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Jason Pecknold - By age 5, Jason was snorkeling the keys and deep sea fishing in South Florida.
By the time he was 15, he had been diving, sailing, wind-surfing, free diving and surfing the
beaches and coasts of Florida for years. It wasn't until the winter of 2004 he officially became
Scuba certified. And his love for the sport showed. With-in just one short summer, Jason went
from a PADI Open Water Diver to a certified Rescue Diver, along with 5 other specialty
certifications and more than 80 dives. 4 years and hundreds of dives later, he went pro. Within
6 months of teaching he accelerated to Master Scuba Diver Trainer. When asked "Whats your
favorite part of diving?" he loves to respond "Well............ Diving!"

He is qualified to teach

CPR, Emergency First

Response

First

Aid

for Adults and Children

Open

Water

SCUBA

Courses,

Advance

Open

Water,

Rescue Courses, Dive

Master, Master

Scuba Diver,

Specialty

Courses

Including

Search & Recovery,

Spearfishing

, Underwater Photography

and

Nitrox,

Scuba

Refreshers and

Discover

Scuba

Diving.

As well

provide

Guided

Tours

and

Discover

Local

Diving

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Jamie Pecknold

- Her love of the underwater world stemmed from a fascination by it at a

very young age.

With avid divers as parents, it was inevitable. In 1993 she was certified as a

Junior Open Water Diver and was

determined to be an underwater treasure hunter. Over the

years, her plans changed, but in 2004 she

decided to take SCUBA to the next level and was

certified as a Master Scuba Diver Trainer with PADI. As a

self proclaimed 'Reef Hugger', she is

an active ocean conservationist and its not uncommon to see her

picking up cans and litter

on a reef dive.

" The ocean has enriched my life in so many ways, I simply want to

return

the favor."

You may also see her behind the lens of her underwater video camera in classes

she isn't

leading. Besides teaching, its her favorite underwater activity.

She is qualified to teach Open Water through

Divemaster,

Emergency First

Response/CPR,

Underwater

Videography,

Wreck

diving, Night

Diving,

Drift Diving,

Nitrox, Deep Diving,

and

Boat

Diving

Specialties.

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E-Mail

Jim Hollis - Jim's love for the water started at a very young age, where after school he would
go the local pool and swim until his mother got off work. He joined the NAVY at the age of 17
and was accepted into the SCUBA program. His excitement grew even further when he started
teaching SCUBA to others. Jim has been a major part in the advancement of this sport by
helping some of the National Scuba Certification Agency write the manuals and educational
material. After Jim spent some time on the Calypso with Jacque Cousteau and Mel Fisher, he
explored the cave systems for the State Of Florida and Dove all around the world. He currently
enjoys Spearfishing and underwater videography with his friends. Jim has an astonishing
record of training over 5000 students with no incidents, and is well known for teaching the
very 1st class of SCUBA for handicapped enthusiasts! He will tell you he learned more from
them and how exciting the class was to teach!

He is qualified to teach Open Water through

Instructor.

well

Multiple

specialties

from

Boat

Diving to

Spearfishing

and

Collecting!

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