Meet your Ocean Divers Crew!

(in alphabetical order)

Kevin Angelilli, Course Director

Hometown: Vienna, WV

Diving Since: 1993 (20th Anniversary!)

Favorite Dive Site: Spiegel Grove

Favorite Sea Creature: Octopus

Favorite Class to Teach: Instructor Development Course

Gear You Use: Poseidon Rebreather

 

Joe Angelo, General Manager and Course Director

Hometown: Youngstown, OH

Diving Since: 1980

Favorite Dive Site: Outside Wall on Molasses Reef

Favorite Sea Creature: Flamingo Tongue, I love the colors on them.

Favorite Class to Teach: Instructor Development Course – I get to meet
so many different people and learn different ways that people teach.

Gear You Use: ScubaPro Knighthawk or X-TEK Form Tek BC, MK25 & S600 Regulators, Sea Wing Nova Gorilla Fins and Nova Scotia Wetsuit in the winter.

Natacha Angelo, Instructor and Sales

Hometown: France

Diving Since: 1986

Favorite Dive Site: The Benwood Wreck

Favorite Sea Creature: Flamingo Tongue

Favorite Class to Teach: No class in particular, but I enjoy teaching kids
as it is great to see their eyes light up when they go in the water for the
first time.

Gear You Use: ScubaPro Sea Wing Nova white fins, Subgear Sprite Mask & Snorkel

Lew “Scuba Lew” Bellows, Master Scuba Diver Trainer and Mate

Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Diving Since: 1965

Favorite Dive Sites: Reef – Fire Coral Caves on Molasses Reef
                              Wreck – USCGC Duane

Favorite Sea Creatures: Goliath Grouper, Tarpon, Sharks and Nudibranch

Gear You Use: ScubaPro Spectra Mask, GlidePro BC, Everflex Wetsuit &
Gorilla Fins

Favorite Class to Teach: Open Water to youth and Rescue Diver because
students find it most rewarding

Connie Boykin, Operations Manager

Hometown: Lancaster, OH

Diving Since: 1993

Favorite Dive Site: The City of Washington on the Elbow

Favorite Sea Creature: Do I have to pick one???

Favorite Class to Teach: I’m not an instructor, but if I had
a choice it would be correctly using the cash register.

 Steve Burner, Instructor and Mate

Hometown: Owosso, Michigan

Diving Since: 1987

Favorite Dive Sites: Reef – Christmas Tree Caves and North Dry Rocks
                              Wreck – Spiegel Grove

Favorite Sea Creatures: Peterson Cleaner Shrimp, Spotted Eagle Ray

Favorite Class to Teach: Open Water – I get to share what I love and
bring divers into a new world.

Gear You Use: MK 10 first stage and G200 second stage

 Louis Crispino, IDC Staff Instructor and Sales

Hometown: The Bronx, NY

Diving Since: 1987

Favorite Dive Site: Any spot on Molasses Reef

Favorite Sea Creature: Spotted Eagle Ray

Favorite Class to Teach: Advanced Open Water – Because you can teach
students common sense techniques that increase the enjoyment of diving
but are prevented in the Open Water class by task overloading.

Gear You Use: ScubaPro MK 17 & A700 regulators, Classic BC with Air2 Octo and Galileo Sol Computer

 Odie Hammerhead, Everyone’s Favorite Mascot!

Hometown: Key Largo, FL

Diving Since: 1975

Favorite Dive Site: The ocean!

Favorite Sea Creature: Todd, he tastes like peanut butter!

Favorite Class to Teach: All of them, they taste the same!

Gear You Use: Seriously???

 Max Hatten, Instructor and Mate

Hometown: Bozeman, MT

Diving Since: August 1, 2003

Favorite Dive Sites: Reef – Aquarium
                              Wreck – Spiegel Grove

Favorite Sea Creature: Juvenile Spotted Drum

Favorite Class to Teach: Advanced Open Water

Gear You Use: X-TEK Form Tek BC, Scubapro MK 25 Regulator, Frameless Mask

 Capt. Lou Howell, Boat Captain

Hometown: Jacksonville, FL

Diving Since: 1982

Favorite Dive Sites: Reef – Conch Wall, Molasses Mini Wall
                Wreck – Duane… and of course, my secret spots!

Favorite Sea Creatures: Turtles, Eagle Rays, Trunk Fish and Cow Fish

Favorite Class I’ve Taken: Both the Rescue and Divemaster classes – They make better divers, and help people to be more aware of situations while they are diving.

 Matt Miller, Instructor and Mate

Hometown: Gainesville, GA

Diving Since: 2008

Favorite Dive Sites: Wreck – Spiegel Grove; Reef – Permit Ledge

Favorite Sea Creature: Creole Wrasse

Favorite Class to Teach: Rescue Diver

Gear You Use: ScubaPro GlidePro BC, MK17 & S600 Regulators

Dan Niedens, Instructor and ScubaPro Technician

Hometown: Camarillo, CA

Diving Since: 1995

Favorite Dive Sites: Reef - Molasses; Wreck - USCGC DUANE

Favorite Sea Creatures: Sea Lions

Gear: MK15/G250 Hot Cover, KnightHawk with an Air2, Jet Fins

Favorite Class to Teach: Rescue Diver
 

 Chris Ring, Instructor and Cage Mate

Hometown: Spearfish, South Dakota (ironic?)

Diving Since: June 2011

Favorite Dive Site: The Vandenburg – You always remember your first wreck!

Favorite Sea Creatures: All the edible ones and Sea Monkeys!

Gear: ScubaPro Knight Hawk BC, Seawing Nova Fins

Favorite Class Taken: Dive Theory and Divemaster

Shawn Robotka, IDC Staff Instructor and Mate

Hometown: Monterey, California

Diving Since: 1988

Favorite Dive Sites: USCGC Duane and Spiegel Grove

Favorite Sea Creatures: Octopus and Hammerhead Shark

Favorite Class to Teach: Rescue

Gear You Use: X-TEK Form Tek BC, ScubaPro Everflex 3mm Wetsuit, Trufit Mask

Capt. Joe Thomas, Instructor and Boat Captain

Hometown: New York, NY

Diving Since: 1969

Favorite Dive Site: North North Dry Rocks

Favorite Sea Creature: Hamlet

Favorite Class to Teach: The Boat Diver Specialty, because you need it.

Gear You Use: ScubaPro