laughingsquid
Scuba Instructor

About laughingsquid

Biography:

I am a PADI Instructor 35 years diving, mostly northern waters (brrrrrrrrrr!) Enjoy interacting with marine life, wrecks, and exploring. Maine was my home state, then, I fled to Florida to get warm, and now am seriously looking at moving to Belize or the Virgin Islands.

Location:

Currently South Florida!!!!

Interests:

Photography, camping, antiquing, being an occassional chair muffin...

Occupation:

Certified Medical Insurance Billing and Coder.

Gender:

Male

Certification Agencies:

NAUI, PADI, SSI

Dive History:

Well, here goes... Northeast USA from New Jersey to Maine, Hudson Bay, Arctic Circle , Pacific Northwest, Southern California, the Caribbean, most of these destinations for personal exploration and some research, and a brief archeological expedition to the Mediterranean Sea. Most of my diving is in the 90' to 125' range.

Certification Level:

NAUI Instructor / PADI M.S.D.T.

# of Logged Dives:

2,500 - 4,999

Dive Classification:

Instructor / Assistant Instructor / Dive Master / Dive Con

Years Certified:

Ten Or More Years

Dive Equipment:

I use Scubapro MK 25/G250V, Aqualung Legend Supreme, regs with a 6 foot primary. MK2/ R190 regs. A Galileo Terra as a primary, and a Aladin Tec 2G as a backup computer. Halcyon Eclipse w/bps, Jet fins, 3mm Scubapro wetsuits, and a Ocean Systems dry suit. Dive Rite canister and assorted lights, Canon and Nikon camera systems, Sea vision masks Scubapro frame less masks, steel 95 cu ft and aluminum and steel tanks, and a couple of stage bottles plus a few more goodies used from time to time as needed.