About SCUBA NASHVILLE
Scuba Nashville was founded by Marcos in 2000. He started teaching SCUBA in the Middle Tennessee area in 1998.
Marcos has worked hard to develop programs that give the people who chose to learn with him a real chance at becoming comfortable and safe with their SCUBA skills. He also made sure, by developing and maintaining a robust group travel calendar, that divers have plenty of opportunities to exercise their skills in nearly all of the waters of the world.
PLEASE call if we can be of any assistance at all. If you’re a certified diver, then we’d enjoy having a chance to meet you. If you’re not certified but are considering trying it, come to talk to us.
What We do
We are a full service dive training facility, teaching scuba lessons for the top 3 best certifying agencies.
We offer dive travel, sell and service dive gear, and host the largest dive club in TN. We sell gear at a great discount to our students.
Scuba lessons are taught in 3 parts; Academic, Pool Training, and Diving.
Prices are based on 4 or more students. Private classes are available.
1. For the academic portion you need the video and book, you may study at home at your own pace. The videos take about 3 hours to watch. Just follow along with the book completing the end-of-chapter study questions. We’ll schedule a time so I may teach you a little more and go over all the material to make sure you understand everything, this will take about 4 hours. You’ll take four 10 question quizzes and a 50 question final exam. Don’t worry; it is very easy everyone passes. I’ll make sure you’re well prepared for the test.
2. For the pool training, we use the Gallatin Civic Center pool. It’s a very large indoor heated pool. You learn scuba skills, practice diving and have fun getting used to breathing underwater. The skills you learn in the pool are the skills you’ll have to demonstrate while on 4 actual SCUBA dives (Checkout dives). In the winter we go to warmer water, Panama City Beach, Key Largo or even a cheap weekend trip to Mexico.
3. You must complete 4 checkout dives to become a PADI certified scuba diver. You have three options to complete the four checkout dives.
MEET OUR Team of Staff & Volunteers.
Marcos
SDI/PADI/NAUI Instructor Trainer
Marcos is our head PADI, SDI & NAUI Scuba Instructor. He’s a Master SCUBA Diver Trainer, Medic First Aid, Emergency First Responder & C.P.R. Instructor, and PADI Instructor Development Course Staff Instructor (IDC). He has been diving for over 30 years. He has well over 5500 dives and teaches all levels of PADI, NAUI & SDI certifications. Marcos is a full time scuba Instructor. He has taught over 3000 divers in St Thomas , Barbados, St. John and TN. His new hobby is antique bottle diving. Go with him to Barbados and find 300 year old Black Glass Pirate bottles.
Forrest
PADI/SDI/NAUI Instructor
Forrest has become a dive maniac. He is one of our best instructors. Ask him about the great diving in Bonaire. He has a passion for the water and diving. He enjoys sharing his passion with everyone he comes in contact with. Forrest teaches Drysuit, Sidemount Diving, Self Reliant and many others.
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Tim Tanner
PADI / NAUI Instructor
Tim is an Open Water Scuba Instructor. He has been diving for many years and he loves to share his experience with new divers. Ask him about it if you are interested in wrecks. Tim works really well with new divers and will make sure you are confident in your skills.
Michael
PADI Instructor
Michael is an Independent Instructor affiliated with Scuba Nashville. He is a Master Scuba Diver Trainer and a Professional Photographer above and under the water. Michael lives in Gallatin TN.
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Josh
NAUI & SDI Instructor
Jim Lamberth
NAUI Instructor
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Max
PADI/NAUI/IANTD/SDI/TDI
Patrick Reese
SDI/TDI Instructor
Our newest SDI/TDI instructor mostly teaches out of Huntsville, AL. .
Paula
PADI & NAUI Divemaster
Paula is a dive travel specialist. She is a great coordinator and trip organizer. Paula also is a full time Travel Agent. Call her for all your travel needs. Paula is a Sandal’s and Beaches rep. Book your next trip through her.
Scuba Joe
NAUI & SDI Instructor
Scuba Joe is our pool boy. He loves working with new divers at the pool. If you have any trouble learning dive skills, Joe is your man. He is very patient, slow and thorough.
Donny
PADI & NAUI Divemaster
Donny has been diving since 1980. He is a Divemaster/Master Scuba Diver, Search & Recovery specialist. He loves diving and helping with students so that they too can enjoy the sport.
If you lost something in the water he’ll go find it for you.
Major John
NAUI Instructor
John is one of our newest instructors. He is also our part time Webmaster.
Mick
PADI & NAUI Divemaster
Mick loves diving at our quarry. He dives every weekend, either at our quarry or Lion Fish hunting in FL
Wild Bill
PADI Dive Master
Bill is amazing. He is an old surfer and our strongest swimmer and huge help. He loves diving with new students and helping with anything you need.
Willis
PADI Dive Master
Willis is our best British Divemaster. He is very calming and relaxed. He likes helping in the pool with new divers.
Duncan
PADI Dive Master
Awesome Tech Diver! He has the best neutral buoyancy of all the Dive Masters. Duncan holds the highest open circuit certification on the market today. PADI Full Tech Trimix.
Wes
NAUI Instructor
Wes needs a haircut, but he’s a great diver and a big help.
Steve
PADI Dive Master
Steve wants to be like Scuba Joe…
