| Todd Matthies Owner - PADI Master Instructor #60924 |
With nearly 30 year s of diving experience, we can't take the time to list
all of Todd's credentials. Along with being a OWSI Instructor, Master Scuba
Diver Trainer and PADI IDC Staff Instructor, Emergency First Response
Instructor, Todd holds over 12 specialty Instructor ratings. He was one of
the founding members of the Crow Wing County Dive Rescue Squad and an
authority on the Cuyuna Mines. His extensive knowledge of the mines led him
and two friends to create the Beanie Buddy Map Com pany, which has introduced
the first accurate and detailed dive maps of the mines.
Diving has taken Todd to many exotic locations all over
the world, but what he likes best is to introduce others to these underwater
worlds. Todd has lead trips to many Great Lake shipwreck destinations such
as Isle Royale National Park;
Thunder Bay, Tobermory, Kingston and Welland Ontario; Copper Harbor,
Munising, and Alpena Michigan. Other domestic locations he has
lead trips to are North Ca Todd is also a factory trained repair technician for Dive Systems International, Scubapro, Aqua Lung, Apex, Oceanic, Sherwood, Atomic and a DOT Authorized hydrostatic cylinder tester. |