Grant completed several Discover Scuba Dive classes in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Australia. His wife convinced him to become certified so he would have more knowledge and be safer. In 2016, Grant completed his Open Water course in Townsville, Australia. His plan was to dive in warm water while on vacations but soon realized he couldn’t get away often enough and took additional training with Diver City Scuba. He became a Divemaster in 2024 and joined the store staff part-time, but during some of the winter months he ventures to the warmer waters.
In 2013 while snorkeling in Cuba, Ying suffered a near drowning. The experience was so terrifying that she would not swim again for almost 8 years.
One day, she thought: “What if I have a scuba tank? I can’t drown, right?” So, she started to swim daily at Pan Am, and signed up for SCUBA lessons with Diver City.
She said: It is not just simply swimming again; it is about overcoming this fear and challenging herself.
Today, Ying is hooked on scuba diving and finished her Divemaster program in November of 2023. Her goal is to become a TDI full cave diver in 2025.
Becky has always loved water but it wasn’t until she dove in Cozumel that the love changed to obsession.
She first got SCUBA certified in West Hawk Lake in 2020 and continued training until she completed her Divemaster certification in 2024. She truly enjoys helping new divers, especially seeing their passion and abilities grow.
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Norman’s journey began with a Discover SCUBA while vacationing in Mexico in 2019, and he knew he found something he loved. In fact, he completed his Open Water Certification before that vacation ended a week later. Over the next three years, Norm dove as often as he could, completing his Divemaster training in 2021 and then became an Instructor in 2023. Norm still loves to dive at West Hawk and enjoys sharing the magic of the underwater world with others.
An overboard pair of favourite sunglasses at the bottom of the lake, a thirst for adventure, and never shying away from a good challenge was the perfect recipe to bring Tom to his passion for scuba. He was immediately hooked and his only regret is that he didn’t find scuba earlier in his life. Tom wants to help others find their love of scuba too, so he became a certified Divemaster in 2021 with the goal of becoming an instructor. The overboard sunglasses have never been found, but an insatiable love of scuba was.
Ever since he saw Bugs Bunny use a straw to breathe underwater and escape from Elmer Fudd, Oliver has wanted to give scuba diving a go.
After his first trip to Mexico he knew scuba diving was for him and became open water certified in 2014. He’s since gone on to receive his Divemaster certification in 2019 so that he can help share his passion for diving with others.
Greg got certified in 2017 at West Hawk Lake and immediately fell down the rabbit hole!
By summer of 2018 he was a practicing Divemaster for Diver City and by 2019 had joined to DCS Zoo team, cleaning the polar bear and seal tanks at Assiniboine Park Zoo!
Greg prefers off the beaten path dive destinations and is a lover of cold water diving! When not diving locally, you can find him diving in South Africa, in the UK or British Columbia.
When he’s not diving, he’s probably hiking, cooking or taking pictures of bugs.
For as long as Ashley can remember she has been fascinated with sharks, whales and all things below the surface, but never considered scuba. Ashley ventured into the underwater world in 2019 in our local Manitoba waters and quickly became addicted. Though she has a soft spot for the warm tropical destinations, she has found a new hidden love for cold water diving in our Canadian waters.
She enjoys teaching others and spreading the scuba-bug, so in 2022 she certified as a Divemaster and became one of the Pros. She is also a part of the DCS Zoo team and never thought cleaning up poop could bring her so much joy! Ashley is most commonly found at the shop organizing and scheduling our pool nights, lake training weekends, and other events, is the mastermind behind all things social media/marketing, and is always willing to help customers and divers to be.
Dan has been interested in the underwater world since his youth. He finally decided to take the plunge after talking to other divers and got his PADI Open Water certification in 2010. You will find him mostly at West Hawk Lake where he loves to take other divers in his boat to explore the different dive sites on the lake. Dan was certified as a PADI Divemaster in 2018 and he is excited for this new adventure and looking forward to showing others this amazing world under the waves.
