Gary started his adult life serving in the Military. His love of the ocean brought him to scuba diving and he has been a certified diver for nearly 30 years.

He has a vast experience in scuba diving by dropping on dive sites all over the United States to include west coast deep water lakes, Florida fresh water springs, Gulf of Mexico, and the list continues. He is an experienced PADI certified Instructor and  his attitude towards safety will make your experience one of the safest and most fun you can have in the water!  

Gary is also Founder and President of Bright Horizons Diving, Inc., a non-profit corporation for special needs individuals and is one of a handful of people in the entire world to hold a PADI adaptive dive techniques specialty. He was on the PADI review board for the development of the Adaptive Dive Techniques Specialty certification and he is a Redaptive Dive instructor through RAID for certification of the adaptive dive students and their buddies.  Gary specifically created the Bright Horizons Diving program which is designed to introduce the underwater world and change the lives of people with disabilities who want to take the plunge.

PADI Certifications

• Master Scuba Diver Trainer
• Emergency First Response Instructor
• Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor
• Adaptive Techniques Specialties Instructor
• Underwater Photographer Instructor
• Underwater Navigator Instructor
• Enriched Air Instructor  (Nitrox)
• Deep Diver Instructor
• Boat Diver Instructor
• Ocean Reef Integrated Mask Instructor
• Wreck Dive instructor
• Night Dive Instructor
• RAID Instructor
• Open Water 20
• RAID Adaptive Open water 20
• RAID Advanced open water
• RAID Re-daptive Dive Buddy Course

Hometown: From San Francisco, CA, now living in the Panhandle of Florida!
Favorite Food: Fresh Seafood, BBQ, or Italian
Favorite Local Hangout: With living in Florida, any dive boat heading for a dive site!
Favorite Dive Site: The Philippine Islands!
Favorite Type of Diving: Have been working on taking more underwater video
Best Dive You’ve Ever Been On: I would have to say, San Francisco Maru in Truk Lagoon!

If You Could Dive Anywhere in the World Where Would It Be? Since Wrecks tickle my fancy, I would say, anywhere there is a wreck!

Anything Else You Would Like to Add? As divers, we are the Oceans Ambassadors. As such, it is our duty to inform those who do not dive, as to what is happening to our oceans. To quote someone famous: “People will only love what they understand!” We need to ensure people understand what is happening to our oceans and what they can do to make them healthier.

Hometown: La Ceiba, Honduras
Favorite food: Gnocchi
Favorite Local Hangout: The Dive Shop!
Favorite Dive Site: Blue Channel, Roatan Bay Islands Honduras
Why Do You Dive? To see the real world
Favorite Type of Diving: Tech, twin/side mount reef exploration dives
Best Dive You’ve Ever Been On: Blue Channel Roatan

Why Do You Teach New Divers? To inspire a new generation (kids) of divers and dive engineers
Anything Else You Would Like To Add? Nothing Now!

Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Favorite Food: Surf & Turf, Lobster + Ribeye
Favorite Local Hangout: GI Jades
Favorite Dive Site: Any and all of them!
Favorite Type of Diving: I love to explore the under water eco system. It’s like being in a never ending huge aquarium
Best Dive You’ve Ever Been On: The Gulf wrecks!
If You Could Dive Anywhere in the World Where Would It Be?
Anything Else You Would Like to Add? I have always been in a fast paced work and life environment. It’s always been go,go,go. When I dive, it’s like time is suspended. It’s the most calm, and relaxed I’ve ever felt. It’s the most peaceful place on earth, blowing bubbles. I teach divers so hopefully I can train them so they can learn to explore the world below that I love so much. Pass it on!