Todd Matthies Owner - PADI Master Instructor #60924
                                                                    With nearly 30 years 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 Company, 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 Carolina, Florida's Springs and Keys, and Monterrey California. Internationally, Todd has lead multiple trips to many locations such as Cozumel; Roatan, Honduras, the Cayman Islands, Truk Lagoon, Palau, Kosrae and Pohnpei. As an accomplished videographer, Todd has introduced many people to these destinations, who may have not been able to join him personally, through his videos.

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.