Experienced Staff in Key Largo

Our Professional Education Staff consists of 6 PADI Course Directors, 3 of which have been consistently awarded Platinum Status. They are supported by our robust staff of PADI Master Instructors and PADI IDC Staff Instructors. All together they form our dedicated IDC/CDC team and they have come together to create the best real world training environment you could ask for. We put this team together not just because of their experience, but because we believe our team philosophy and approach translates to a better learning experience for our Instructor Candidates.

Our Diving Staff Members:

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    Ross Neill
    Training Director

    Certifications:

    PADI Instructor-Examiner

    Diveheart Instructor Trainer

    PADI Platinum Course Director

    Ross' very first diving experience was from an ex-Navy diver who had a lean-to next to the pool at a hotel in Key Biscayne, FL. He was only eight, but tall for his age and had spent the entire week at the hotel pool, fascinated by the man with the dive gear.

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  • Paul "The Beard" Nonemaker
    Instructor-Trainer

    Certifications:

    PADI Master Instructor

    Paul "the beard" Nonemaker started diving in 2014 the cold waters of a Pennsylvania quarry. He used this an an opportunity and excuse to travel and dive in Nassau, Thailand, and Hawaii. He was hooked from his first breaths underwater and could not wait to learn more.

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    Mustufa Harianawala aka "Mu"
    PADI Master Instructor

    Certifications:

    PADI Master Instructor

    Mu got hooked to scuba diving during his travels to Koh Tao, Thailand in 2011.

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    Billy Wise
    General Manager

    Certifications:

    PADI Platinum Course Director

    Billy's first introduction to scuba came by way of his father. At an early age, Billy assisted his dad on various commercial diving jobs along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. In 1978, Billy became a PADI Open Water diver and began exploring recreationally around the globe.

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  • D.J. Wood
    AKA "Oz"

    Certifications:

    PADI Master Instructor

    USCG 100T Master Captain

    D.J. started diving quite by accident in 1999 when he visited the Florida Keys for Christmas vacation. The resort mixed up his dolphin swim reservations, and they offered to make up for it with a Discover Scuba Class. The rest is history, as they say.

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  • IDC Course Schedule

    We run PADI IDC's about once a month throughout the year, so you are never more than a few days away from our next class cycle!

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  • Career Package Builder

    Use our package wizard to walk you through creating your own custom IDC package of courses, complete with pricing breakdown.

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  • PADI IDC Report

    What is the experience like? Follow all of the days and weeks activities with our IDC staff and candidates.

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  • Featured Specialty Course

    See what our featured specialty of the month is, and learn why it's important to your professional diving career.

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  • Our Next IDC Course:

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  • Testimonial: Kioni Arend

    What sealed it for me was the constant communication I received from Rainbow Reef's course director Ross Neil,...

    Photograph of Kioni Arend at Rainbow Reef IDC in Key Largo, FL
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