has a great double reef with a 100' deep sand bar separating them by about 75 feet. If you swim out over the sand bar and slowly drift down to lie quietly on the sand you can see the garden eels as they sway back and forth. |
 Barracuda in Paradise |
Here you can see me behind the coral looking at a 5 foot barracuda that is looking back at me. I found this guy down in the Keys. |
 Underwater lecture |
In my job, I have to give a lot of talks. Some are in nice big lectures halls. But, as you can see here, some are underwater. You have to go where the audience is. At least that is what I told my boss when I turned in this picture with my expense report to get reimbursed for the dive trip. |
 Sea Turtle |
Ran into this large Green sea turtle at about 60 feet on a drift dive off Oahu in Hawaii. |
 Fire Coral |
A Bluestriped Grunt and Squirrelfish dive for cover in the fire coral in Reef Scientifico off Bonaire. |
 Vessel Coral |
Vessel coral off the coast of St. Kitts |
 Pink Coral |
Translucent
coral found in St. Kitts. |
 Tugboat Wreck |
This
fish swims over a part of the tug boat that is covered with coral and sea urchins. |
 Queen Angelfish |
This Queen Angelfish was found at about 80 feet a few miles off Destin, FL. |
 Moorish Idols |
Moorish Idols are usually seen individually or sometimes in pairs or small groups. This airplane wreck at 108 feet off the west coast of Oahu in Hawaii was surrounded by hundreds of these little guys. |
 Spotted Moray Eel |
This eel was wanting me to stay away from his hiding place off Desechio Island north west of Puerto Rico. The dive sites off this island had some of the best coral life I have ever seen. |
 Eel Close-up |
This
guy just wanted to hide down in the coral and let me take his picture. The eels on St. Kitts are more polite than those in Puerto Rico. |
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Here I
am diving in Belize. To see more pictures of this trip and the wonderful underwater life
there, click on the thumbnail to the left. |
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To see pictures from other dive
trips, click on the buttons below.
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