Let's Face It,
It All Looks the Same Underwater (awesome)

It's the people that make the difference at SCUBA
Updated 03/19/2008

Long time island residents, Molly and Ed Buckley head up the team of professional instructors and divemasters that work to make your diving vacation a wonderful one. Molly is the General Manager and Ed is Operations Manager. Molly moved to St. Croix from Atlanta in 1991, and Ed from Louisiana in 1985. Both were working for the airlines but fell in love with St. Croix and the wonderful diving it offers.

Ed is a US Coast Guard certificated Captain, PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, NAUI Instructor, Medic First Aid Instructor, DAN O2 Instructor, and certified Scubapro repair technician

By the way, the third member of the management team shown above is SCUBA (Salve Cannis Ultra Bonnam Amicum--it translates to "Hail Dog, Going Beyond a Good Friend".  

 

Roger Shepherd (Sales Manager)
Our resident rock star comes to us from Tupelo, Mississippi, the birthplace of Elvis Presley.  After 5 years of touring the country with his band, he has given up the rock n' roll lifestyle to become a pirate.  He has been a certified instructor for 8 years and is a welcome asset to our team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CaptainMichael Gelardi has been around SCUBA almost from the beginning.  Originally Michael did all of our video work and helped out with the occasional Divemaster or Instructor gig.  He's now a USCG Master and he's the guy that keeps our two dive boats, Reliance, and Scuba Dos, the top two dive boats on the island.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Captain Matt Hoover   Matt worked for us full-time as our Boat Manager
and prior to that as a full-time instructor.  He still drives the boat on occassion
however he now works full-time for one of the oil spill responders companies
on the island.  Matt is a U.S. Coast Guard certificated Captain, and a PADI Instructor.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Shelly and Steven Chenowith,
recently retired from corporate
America in Atlanta and moved
to the sun and fun of St. Croix.
Both are PADI Instructors

 

 

 

 

 

Suzie Shipman is a PADI Instructor
from Canada.  She moved here with
her husband (our own Captain Ed
married them back in September)
who's a pilot for the seaplane.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve Layton, a PADI Instructor, along with his wife Maddie have been customers of SCUBA for years.  He decided to retire and take up SCUBA diving fulltime.

 

 

 

 

 

We found Mark, a PADI Instructor at the DEMA show in Orlando this past November.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff Elvins, is a Coast Guard Captain
who also runs his own pool company here on St. Croix

 

 

 

 

Sales Associates
At least as important as our dive staff are the people who first meet and greet our divers.                             

 

Sandy Schexnayder                              Marcia Alexander                             Toni Hazell
 

     
These people make up the team of professional dive and retail staff that make the SCUBA staff the friendliest and most professional on the island.