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Dive Qualifications:
PADI Course Director
Diving since:
1989
From:
Upstate New York
Favorite Upper Keys Dive Site:
Favorite wreck is the U.S.C.G. cutter Duane. I
have over 100 dives on it and every single one
is exciting and different. My favorite reefs
are Molasses and Davey Crocker due to the vast
marine life on each, in addition to a couple
of girlfriends there that are always excited
to see me (big green moray eels).
Favorite Keys Restaurant:
Bayside Grill
Favorite Keys Hangout:
Dillon's
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Jason
Schwenke
PADI Course Director; General Manager; Training Director
Jason started his diving career when he became the store manager
and Divemaster for a dive operation in New York. After moving to
the keys in 1994 where he earned the PADI instructor rating, Jason
soon worked his way up to become one of PADI’s youngest Course
Directors; the highest professional certification available from
PADI. He worked for a Key Largo PADI 5 Star CDC Center as a store
manager and IDC trainer for several years. In 1999, Jason opened
up his own diver education facility in Pennekamp State Park where
he offered a wide array of PADI dive courses including Instructor
Development Courses.
Jason has been very active in community
volunteer programs in the Upper Keys. He has devoted time and
resources to the National Maritime
Sanctuary and John Pennekamp Park while supporting the aquatic
environments. Jason will continue to play a role in the preservation
of the local reefs while focusing on the development of the educational
curriculum at Florida Keys Dive Center.
Jason also brings an added element to
the successful job placement program at Florida Keys Dive Center.
His Network of contacts throughout
the Caribbean and US Regions will be added to an already extensive
list from Course Director Tom Timmerman. This gives Florida Keys
Dive Center an advantage over other dive shops by providing student
divers with a choice of local and exotic destinations to select
from to start or continue their diving careers.
If you see pictures of an underwater
Santa Claus, Easter or Uncle Sam, good chance it is Jason.
“This is your
card to learn. Have fun.” |
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