Our Staff

Curt Smecher
Owner, Instructor
Curt Smecher Curt is a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer with over 30 years diving experience. He is also a Marine Biologist and a physician, with hyperbaric training from the Hyperbaric Chamber at VGH in Vancouver.
Training

Marine Biologist (MS Univ. So. California)

Medical Doctor (MD UBC)

Specialist Anesthesiologist (FRCP(C))

Hyperbaric Medicine (UBC through the VGH Hyperbaric Chamber)

Paramedic and Paramedic Instructor (British Columbia Ambulance Service)

Affiliations

UHMS - The Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine Society

PADI

HDS - Historical Dive Society

Dive Qualifications

PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer

PADI Nitrox Instructor

PADI Wreck Instructor

PADI Deep Diving Instructor

PADI Night Diving Instructor

PADI Navigation Instructor

PADI Emergency First Responder Instructor

Equipment Technician for AquaLung, Apeks, ScubaPro, Sherwood

PSI Visual Tank Inspector

Diving Experience

Over 30 years diving