David started diving in 1972 with the lure of an Undiscovered World by the early images of Jacques Cousteau. After many years of local NJ diving, he discovered a colorful world in warm water destinations and began a lifelong quest to travel to the world' most fascinating dive destinations. In 1994, Dave discovered a passion for cave diving and has pursued this since then.

Today he is the co-owner and president of Blue Water Divers, and has over 30 years as a dive professional, including 23 years of diver retail experience after building BWD from the ground up. Dave started as a YMCA instructor and advance his career with PADI. Currently a PADI Master Scuba Instructor with many instructor level certifications, his favorite class to teach out of all of them is still the entry level Open Water course because he loves to see peoples’ excitement the first time they go underwater and are hooked.

He works and teaches at Blue Water Divers alongside his wife Lorraine, who has been diving with David since 1977. They have 2 sons (Matthew and Marc) who of course are avid divers and love to travel just as much. A family vacation is almost always to a diving destination.

David has a degree in Business and Information Technologies and worked as a Systems Analysts and a Systems Consultant prior to starting Blue Water Divers.

His early influences were of course Jacques Cousteau, images from David Doubilet in National Geographic, reruns of Sea Hunt, Skin Diver Magazine and even Flipper.

Professional Certifications:

• Master Instructor
• IDC Instructor
• Professional Scuba Inspector (PSI) Instructor
• Enriched Air Instructor
• Wreck Instructor
• Blender Instructor
• Emergency First Response Instructor
• Deep Diver Instructor
• Underwater Photographer Instructor