Captain Shawn Nasseri United State Coast Guard Master Captain. Hover Craft Pilot Instructor. PADI Scuba Instructor Master Trainer, SDI Scuba Instructor, EFR CPR Adult, Child and Infant Instructor, Specialty Instructor including Nitrox, O2, ADV O2, HMI, DPV, Wreck, Night, Deep, Under Water Nav, Search and Recovery, Peak BP, Underwater Photo-Video andSpear Fishing. BS Computer Science, PhD Course work in TCP/A.I. Duke Computer Science. Developer of Glaxo Wellcome Drug Monograph Database and Drug Purity System. Ironman Finisher. Designer of the Nasseri Dive Log ( NDL ) Software. Shawn has been diving since 1990 and enjoys it today as he did 19 years ago.

Amber is a Dive Master and is in the Instructor training program. She loves scuba diving and is a student at University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Jessica is a Open Water Scuba Diver and is a part time student. She loves scuba diving and wants to become a Pro Diver.

Denise is a Open Water Scuba Diver and is collectively Involved in all Information Technologies and Web design and development.

Randy is U.S.C.G Captain and a pro fisherman. Randy is a Wilmington native and has fished our waters all his life. He Captains on the Weekends and fishes on the weekdays.

Instructor Ira Bard, One of our most qualified Scuba Instructors who as been diving as a PADI Scuba Diver since 1991. PADI Instructor

Hofstra University ‘69 –B.S., -   Economics-Finance-Math - Psychology
 
     New York University-Leonard N. Stern School of Business.
    ’71-M.B.A.
    ’72-M.A. - Economics
    ’73-M.A. – Math & Finance
    ’76-Ph.D. –Math & Finance

New York Institute of Finance ‘70

Employer:   Retired (Wall Street Trading/Arbitrage)
  
Employer: Bard Financial Management, Inc. CEO/Chairman

Location:  Wilmington, NC
Description: Wealth Management.
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Past Trustee South Fork Natural History Society
Past trustee/Shelter Island Chapter-The Nature Conservancy

Kyokushin Karate-Black Belt (1977)

(PADI)Certified Scuba Diver 1990  
(PADI)-Master Scuba Diver Trainer # 88053 (16 years)
(IANTD)Instructor Trainer #153 (16 years)
(DAN)Oxygen Instructor Trainer #007212
Member - --North American Nature Photography Association
Member ---Nikon Professional Service
Black Sand Dive Retreat, Lembeh Strait

PADI SPECIALTY INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATIONS
          ENRICHED AIR DIVER
          UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHER
          BOAT DIVER
          WRECK DIVER 
          DEEP DIVER
          UNDERWATER NAVIGATOR
          SEARCH AND RECOVERY DIVER
          MULTILEVEL DIVER
          DRY SUIT DIVER
          UNDERWATER NATURALIST
          UNDERWATER HUNTER
          NIGHT DIVER
PADI SPECIALTY INSTRUCTOR (DISTINCTIVE)
          SEMI CLOSED REBREATHER ATLANTIS 1
          SEMI CLOSED REBREATHER DOLPHIN
          Emergency Oxygen Provider
         OXYGEN FIRST AID
         Medic First Aid Instructor
(IANTD)  INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NITROX AND TECHNICAL DIVERS…CERTIFICATIONS
IANTD EANx INSTRUCTOR TRAINER # 153,
IANTD ENRICHED AIR NITROX INSTRUCTOR # 985
IANTD ENRICHED AIR NITROX DIVER #12,122
IANTD REBREATHER INSTRUCTOR #985(DRAGER DOLPHIN AND ATLANTIS 1)
IANTD OXYGEN PROVIDER INSTRUCTOR TRAINER # 153                  
IANTD TRIMIX DIVER #12,122
IANTD GAS BLENDING AND MIXING TECHNICIAN INSTRUCTOR #985(EANx)
IANTD EANx & TRIMIX GAS BLENDING & MIXING TECHNICIAN INSTRUCTOR #985
IANTD GAS BLENDING AND MIXING TECHNICIAN # 12,122
IANTD TECHNICAL EANx DIVER #12,122
IANTD DEEP AIR DIVER #12,122
IANTD ADVANCED DEEP AIR DIVER #12,122
IANTD ADVANCED NITROX DIVER #12,122
IANTD OXYGEN INSTRUCTOR TRAINER #007212
IANTD DRAGER ATLANTIS 1 REBREATHER DIVER
IANTD DRAGER DOLPHIN REBREATHER INSTRUCTOR

(DAN) Divers Alert Network)
DAN OXYGEN FIRST AID INSTRUCTOR # 007212
DAN OXYGEN FIRST AID INSTRUCTOR-TRAINER #007212

over 7,100 dives on air, over 4,300 on EANx 1, 2-- as well as up to 80 %-100% OXYGEN for decompression on extended range dives. Trimix on 108 extended range dives (200’-552’fsw).

Captain Tim Nichols U.S.C.G Master, P.A.D.I Diver. Tim has 6 years of experience in the United States Coast Guard. As a Coast Guard Boatswainsmate, he has over 5000 underway hours as a boat Coxswain specifically doing Homeland Security and Search & Rescue. Along with having completed over 250 Search & Rescue cases, Capt. Tim has been a team leader in over 1000 Law Enforcement Boarding's all over the United States and the Caribbean. He is a PADI certified diver with over 12 years of experience. Captain Tim looks forward to providing you a safe, enjoyable and memorable Dive trip backed by his professional military maritime background and love for the area waters!

Tim Gardner Commercial Pilot. Tim Originally from Newzealand had the fun job of flying passengers from one island to the other in the Bahamas. Tim has travelled the world and scuba dived in almost all puddles of water in the world. His qualifications are
1993. Open Water Certificate. Milford Sound New Zealand
1994. Dive Master. Bob Soto Dive Center, Grand Cayman, British West Indies.
1994. Open Water Scuba Instructor. Dixie Diving Centre, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
1994. Instructed at Little Cayman Beach Resort. Little Cayman Island BWI. His Dive Experience
1993. Milford Sound, New Zealand (Great White Sharks)
1995. Key West, Florida. (Searching for Lost Treasure)
1996. Dahab, Red Sea, Eygpt, Africa (Tropical Fish)
2002. Tofu Bay. Mozambique, Africa. (Whale Sharks, Manta Ray)
2003. Grace Bay, Turks & Caicos Islands, BWI. (Tropical Fish & Blue Whale)

 

Dana is a Open Water Scuba Diver and is currently a student studying accounting.

Emily is a Open Water Scuba Diver and is currently a student studying business and wants to become a Lawyer.