Lead Instructor - Bill Lester

TDI Technical Instructor
SDI Recreational Instructor

Bill began openwater diving in 1988 in the Atlanta area diving deep fresh water lakes. After moving to the Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida area in 1992, he began diving a wide variety of dive sites including: Wrecks, Reefs, Spear fishing, Cavern, Cave, Deep Sinkholes, Submerged Sinkholes, Drift Diving, and others. He earned his full cave diver rating in the spring of 1995 and has completed more than 550 cave dives to date. These varied sites and types of diving gave Bill an excellent foundation and extensive knowledge of many different diving environments.

During this time he also began his leadership training as a working divemaster for several different instructors, boats, and dive shops. Bill became a dive shop manager in 1998 and later owned and operated a scuba diving resort (Neptune Divers of Weeki Wachee).

After returning to the Atlanta area, Bill completed his leadership training and earned a NAUI Instructor Trainer rating in early 2002. In 2004 he earned his advanced nitrox, decompression, cavern, and intro to cave instructor ratings from TDI and NACD.

His experience includes:

Technical Instructor - Scott Pulliam

TDI Technical Instructor
SDI Recreational Instructor
NACD Full Cave Instructor

 

Scott has been diving since 1989. He rapidly climbed the ranks of the scuba world after moving to the Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida area in 1991, Earning his first instructor rating in 1997. During this time he began diving a wide variety of dive sites including: Wrecks, Reefs, Spear fishing, Cavern, Cave, Deep Sinkholes, Submerged Sinkholes, Drift Diving, and others. He earned his full cave diver rating in the spring of 1996 and has completed more than 650 cave dives to date. These varied sites and types of diving have given Scott an extensive foundation and knowledge of a wide variety of diving environments. Scott has also served as an advisor to several cave exploration projects, as well as, provided logistical and equipment support to other diving and exploration projects.