After a decade of teaching and coaching in public schools, on a whim Chris signed up for a discover scuba experience while on vacation in Mexico. While hanging at the bottom of the line on that initial dive, Chris knew that scuba was something he wanted to share with others. Foregoing the rest of his vacation, Chris began his open water training the next day and the rest is history.

Over the years Chris was lucky enough to connect with several great mentors that shared with him the art and science of technical and cave diving. The precision and beauty of this type of diving further fueled his passion for teaching and with time and practice Chris now teaches as both cave and open water diving on a regular basis. Over the course of a decade of diving Chris has trained several hundred divers and has been fortunate enough to dive and teach in many fascinating places.

Chris’s instructor ratings

• NSS-CDS Instructor Sponsor and Training Committee member
• NSS-CDS Cave Instructor
• NSS-CDS Stage Cave Diver Instructor
• NSS-CDS Advanced Cave Instructor
• NSS-CDS DPV Cave Diver Instructor
• NSS-CDS Advanced Sidemount Instructor
• NSS-CDS Trimix Cave Instructor
• NSS-CDS CCR Cave Instructor
• NSS-CDS CCR Traimix Cave Instructor
• IANTD Cavern Instructor
• IANTD Full Cave Instructor
• IANTD Recreational Trimix Instructor
• IANTD Normoxic Trimix Instructor
• IANTD Sidemount Instructor
• IANTD Technical Cave Instructor
• IANTD Technical Instructor
• IANTD Rebreather Instructor
• PADI Cavern Instructor
• PADI Master Instructor
• PADI Self Reliant Diver Instructor
• PADI Tech 40,45,50, Deep Instructor
• PADI Tech Sidemount Instructor
• SDI Solo Diver Instructor
• TDI Advanced Nitrox Instructor
• TDI Cavern Instructor
• TDI Decompression Procedures Instructor
• TDI Full Cave Instructor
• TDI Intro Tech Instructor
• TDI Intro to Cave Instructor
• TDI Nitrox Instructor
• TDI Sidemount Instructor

Chris’s accomplishments

• Georgia’s Prometheus Cave Exploration Team
• Russia’s Orda Cave NSS-CDS Institute
• Cave exploration and survey
• Underwater photographer/videographer

Places Chris has been diving

Chris has not only dove, but taught in:

• Bahamas
• Bonaire
• Cocos Island
• Jamaica
• Grand Cayman
• Mexico
• Russia’s Orda Cave
• Florida
• New Mexico
• Oklahoma
• Arkansas
• Texas
• The Philippines