Andre Webber has been diving Virgin Island waters for 30 years. Quick to tell a story or a local anecdote, Andre's passion for the ocean and the people who enjoy it is what keeps customers returning year after year. "Everyday is another adventure, a chance to learn something new."
Pam, with a proven track record of over 25 years experience training instructors in the Virgin Islands, knows the resort dive industry. Pam has trained many of the dive store owners, managers and instructors in the U.S.V.I. Pam was formerly on staff at the PADI International College in Santa Ana, CA., and has been appointed by PADI as District Course Director and IE Coordinator for the USVI since 1989.
Kiersten, originally from Colorado gave up her first career as a horse trainier, traded in her cowboy hat and boots for a mask and fins. She started working at St. Thomas Diving Club in 2008, left to spend a year teaching in Hawaii after which she came back home to St. Thomas Diving Club and the warm Caribbean water.
John Korkosv first came to St. Thomas on vacation in 1995 and has been back every year since. In his former life, John was a root canal dentist in upstate New York. His current schedule has him spending a few months in St. Thomas teaching and leading dives, a few months sailing in upstate New York, a couple months skiing and enjoying the beauty of winter, a few weeks hunting in the Catskills and returning to St. Thomas to start another year(what a retirement!).
Sean Arnold joined the St. Thomas Diving Club team as an IDC staff instructor who has taught in southern California and Curacao. Sean loves the water, either being on it, in it or under it!!! If you ever dive with Sean, he will find things that no one else can. Don't forget when he does find something, such as a sea horse, to ask him what the underwater sign for it is!
Jashae Joseph the newest of our dive instructors, Jashae brings his youth and energy to very class and every dive.
Want to learn underwater photograph? Jimi Smith is your instructor. Jimi's underwater photoraph is amazing and he loves to share his secrets. Come take a class with him and you will see the underwater realm in a whole new light.
Doug is the other half of the "Doug and Tejo" team. He came to St. Thomas Diving Club as an Open Water Diver in 1993, and was teaching scuba with us a year later. Doug is a PADI IDC Staff Instructor who, after sixteen years experience training divers, thirteen years experience helping to train instructors, thousands of dives in the beautiful St. Thomas waters, the gain of a lovely wife and the loss of a head of hair, (rendering him the Uncle Fester of the Sea), ...... still doesn't have a dive site named after him.
Tejo (her only scuba name...kinda like Cher orMadonna, if they were divers) is one half, the better half of Doug and Tejo. She started teaching at St. Thomas Diving Club back in 1996. Tejo enjoys teaching and leading dives.
Lauren Simpson started diving in the murky, cold waters of the Pacifica Northwest. Working with her university SCUBA program, she grew a passion for the sport, especially introducing other to it for the first time. Upon graduating from the University of Oregon, Lauren couldn't wait to pack up that dry suit and get into the warm Caribbean water. Lauren currently enjoys teaching, diving and living the Caribbean dream life here in St. Thomas.
Greg Pettingill, captain and instructor, loves leading dives and sharing his underwater adventures. He is our very own Captain Ron!