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About Us

James Friley- Owner / Lead Instructor

James Friley- Owner / Lead Instructor

James Friley- Owner / Lead Instructor

James is a USMC combat veteran who first began to scuba dive in 2000.  He is a SDI / TDI Instructor, PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, RAID Tec Instructor, Emergency First Response Instructor, Basic Life Support Instructor, and Nationally Registered EMT.  James is a certified rebreather diver on the Dive Rite O2ptima Back Mount, the Dive R

James is a USMC combat veteran who first began to scuba dive in 2000.  He is a SDI / TDI Instructor, PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, RAID Tec Instructor, Emergency First Response Instructor, Basic Life Support Instructor, and Nationally Registered EMT.  James is a certified rebreather diver on the Dive Rite O2ptima Back Mount, the Dive Rite O2ptima Chest Mount, and the Kiss Sidewinder.  He is currently qualified to teach on the Dive Rite O2ptima Back Mount and the O2ptima Chest Mount rebreathers.  He is also a technical, trimix, and side-mount instructor, who when not teaching can usually be found diving on one of his rebreathers in the Florida panhandle either in the Gulf or one of the numerous caves in Florida, or the  Florida Keys.


James' Qualifications


SDI Open Water Scuba Instructor

SDI Specialty Instructor

TDI Open Circuit Tec Trimix Instructor

TDI CCR Helitrox Instructor



PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer

PADI Specialty Instructor

PADI "Distinctive" Specialty Instructor

PADI Tec Side-mount Instructor

PADI Trimix Instructor

PADI CCR Trimix Instructor


RAID Open Circuit Instructor

RAID Specialty Instructor

RAID Divemaster Instructor

RAID First Aid Instructor

RAID Side-mount Instructor

RAID Technical Trimix Instructor


American Heart Association BLS Instructor


Nationally Registered EMT


TDI & PSAI Full Cave Diver

TDI & PSAI DPV Cave Diver


Rick Bacon- Instructor

James Friley- Owner / Lead Instructor

James Friley- Owner / Lead Instructor

Rick is a retired Army veteran who's passion is helping wounded warriors experience the underwater world.  Rick is  a SDI and PADI Open Water Instructor and Specialty Instructor.  He is also a HSA Instructor to teach those with disabilities the joys of diving.  Rick is also a certified open circuit technical and trimix rebreather diver, w

Rick is a retired Army veteran who's passion is helping wounded warriors experience the underwater world.  Rick is  a SDI and PADI Open Water Instructor and Specialty Instructor.  He is also a HSA Instructor to teach those with disabilities the joys of diving.  Rick is also a certified open circuit technical and trimix rebreather diver, who volunteers his time with the National Park Service on expedition dives and overseas in the scientific search for artifacts and remains from World War II.  Rick teaches primarily in the Florida panhandle area.


Rick's Qualifications


SDI Open Water Instructor

SDI Specialty Instructor


PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor

PADI Specialty Instructor


Open Circuit Trimix Diver

TDI CCR Trimix Diver


DAN First AID Instructor


HSA Instructor


TDI & PSAI Full Cave Diver

TDI & PSAI DPV Cave Diver

Instructor Philosophy

All of our Instructors are not only highly experienced open water divers, but are also avid technical, cave, and rebreather divers.  We believe that diver training while serious should be fun and believe in teaching divers the right way from the beginning, so there are no bad habits to un-learn later as the the student diver progresses in their dive training.  

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