Nate is from Calais, Maine, and he has been diving since he was kid and his dad introduced him to it!  He's been a diving professional since 2015!

Fun facts about Nate: 
He's been diving in 5 different countries (and he's looking to add more)!

He's on the Animal Planet "Aquarium" episode documenting the coral spawning here in Key Largo!

Nate is also a fantastic dancer (at least he thinks so...!)

Highest level of certification:  Open Water Scuba Instructor

Nate's teaching specialties: Deep, Wreck, Gas Blending, Nitrox, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Night

Nate's favorite dive gear:

-Regulator:  Mares Abyss

-BCD:  Mares Prestige

-Fins:  Mares XStreams

-Mask: Atomic (frameless)

Nate's favorite dive site:  U.S.C.G.C. Duane

Nate's favorite marine life: Spotted Drum

 Divemaster Ash 

Ash grew up in San Antonio, Tx and has also lived in Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia and Colorado before migrating to the Gulf side of Florida (Clearwater and Hudson) before FINALLY ending up in Key Largo.

Fun fact about Ash: Ash was at the grand opening of SeaWorld, San Antonio in the late 1980’s and was in LOVE with the shark exhibit, spending hours in there watching the divers cleaning the exhibits, caring for the animals and of course watching the sharks. She was fascinated by the sand tiger sharks and they grew up watching each until 2008 when she left Texas. Fast forward to October 2020, when Ash did the shark dive at the Denver Aquarium where there were 2 sand tiger sharks in the water that were unusually curious about her, to the point that even the guide commented on it. 2 months later, a dive shop in Denver’s sent out a newsletter introducing the two sand tigers as the new arrivals as Wally and Madge, the 31 year old transplants from…SeaWorld San Antonio. Ash unknowingly got to dive with two of the very sharks that inspired her to become a diver in the first place. Ash bawled like a baby when she realized who those two big beautiful babies were to her and she marveled at the fact that they were almost the same age as her! She even got lucky enough to find two of their teeth on the dive for the coolest souvenir EVER.

Ash's favorite dive sites: RJ Thompson (Tarpon Springs, Fl), CJ's Ledge (Tarpon Springs, Fl), Turtle Ledge (Roatan, Honduras), Banana Patch (Key Largo, Fl), Conch Ledge (Key Largo/Tavernier, Fl), any wreck, and anywhere I can hunt!

What will you typically find Ash doing on a dive? If she's working, she's either guiding divers around the reefs showing them cool stuff or doing some private underwater photography for a dive group on the boat (her photography is STELLAR). When she's not diving for the shop, she's usually hunting for hogfish & lionfish (tacos, yum!), contracting on freelance recovery dives for people's lost items (jewelry, small items, phones, anchors, etc.), working on her own private underwater photography projects or finding cool stuff like old bottles, sea biscuits, and critters where you would not expect to find them. She finds the weirdest and coolest stuff!