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From Zero to Hero – Learning to Swim and Scuba Dive as a Migrant Adult in Australia

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Month: December 2021

tony fontes scuba diver

What I’ve Learned: Tony Fontes

Australia’s prolific Course Director on teaching generations of instructors, family, and fighting to preserve the Great Barrier Reef.

Durwood J. (DJ) Morin with an underwater camera

What I’ve Learned: Durwood J. (DJ) Morin

46-year PADI Member DJ Morin (MSDT – 4388) reflects on his early years as a scuba diver, a role as Connecticut’s Loch Ness monster, and his proudest achievements in a storied diving career.

Bill Matthies early padi diver

What I’ve Learned: Bill Matthies

Founder of the Minnesota School of Diving, established in 1959, PADI Instructor Bill Matthies reflects on 61 years of a diving life.

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