Meet the Scuba 2000 team ... a diverse bunch of Divemasters, Open Water Scuba Instructors, PADI Course Directors, etc.

Scuba 2000, a PADI 5 STAR Instructor Development Centre located minutes north of Toronto is only an hour away from some of Ontario's best dive areas.

DIVEMASTERS AND ASSISTANT INSTRUCTORS

Alan Brown

Occupation: Senior Program Manager, Magna

Current Certification Level: PADI Divemaster

Best Scuba Course Ever Taken & Why: Dive Master. One on One mentoring by my instructor and the experience of working on a dive boat in the Aegean learning to help others enjoy the world of diving.

Dive Experience: 300+ dives in Ontario, Turkey, Bahamas. O/W in lake Simcoe Oct. 28, 2001 (brrrrrrrr), A/OW 2004 Dive Master with Scuba 2000 since 2007.

Personal Goal(s): Retire so I can Fly, Dive, Ski

Rowan Faludi
Occupation: Urban Economist
Current Certification Level: PADI Divemaster
Best Scuba Course Ever Taken & Why: Dive Master – Forces you to develop your skills
Favourite Course(s) To Teach & Why: Open Water - The excitement new divers exhibit when they pass the course and see a whole new world open in front of them.

Dive Experience: 490 dives and counting. (Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea, North Sea, Sea of Cortez, Gulf of Mexico, Georgian Bay, All of the Great Lakes, Lake Mead, Lake Simcoe, Niagara and St. Lawrence Rivers, Innerkip Quarry, Kirkfield Quarry, Ginnie Springs (Florida), and Bonne Terre Mine (Missouri). Temperatures ranging from 39F to 88F

Prefer Salt Water or Fresh Water & Why: Salt – More critters.
Best Dive(s): The zillions of fish on the Vandenburg off Key West and Core Gut off the Caribbean Island of Saba.

Worst Dive(s): I don’t remember any.
Other Interests: Cycling, triathlons, golf, and public speaking
Little Known Fact About Me: First person to visit Ontario Place in 1976.
Personal Goal(s): Cycle 100 Miles, Shoot Par in Golf, 1,000 Dives
Personal Motto: Its all about balance.

Sue Faludi
Occupation: Fitness Co-ordinator
Current Certification Level: PADI Divemaster
Best Scuba Course Ever Taken & Why: Open-water – it is what got me interested and started. It has given me the opportunity to learn skills, discover new worlds, meet and work with amazing people and now as a divemaster I hope I can share these things with others.
Favourite Course(s) To Teach & Why: Not teaching yet…note the yet!

Dive Experience: Ontario, Florida, Caribbean, S. Africa, Scotland, Greece, Fiji
Prefer Salt Water or Fresh Water & Why: Probably salt water as it has the wider variations in fish and sea life, but I have had some pretty cool fresh water dives.
Best Dive(s): the White wall in Fiji and # 500 in Belize

Worst Dive(s): Nope, can’t think of one…
Other Interests: Running, Triathlons, My bunny Skye, Traveling, Yoga
Personal Goal(s): To continue to travel and, in the words of Robert Frost “to take the road less travelled”
Personal Motto: Try anything once.

Barry Fischer

Occupation: Finance
Current Certification Level: PADI Divemaster, PADI EFR Instructor

Best Scuba Course Ever Taken & Why: Divemaster. Learning how to dive is great. Learning how to teach others to dive – the knowledge I needed to acquire and the improvement in my skills to be able to demonstrate them was astounding. It made me a better diver and teacher.

Favourite Course(s) To Teach & Why: Ice diving. The experience of looking up at a thick block of ice and seeing people standing above you is something out of this world.

Prefer Salt Water or Fresh Water & Why: Prefer interesting dive sites…

Best Dive(s): SS. Yongala – off the coast of Australia

Ian Scarth
Occupation: Engineered Automotive Systems
Current Certification Level: PADI Divemaster
Best Scuba Course Ever Taken & Why: Rescue. Lots of fun, but most importantly I became a much better diver. It changes your outlook.
Favourite Course(s) To Teach & Why: Dive Experience: Open Water. I like to see the look on the students' faces when they learn to dive for the first time.
Prefer Salt Water or Fresh Water & Why: Salt. Definitely. The fish and coral are just fantastic to see.
Best Dive(s): Vandenberg wreck off the Florida Keys. Amazing and absolutely huge ship.

Worst Dive(s): Diving with Joel when he makes you do skills at 110'
Other Interests: Boating, nordic skiing.
Little Known Fact About Me: All facts about me are known.
Personal Goal(s): To dive in every ocean of the world.
Personal Motto: Inspirational words are for wimps.
Inspirational words: See above.
Other comment: Ian was instrumental in developing an underwater labratory named Project Neptune. To read more on the lab click here!

Lee Vu

Occupation: Project Director, Computer Software Industry

Current Certification Level: PADI Divemaster, PADI EFR Instructor

Best Scuba Course Ever Taken & Why: Divemaster. Learn to be a diving professional.

Dive Experience: 150+ dives in Ontario, started with Advanced OW dives in Tobermory with Scuba 2000 in September 2001.

Prefer Salt Water or Fresh Water & Why: No preference, I like both.

Best Dive(s): Nha Trang, Vietnam.

Worst Dive(s): None so far!

Other Interests: Downhill skiing.

Little Known Fact About Me: I was a licensed stockbroker.

Personal Goal(s): No need to work and go diving every day.

Other comment: Contact me at LeeVu1 (at ) yahoo.ca

Tony Ward
Occupation: Safety Manager
Current Certification Level: PADI Assistant Instructor, PADI EFR Instructor
Best Scuba Course Ever Taken & Why: Rescue Course. Lots of fun and no pressure.
Favourite Course(s) To Teach & Why: EFR – a life saver.
Prefer Salt Water or Fresh Water & Why: Warm salt water. A lot less weight.
Best Dive(s): Punta Sur in Cozumel

Mirko Zadravec
Occupation: Senior Systems Analyst
Current Certification Level: PADI Divemaster, PADI EFR Instructor
Best Scuba Course Ever Taken & Why: Divemaster, but the real learning starts when you start helping others learn.

Prefer Salt Water or Fresh Water & Why: Salt -- So much more to see and it’s, well, easier to see.
Best Dive(s): Roatan -- so much life. Vancouver -- just as much life but bigger.

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