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Meet The Crew!
The crew on board the SEA EXPERIENCE harbors quite a mix of knowledge but they all share
one thing in common, the love for the sea. Each of the crew members are experienced
scuba divers and you may get to see one of them hop into the water with their gear on
to add to the excitement! They all enjoy sharing their time on the water with the passengers
and pointing out things of interest. All the crew work for tips and if you so desire,
gratuities are greatly appreciated. So without further ado, let's introduce the crew!
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Bill Cole
Captain Bill has been running dive/snorkel vessels for 28 years and is one of the
most experienced boat captain's in South Florida. Bill started diving on his
honeymoon in Grand Cayman in 1977 and it's been hard to keep him out of the
water ever since. Completing scuba instructor training in 1979, Bill began
teaching diving at the University of Georgia. In 1988, Bill brought the first
glass bottom boat to Fort Lauderdale that ran daily charter. He had spent the
previous year training the fish on a shallow reef that he named "Fort Lauderdale
Twin Ledges". To this day the fish come to greet the boat when it arrives at
the site. Bill became a PADI Course Director in 1993, this is the highest
instructor rating attainable with the Professional Association of Diving
Instructors (PADI). He has trained thousands of instructors who are now
employed around the world. In 1993, Bill was among the first group of elite
divers awarded the Platinum Pro 5000 certification by SSI (Scuba Schools
International). Divers in this group have over 5000 SCUBA dives. Bill loves
taking passengers out for tours to the coral reef whether it is in the water
or just pointing out things of interest through the boat's glass bottom windows.
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Tyler Cole
Tyler has been scuba diving since he was 12 years old and still looks forward to every dive. He recently graduated from FSU with a degree in finance. Tyler is a PADI certified Rescue Diver and is currently working on his Divemaster certification. He brings a great deal of boating experience to the team since he has been on boats his whole life. Tyler loves the ocean and being able to show customers a good time while scuba diving or snorkeling.
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Joe Dudley
Dive shop manager and coordinator. The tatoos are fake! :)
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Captain Andrew
Andrew is originally from Kansas City where he grew up on the Lake of the Ozarks. In 2007, escaping the oceans of corn and wheat, Andrew came to South Florida for family reasons and warm weather. Soon, he found himself on the water again and he was hooked. He spent two years sailing on a charter catamaran working his way from deckhand to captain. In early 2009, he found the ZaZu. As mate on ZaZu, Andrew has enjoyed trips around Florida , the Keys, Bahamas and the U.S. inland waterways to MN and back. Andrew holds a 50 ton USCG captains license.
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Mateo Torres
As a PADI open water scuba instructor, Mateo enjoys scuba diving and sharing those
experiences with others. Mateo's passion is working on the ocean. He enjoys passing on
the knowledge he has to students and to teach them to dive with respect to the marine
life and to leave only bubbles!
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Jessica Cole
Jessica has been diving since she was 10 years old. She is currently a divemaster and plans to get her instructors after she graduates from college. She will be graduating from University of North Florida in August 2010 with a degree in psychology, concentration in early childhood development and learning with a minor in Deaf studies / American Sign Language. Jessica has a true passion for boating, diving, and just the ocean in general. One of her favorite things to do while diving for is catching lobsters. Some call her the "lobster wisperer". She has been on boats for as long as she can remember and is a native of south Florida (take a picture there are not many left... native Floridians that is).
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Marcy
Marcy was scuba certified in 2005, got hooked and moved
to south Florida to become a PADI professional! She's an underwater naturalist,
loves the sea turtles & eagle rays and pretty much everything that she encounters
under the sea. Her personal aspirations are to travel to the south pacific to
encounter more marine life. Marcy is also a member of
Project Aware
and REEF
hoping that the coral reefs will always be around for future divers to enjoy.
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Captain Mark & Christina
Mark is one of the captains and has been with Sea Experience since 2002. As a PADI
instructor, Mark has over 1000 logged dives and so also brings a good deal of experience
to the team. Christina is also a PADI Instructor. Both Mark and Christina enjoy
learning about the diverse marine life and sharing stories with other divers and snorkelers.
And crazy as this may sound, on their days off they spend them scuba diving and snorkeling.
They just can't seem to get enough vitamin sea!
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Divemaster Dave
Dave is a PADI divemaster and Mafia Wars addict. When Dave is out on the boat you'll more than
likely see him crawling around the engine room or the bilges. If he doesn't have engine oil or
grease on himself somewhere then he feels the day is not fulfilled. However when he's in the
water, which is daily he also cannot get enough vitamin sea. Like Tyler, he loves to carry
scuba tanks and shares his stories with the customers. Dave also has a boat load (no pun intended)
of jokes that he loves to tell. Ask him for some jokes and you're bound to be on the deck laughing.
:)
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Wes Gruver
Wes Gruver is a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, NAUI Scuba Instructor, SDI
Open Water Instructor, TDI Technical Instructor and USCG Licensed 100 Ton
Captain with more than 20 years diving and training experience currently
living in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He has dived every ocean on the earth except
the Arctic; however its on his list.
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