Roger is the only instructor here, so regardless of any class you decide to take, you will be working with him directly.

Some career highlights include:

- Diving for over 20 years; an instructor for over 15 years with credentials through NAUI, PADI, IANTD, SDI/TDI, & NSS-CDS.  (Currently whittled down to only SDI/TDI & NSS-CDS).

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- Full-time dive professional for over 10 years.

 

- Something in the range of ~5000 lifetime dives, over 1000 of these in caves.

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- Worked with hundreds of students at every level from Open Water through Trimix and CCR, ocean and cave, using both backmount and sidemount.

 

- Extensive experience diving the caves of both Florida and Mexico.

- Extensive experience wreck diving around the wrecks of New York/New Jersey as well as around Florida.

 

- Extensive experience with several different rebreathers.

- Experience working recreational and technical liveaboard dive boats.

- 3 years working day-boats as an instructor and guide in Hawaii.

- 6 years working as first Assistant Dive Safety Officer, then DSO at the New York Aquarium.

- Hundreds of CPR/First Aid certifications issued.

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- Little patience with dive politics, drama, or dogma.