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Our Staff and their Bio's.....enjoy!

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 Julie Wolf    Educational Coordinator,  Scuba Instructor Evaluator.

   Co-owner of Orlando Dive & Snorkel Tours  for 20 years & Crystal River Watersports location ,  I am a native Floridian, from Brandon just outside of Tampa Bay area.  Wife , mother  of 4, grandmother and great-grand mother .... to cool  huh ! I have a background   in education at  the high school level and taught 8 years before expanding  my sights onto Scuba Diving . Today I  am a MDEA Scuba  Instructor Evaluator and have  introduced over 10,000 students to scuba,  in either Discover Scuba Classes in pool settings in Orlando & Central Florida's hotels & resorts  and openwater classes for  scuba certification. I also worked at Disneys Epcot Living Seas Aquarium  for 10 years as a  underwater tour guide for scuba certified guest to explore the aquarium in the evenings. I am a Handicaped Scuba Instructor and  coordinator for all our  educational  programs for  clubs, scouts and schools.. This keeps me very busy. My getaway sport is riding with my husband Ken on our Harley Davidson motorcycle  and I love gardening. I have a cat , named Dixie that adopted us, he was a stray that wondered up to the dive shop  and stayed.

 

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Hi this is Captain Ken,    I will let you know that I have been married to the owner for over 28 years and would not change a thing. This is our life and we love it.  I,m from Ohio,  I moved to Florida in 1982. I am a Coast Guard captain , Scuba instructor, Handicap scuba Instructor and  co owner of Orlando Dive & Snorkel Tours Inc.

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Captain Jim Collins

Hi, my name is Captain Jim and I have lived in Florida since 1972.I am now what was called a "Semi- Native ". I am an Electrical Engineer that worked for IBM, Designing and Developing new computers for 24 years. After 24 years IBM made me an offer that I could not refuse and I moved to the Florida Keys to pursue my love of water and the outdoors. As a Captain and Dive Master I have worked on Snorkel / Dive , Parasail , Historical tour and Environmental Tour Boats.

I have had the pleasure of introducing Children and Adults to Pods of wild Dolphin. Now I am able bring the public up close and personal with Manatees in the Manatees Environment. As a Dive Master, I also take divers on excursions to 3 of our local springs King Springs, Blue Grotto and Devil’s Den, to experience cavern diving at it’s safest.

I hope that you come and experience the thrill of being in the water with one of nature’s most gentle creatures, the 2000 pound Manatee.

Captain Jim Collins

 Captain Robert McClinnis  I,m a home town boy ,  lived in this area my entire life.  I'm  a  captain  and have been doing fishing charters and manatee tours for years. In the summer  I also do the scallop tours in the gulf.

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Hi  I'm Captain Wayne Chambers

 I have been working in the diving indusry for 15 years. I am a  Scuba Instructor and love my job.  I also do some commercial  diving for my parents  at Dixie Marine Services .  I film lots of video of the manatees  on my job and  I love woodworking  and welding fabrication. Waynes World