Meet the Crew

Featured Crewmember:

John, , , Rainbow Reef Dive Center, Key Largo, Florida Keys image

John

"Failure is not an option."

The Rainbow Reef Dive Center crew is made up of a wide range of personalities, experience, backgrounds and expertise. It takes a team from behind the scenes, such as the office staff, gear tech, or dockmaster filling tanks to the foreground like the Captains, Instructors, Divemasters and Store staff to make your dive trips, classes, gear and everything around the dive center happen for you each day.

We lost count of how many times our customers have told us that we have quite a cast of colorful crew members at Rainbow Reef. So we decided to create this page so that our future customers could get to know our motley crew a little bit better before they arrived, and also so that after your visit, you can keep up with some of the new friends you made during your trip.

Captains

Joey
Captain
PADI IDC Staff Instructor
Bronwyn
Captain
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Jim
Captain and Course Director
PADI Platinum Course Director
Gavin
Captain
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
Lou H
Captain
PADI DiveMaster
Rachel S
Captain
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Bob E
Captain
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
Alison
Captain
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
Nikita Ma
Captain
PADI DiveMaster

Instructors

Jardin
Sr. Instructor
PADI Master Instructor
Corey W
Instructor
PADI Master Instructor
Jesus A
Instructor
PADI IDC Staff Instructor
AJ Jergins
Instructor
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Cristina
Master Instructor
PADI Master Instructor
Dina
Instructor
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
Eddie B
Instructor
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
John D
Instructor
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Josh P
Instructor
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
ZackB
Intern/Instructor
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Jake H
Instructor
PADI IDC Staff Instructor
ChrisBu
Instructor
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
Maddie C
Instructor
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Jennida
Instructor
PADI IDC Staff Instructor
BellaS
Instructor
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
David
Instructor
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Seanna
Instructor
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
David St
Instructor
PADI IDC Staff Instructor
Nate S
Instructor
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
Danielle C
Instructor
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Lauren
Instructor
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Paul N
Instructor
PADI IDC Staff Instructor
Nate Fo
Instructor
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer

DiveMasters

Jesus
DiveMaster
PADI DiveMaster

Course Directors

Neil
Course Director
PADI Platinum Course Director
Kell
Career Development Director
PADI Master Instructor
JoshCo
Course Director
PADI Platinum Course Director

First Mate

Office Staff

Lew B
Office Staff/Instructor
PADI Master Instructor
RobH
Office Staff
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
DougCl
Office Staff
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
Monica
Assistant Manager
Andy
Office Staff
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
Emily
Office Staff
PADI Rescue Diver
Reba A
Office Associate
PADI Rescue Diver
Beverlee S
Office Associate
PADI DiveMaster
Cheryl H
PADI Rescue Diver
Gaelen
Office Associate
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

Store Staff

Jason C
Store Staff/Instructor
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Orlando C
Retail Expert/Instructor
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor

Support Staff

Indy
Intern
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
Cedric
Intern
PADI Nitrox Specialty

Air Operations

Management

D.J.
a.k.a. Oz
PADI Master Instructor
Billy
General Manager
PADI Platinum Course Director
Carlos
Retail Store Manager
PADI Master Instructor
John
Dive Center Manager
PADI Master Instructor
Joe OK
Head Captain
PADI Master Instructor

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UPDATED 05/30/2020 [VIDEO]: Rainbow Reef Dive Center COVID-19 Information [ CLICK HERE ]

Thank you to all of our past, present and future customers for your support and interest in Rainbow Reef and how we are doing.

We've been looking forward to getting back out on the water with our customers and friends for some great diving! That day has finally arrived!

Monroe County is currently in Florida's Full Phase 1 of reopening

On June 1st, the Florida Keys is reopening for visitors!

Let's Go
DIVING!

As of May 22nd, we reopened our doors for Monroe County residents, and our reservations office is open from 8am to 8pm and standing by to take your reservations for June 1st and beyond. Call, email or contact us on social media now!

We also want to let you know that we have spent a lot of time during this lockdown period figuring out the best way to take everyone diving safely in this temporary but "new normal".

We will be releasing several videos on memorial day weekend demonstrating our procedures and plans to keep both our customers and crew healthy during these challenging times. Look for them on our social media outlets and our website.

Here is the first of those videos:

Some additional changes we are making that you can see demonstrated in the video releases on Memorial Day weekend:

Reducing the number of divers on each boat
Cleaning the boats and tanks between every trip
Crew will wear masks and use gloves
Sign releases on your own device
Check in process as touch-less as possible
Hand sanitizers in all buildings
Rental gear is sanitized, dried, and rotated so it only rented to 1 customer per day
No more than 4 in each recreational class
Boarding procedures to maximize social distancing
Gear up and water entry procedures to maximize social distancing
Fresh water gear rinse and no community rinse tanks

The goal is to be better than ever by the time we can take our customers diving again.

So give us a call, say hello on our social media, or send us an email. We are here getting ready for you and can’t wait to go diving with you on June 1st. Until then stay safe, stay healthy, and best of luck to you and your families during these strange times.