Aquatic Adventures
 

Meet our Professonal Staff of Scuba Instructors and Divemasters



     

Marty Rayman
Marty has been instructing Scuba diving since 1985. In 1989 Marty founded Aquatic Adventures Scuba Academy, which he moved to its present location in April of 2004. Marty works full time at the Academy, where he balances his time between teaching and leading many of the dive trips sponsored by Aquatic Adventures. He has lead scuba trips and dived in over 50 different countries and islands throughout the Caribbean, Central America, South America, Asia, the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, Micronesia, Australia, Galapagos, and the Red Sea.     

As a PADI Master Instructor, and Course Director, and a DAN Instructor Trainer, Marty oversees all aspects of our training program from Open Water through our Instructor Training Courses. Marty has made over 2600 logged dives and has personally certified over 2900 divers
and Instructors during his career.  Marty was also the first Course Director, in the region, to be certified by the Diver's Alert Network (DAN) as a Diving Emergency Specialist Instructor Trainer.

Maureen Rayman
Maureen became a certified diver in 1992. She readily admits that scuba diving has changed her entire life both personally and professionally. She was certified as a Master Scuba Diver in 1993 and a Divemaster in 1994. In 2002 Maureen completed her  Instructor Certification and is currently certified as a Master Diver Trainer.   Maureen has dived throughout the Cayman Islands, Bonaire, Curacao, Cozumel, Dominica, Grand Bahama, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Red Sea, Australia and Galapagos.  

Bud Burkhart
Bud is both an Assistant Instructor and a repair technician at Aquatic Adventures.  Bud first learned to dive in 1996 and has dived in the Florida Keys, Grand Cayman, the outer banks of North Carolina and the St. Lawrence River.  His favorite type of diving is drift diving and wreck diving.  His goal is to become a Scuba Instructor.  

Patrick Evans
Patrick is certified as an IDC Staff Instructor and a DSAT Tec TriMix Instructor.  He made his first dive in Jamaica in 1990 and was certified as an Instructor in 2000.  Patrick has dived extensively throughout Central America (Belize, Cancun, Cozumel, the Cenotes) and Florida.  His particular diving passion is Technical Deep diving and Underwater Photography, and is currently working toward his Master Instructor.

Hilary Foster
Hilary is an IDC Staff Instructor at Aquatic Adventures.  She learned to dive in 2003 and completed both her Master Scuba Diver, Divemaster, Instructor and IDC Staff Instructor ratings at Aquatic Adventures.  She has dived off North Carolina, in Florida, the Caribbean and Fiji.  Hilary enjoys fish identification and is an avid underwater photographer.  

Lyle Forbes  
Lyle is a Master Instructor on Aquatic Adventures teaching staff..  Lyle earned his Open Water Instructor, Master Diver Trainer and IDC Staff Instructor certifications here at Aquatic Adventures.  He loves both cavern and wreck diving.  Lyle's next personal goal is to become a Technical Diving Instructor.

Roberto Garcia
Roberto is an Open Water Scuba Instructor at Aquatic Adventures, where he also completed both his Divemaster, Assistant Instructor and Master Scuba Diver Certifications.  He originally learned to dive in Panama in the late 1970’s.  In 2004 he retook the Certification course and dove in the Florida Keys at the Boy Scout’s Sea Base.  Roberto has participated in shark-tooth diving off of Venice Florida, as well as cavern and Manatee diving in Crystal River Fl.  His goals are to safely lead Scout trips and dive the Caribbean.

Cathy Hamilton
Cathy is a Master Instructor and  originally learned to dive in Germany in 1985  She has been a dive professional since 2000, and moved to the area from Texas and Pennsylvania, having taught in both.  She completed her IDC Staff Instructor and Master Instructor ratings here at Aquatic Adventures.  Her love of diving has taken her to many locations including Germany , Spain , Honduras , Curacao, Bonaire, Cozumel , Bahamas , as well as US locations including Florida , Georgia , Virginia , Pennsylvania , Texas , California and Hawaii .  Along with a diving husband, her two sons who are certified divers Cathy never lacks for a dive buddy.  Her dream dives include the Galapagos and Australia.  Cathy is also a volunteer diver at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. 

Deborah Jeffries
Deborah is a Divemaster at Aquatic Adventures and also works retail in the Dive Center. She learned to dive in 2003 and completed Master Scuba Diver in 2005, and Divemaster at Aquatic Adventures in 2007.  She has dived mostly in the Caribbean, Florida, off the coast of North Carolina, and the Sea of Cortez.  Deborah enjoys learning about fish behavior and would one day like to participate in ocean conservation research projects.

Betsy Jordan
Betsy is a Master Scuba Diver Trainer and also teaches eight diving specialties. She has dived in Crystal River, Florida, the Bay Islands of Honduras, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, the Sea of Cortez, Dominica, and Micronesia (Palau and Yap) and Galapagos.  Betsy has personally logged over 600 dives and is an avid underwater photographer. She is accomplished in both video and still photography.

Mike Kefalas
Mike is a Master Diver Trainer at Aquatic Adventures.  He has been diving since 2002 and just completed his Divemaster certification with Aquatic Adventures in 2006.  Mike teaches 6 different PADI dive specialties.  He has dived in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Florida and California .  His favorite diving is drift diving. 

Bill Lloyd
Bill is a Master Diver Trainer at Aquatic Adventures.  He first learned to dive in Okinawa Japan in 1988. Since then Bill has enjoyed diving in Australia, Madagascar, the Seychelles, the Canary Islands, throughout the Caribbean, including the Bahamas, Belize, Little Cayman, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Thomas, St. Croix.  Bill completed his Instructor Training at Aquatic Adventures and especially enjoys wreck diving but is happy for any opportunity to get wet. 

Pete Swinzow
Pete is a IDC Staff Instructor and Technical Diving Instructor at Aquatic Adventures.  He works retail and also teaches classes.  Pete has been diving since 1985 and has been teaching since 1999.  Pete's favorite dive site in the Caribbean is Bonaire and in the Pacific is Fiji.  Pete's goal is to introduce as many divers as possible to the various types of underwater diving specialties beyond the Open Water Certification.


Wayne Summers

Wayne is a Master Diver Trainer and a member of our Instructional staff. He learned to dive in 1988 in Pittsburgh, PA.  He completed his Divemaster Certification at Aquatic Adventures in 1999 and his Assistant Instructor in April, 2000 and his Instructor rating in October, 2000.  In addition to diving in the Florida Keys, the Bahamas, Mexico, Australia and Galapagos, Wayne has dived extensively in freshwater lakes;  most notably the New York Finger Lakes, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.  Wayne especially enjoys working with new divers.  When not diving he is busy playing volleyball and rock climbing.

Kim Walker
Kim is an Open Water Instructor at Aquatic Adventures.  He originally learned to dive in 1997 while stationed in Hawaii with the Air Force.  Upon his return to this area, he met local divers and became an avid diver himself and now has over 500 logged dives.  He completed his Rescue Diver in 2006, Divemaster in 2007, Assistant Instructor and Instructor in 2010, all at Aquatic Adventures.  He has dived locally in Florida, North & South Carolina and Virginia.  He also dove throughout the Caribbean, Central America, Red Sea, Great Lakes, Mexico, as well as Guam, Philippines, Palau, Yap, and Malaysia.  Kim's goal is to "dive in all of the world's top diving destinations at least once." 

Paul Witt
Paul is an Assistant Instructor at Aquatic Adventures and also works retail on weekends.  He took his initial class & pool here in 2006, and has gone on through Advanced, Rescue and Divemaster at Aquatic Adventures.  Paul has dived the kelp beds of he west coast, Florida, the North Carolina wrecks and Baja Mexico.  Paul is currently enjoying being an Assistant Instructor and would like to become an Instructor one day.  He enjoys assisting in the progress that students make going from pool to open water.

Larry Woodward
Larry is an IDC Staff Instructor and helps with classes.  He completed his Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, Master Scuba Diver, Divemaster, Assistant Instructor, Instructor, and IDC Staff Instructor Certifications at Aquatic Adventures.  His loves to dive in the Caribbean, and Aruba is his particular favorite.  His personal underwater interests are photography, fish identification and marine ecology.  When not diving,  Larry likes mountain biking, kayaking,  rock climbing and has participated in the Chesapeake Bay swim. 


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