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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.
E-mail: learn2dive@verizon.net
Phone:
703.619.1500
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