Meet the Instructors!

Instructor:

Chris

Chris Epp

  • MI (Master Instructor)
  • IDC Staff Instructor (Instructor Development Course Staff Instructor)
  • MSDT (Master Scuba Diver Trainer)
  • OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor)
  • EFR Instructor (Emergency First Response)
  • EFR Instructor Trainer

Specialties:

  • Diver Propulsion Vehicle Instructor
  • Dry Suit Diver Instructor
  • Deep Diver Instructor
  • Enriched Air Nitrox Instructor
  • Equipment Specialist Instructor
  • Peak Performance Bouyancy Instructor
  • Project Aware Instructor
  • Wreck Diver Instructor
  • Gas blender Instructor Trimix

Favourite types of diving:

• Wrecks in the Great Lakes and St Lawrence River.
• Tropical walls and large animal dives.

What Chris does in the off season:

• Canadian Ski Patrol. On hill first aid at the local ski hill.

Instructor:

Andrew

Andrew Del Net

  • MSDT (Master Scuba Diver Trainer)
  • OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor)
  • EFR Instructor (Emergency First Response)
  • DAN Instructor (click to see courses offered)
  • DEMP Instructor (Dive Emergency Management Provider)
  • DES Instructor (Dive Emergency Specialist)
  • IANTD-TDI-DSAT Technical & Tri Mix Instructor

Specialties:

  • Dry Suit Diver Instructor
  • Deep Diver Instructor
  • EFR Care for Children w/AED Instructor
  • Enriched Air Nitrox Instructor
  • Equipment Specialist Instructor
  • Ice Diver Instructor
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor
  • Project Aware Instructor
  • Search and Recovery Instructor
  • Underwater Navigator Instructor
  • Wreck Diver Instructor
  • Technical Deep Diver
  • Technical Tri-Mix Diver
  • Tri Mix Gas Blender

Technical Instructor:

  • Advanced Nitrox & Decompression Procedures Instructor
  • Advanced Recreational Tri Mix Instructor
  • Technical & Extended Range Instructor
  • Normoxic Tri Mix Instructor
  • Advanced Tri Mix Instructor

Favourite types of diving:

  • Great Lakes and Georgian Bay Wreck Diving
  • Ice Diving
  • Deep Diving
  • Deep Exploration

Instructor:

John

John Swanson

  • CD (Course Director)
  • MI (Master Instructor)
  • IDC Staff Instructor (Instructor Development Course Staff Instructor)
  • MSDT (Master Scuba Diver Trainer)
  • OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor)
  • EFR Instructor Trainer
  • DAN Instructor Trainer
  • DAN DES Instructor Trainer

Specialties:

  • Deep Diver Instructor
  • Diver Propulsion Vehicle Instructor
  • Dry Suit Diver Instructor
  • Equipment Specialist Instructor
  • Multilevel Diver Instructor
  • Naturalist Diver Instructor
  • Night Diver Instructor
  • Photographer
  • Digital Underwater Photographer Instructor
  • Underwater Videography Instructor
  • Enriched Air Nitrox Instructor
  • Boat Diver Instructor
  • Tec Rec Gas Blender Instructor
  • Fish ID Instructor
  • Underwater Navigation Instructor
  • Search & Rescue Instructor
  • Suunto Computer Instructor

Favourite types of diving:

  • Drift, Wreck & Photography
  • Bloody Bay Wall in Little Cayman

Instructor:

Peter

Peter Sheldon

  • IDC Staff Instructor (Instructor Development Course Staff Instructor)
  • MSDT (Master Scuba Diver Trainer)
  • OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor)
  • EFR Instructor (Emergency First Response)
  • MSD (Master Scuba Diver)
  • DAN - DES (Diving Emergency Specialist)
  • DAN - DEMP (Diving Emergency Management Provider)

Specialties:

  • Boat Diver Instructor
  • Deep Diver Instructor
  • Digital Underwater Photographer Instructor
  • Diver Propulsion Vehicle Instructor
  • Drift Diver Instructor
  • Dry Suit Diver Instructor
  • EFR Care for Children w/AED Instructor
  • Enriched Air Nitrox Instructor
  • Night Diver Instructor
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor
  • Project Aware Instructor
  • Underwater Navigator Instructor
  • Equipment Specialist

Favourite types of diving:

  • Cozumel…
  • Working with student divers.

Instructor:

Wolfgang

Wolfgang Trautmann

  • MSDT (Master Scuba Diver Trainer)
  • OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor)
  • EFR Instructor (Emergency First Response)
  • DAN - DES (Diving Emergency Specialist)
  • DAN - DEMP (Diving Emergency Management Provider)

Specialties:

  • Boat Diver Instructor
  • Deep Diver Instructor
  • Diver Propulsion Vehicle Instructor
  • Drift Diver Instructor
  • Dry Suit Diver Instructor
  • EFR Care for Children w/AED Instructor
  • Enriched Air Nitrox Instructor
  • Night Diver Instructor
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor
  • Project Aware Instructor
  • Wreck Diver Instructor
  • Equipment Specialist
  • Gas Blender

Favourite type of diving:

  • Drift and wreck diving in Brockville.
  • Diving in the Caribbean.

Karen

Karen Sheldon

  • IDC Staff Instructor (Instructor Development Course Staff Instructor)
  • MSDT (Master Scuba Diver Trainer)
  • OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor)
  • EFR Instructor (Emergency First Response)
  • MSD (Master Scuba Diver)
  • DAN - DES (Diving Emergency Specialist)
  • DAN - DEMP (Diving Emergency Management Provider)

Specialties:

  • Boat Diver Instructor
  • Deep Diver Instructor
  • Digital Underwater Photographer Instructor
  • Diver Propulsion Vehicle Instructor
  • Drift Diver Instructor
  • Dry Suit Diver Instructor
  • EFR Care for Children w/AED Instructor
  • Enriched Air Nitrox Instructor
  • Night Diver Instructor
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor
  • Project Aware Instructor
  • Underwater Navigator Instructor
  • Equipment Specialist

Favourite type of diving:

  • The warmer the water, the better…

Instructor:

Jamey English

  • OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor)
  • EFR Instructor (Emergency First Response)
  • MSD (Master Scuba Diver)
  • DAN - DES (Diving Emergency Specialist)
  • DAN - DEMP (Diving Emergency Management Provider)

Specialties:

  • EFR Care for Children w/AED Instructor
  • Enriched Air Nitrox Instructor
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor
  • Project Aware Instructor

Favourite type of diving:

  • Wreck Diving
  • Drift Diving
  • Wall Dives

Instructor:

Norm Dupuis

  • OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor)
  • EFR Instructor (Emergency First Response)
  • MSD (Master Scuba Diver)
  • DAN - DES (Diving Emergency Specialist)
  • DAN - DEMP (Diving Emergency Management Provider)

Specialties:

  • EFR Care for Children w/AED Instructor
  • Enriched Air Nitrox Instructor
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor
  • Project Aware Instructor

Favourite type of diving:

  • Wreck Diving
  • Working with Students