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Jason Pecknold - By age 5, Jason was snorkeling
the keys and deep sea fishing. By the time he was 15,
he had been 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 by becoming a Dive Master then Instructor.
Within 6 months of teaching he accelerated to Master
Scuba Diver Trainer. "Hmm.... What's my favorite part
of diving?...... 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 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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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 was enhanced. 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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E-Mail