Scuba Diving

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Dr. Turrentine will arrange a dive trip for you or your group. This might even include Dr. Turrentine flying a seaplane with a small group to remote diving spots. Dr. Turrentine’s charges depend on the dive location, hotel, and airline cost. See Dr. Turrentine’s diving and aviation credentials. Advanced divers are requested. Please call 706 529-6573. If no answer, please leave message.

Certifications

• PADI Divemaster (# 191483)
• SSI Elite Gold Diver {Level 9 (#638408)}
• PADI Instructor Emergency First Responder (Adult, Child, and Infant CPR, AED, and Oxygen Administration #DM-191483)
• SSI and PADI Master Diver (SSI # 638408 and PADI #0410035332)
• Rescue and First Aid Diver (PADI#0404049818 and SSI # 638408)
• Advanced Open Water Diver (PADI Cozumel #9907565969)
• NASDS International Certification of Safe Scuba Diving (#7951)
• Advanced Lifesaving and Water Instruction Certification
• Technical and Diving Specialties:
• Search and Recovery Diver (Program Code #W-330 S. C. College 8-12-87)
• Search and Recovery Diver (SSI #632151)
• Stress and Rescue Diver (SSI # 632151)
• Heli-Diver – Sea and Air Rescue (PADI Australia #0604A14766)
• Helicopter Rescue Awareness (PADI Australia #0604A14774)
• Cavern Diver (PADI #0506094331)
• Intro and Apprentice to Cave Diving (NACD #CA-2093)
• Basic and Full Cave (NSS-CDS / NACD)
• Ice Diver (PADI #0510084178 including experience with Argon Gas)
• Wreck Diving Specialist (SSI #632151)
• Dry Suit Diver (PADI #0510084176)
• Drift Diver (PADI Cozumel #9907566839)
• Deep Diver (PADI #0403096943 and SSI # 638408)
• Advanced Buoyancy Control Diver (SSI #632151)
• Altitude Diver (PADI #0410015157)
• Equipment Specialist (PADI #0405064645)
• Underwater Hunting and Collecting Specialist (PADI #0602099162)
• Diver Propulsion Vehicle Diver (PADI #0510084175)
• Underwater Photographer (PADI #0510084177)
• Underwater Naturalist (PADI #0511006243)
• Night Diver (PADI Turks & Caicos #0506014583)
• Enriched Air Nitrox Max 40% O2 Diver (PADI #9907565841 and SSI # 638408)
• Advanced Nitrox Diver (IANTD-Internat. Ass. Nitrox & Tech Divers # 116770)
• Evolution and Inspiration Rebreather (IANTD # 116770)
• National Geographic Diver (PADI #0510084188)

Experience

• Cave diving with Trimix (Helium blend) &Tri-County Police Rescue Dive Team and independent consultant for many police and firefighter units through north Georgia.
• Seaplane Pilot (#027357) with over 30 years experience including mission trips.
• Writer, Videophotographer, and Photographer for www.badassdivers.com
• 30 years of experience, including many international dive sites; Alaskan Arctic Expeditions, Indian Ocean Sites (Maldives), and Red Sea. Multiple Pacific Ocean Sites {Australia, Philippines, Great Barrier Reef, Micronesia including Truk (Chuuk) Lagoon, Indonesia, Singapore, Bali, Guam, Okinawa and Solomon Islands.} Caribbean (Caymans and Sister Islands, Roatan, Honduras, Belize, Dominica, Bonaire, Cozumel, Jamaica, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, and others) Caverns, Cenotes, and Caves of Florida and Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.