

Specialties
EFR, Deep, Night, EANx, Wreck, Tec Rec Gas Blender, PPB, Project Aware, AWARE Coral Reef, Emergency O2 Provider, Care for Children w/AED, Sidemount
Paul Connelly
Owner, Operations Manager, Instructor
SSI Dive Pro, PADI MSDT, PADI OWSI, PADI DIVEMASTER
Hometown: Dundee, Scotland
Places dived: Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Panama, Utila, and Roatan
Favorite place to dive: Fiji
Logged dives: 2,000+
Hobbies besides diving: Uh? What is there besides diving?
Weird fact: I’m the Dive Doctor. If no one else can fix it, I can.
43
Years of Teaching Adventure Sports
25
Years of Diving Experience
6
Years of Teaching Diving
Learn More About Paul
Why do you enjoy teaching others to dive?
Discovered that after I did my Scuba Instructor Course that I have actually been a teacher all of my life just like my father, except I have a better classroom. At 14 I was the youngest ever kayak instructor in Scotland and was also later a coach. I have been teaching in the outdoors ever since—paragliding, skiing, rafting etc. So, since I had taught in the skies, on the mountains, and in the rivers it was now time to teach in the ocean. I never did it for work, just as fun on the weekends.