Rick Stanley
Debbie Stanley
Bill Flaherty
Ian Carter
Roger Pope
Eric Tippett 
Earl Blundon
Jason Best 
Holly Stanley
Darren Taylor
Dave Lane
Sean Fitzpatrick
Albert Stanley
Bell Island Wrecks on CTV's W5 - Nov. 7!
Ocean Quest will be hosting a television crew Oct 4-8 as they film a segment for
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As getting to know the wrecks and the history around them he wanted to tell all of his dive buddies about them. After seeing their entusiasm Rick wanted the wrecks on the world stage and thats when Ocean Quest was formed in 1997. With a boat and little experience he started complying with CCG and TC regulations and form there a vigorous SCUBA training schedule for basic diver to instructor. Now Rick is a specialty instructor, TDI Advanced Nitrox, Inspiration and evolution and Full cave diver and more than 200 on the Bell Island wrecks alone. But without the protection and preservation there is no sustainability so with some help Ocean Net was formed and as a founding member he took the oath...'To Instill an Ocean Conservation Ethic' and the Bell Island wrecks fell within his conservation area that he is taking stewardship of. Besides that fabuluos underwater inventory, the wrecks and marine life around Newfoundland, he has all around him a competent staff, and a dive resort that he is very proud of. Infrastructure and equipment are all world class...and a loving family that has helped and stood by him along the way...lets just say...'I'm living my dream!
Debbie has been diving since 1994 and she started because her husband was having all the fun and she wanted in. Since then she went through the PADI, SDI, TDI and Evolution training programs and is now certified as an Assistant instructor, Advanced Nitrox, Rebreather and full cave diver. She keeps everyone in line, making sure everything runs smoothly and that everyone is at the top of their game. Debbie is a mother of two girls. John Olivero John has been with Oxygene Newfoundlandsince 2006. John’s background in Scuba, sales, customer service, and management made him the perfect choice to keep the Oxygene Newfoundland ship headed in the right direction. John was certified basic open water diver in 2004 from Westchester Dive Center in Port Chester, NY, USA, where he also received his advanced certification, and rescue diver. In that time John discovered the many joys of Scuba diving in the
William (Bill) M. Flaherty a retired naval officer currently employed as the captain of the MV Ocean Quest located in Foxtrap, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. Bill brings with him a wealth of diving experience after over twenty years as an active diver. A professional Master Scuba Diver Trainer with PADI he has logged in excess of a thousand dives throughout the United States and Canada. An amateur marine archeologist who has studied under Matthew Duncanson II, Chief Archeologist with the Mel Fisher Athocha Group, located in Key West, Florida. He has also conducted field work with the Rhode Island Archeological Marine Project under Dr. Abass. Self trained as an underwater videographer and digital photographer he is constantly in pursuit of that perfect shot. During the last ten years Bill has been consumed with diving and researching the Bell Island Wrecks.
He is a TDI/SDI Instructor who has been with Oxygene Newfoundland since 2005. Ian is a huge fan of the Bell Island wrecks and visits them as often as he can. He also enjoys the many really cool shore based dive sites in the area. Among the specialties he teaches are nitrox, navigation, deep, night, wreck, boat and drysuit. Whether you are an old pro or just recently certified Ian is happy to show you some of his favorite dive sites.
Roger has come to Oxygene Newfoundland this year bringing with him a varied array of experiences from his past employment within the diving industry. Although new to the scuba diving business, Roger has immersed himself completely into the industry over the last 3 years and has shown a great progression of skills. He has recently began his technical service licensing and boating certification. With over 15 years in the hospitality industry, Roger is looking forwards to meeting new clientele with Oxygene Newfoundland.
Eric Tippett is a SDI Dive Master who has been with Oxygene Newfoundland since 2005. He is very passionate about the sport. Eric enjoys scuba diving the Bell Island Wrecks and all of Newfoundland's great shore based diving sites. It would be his pleasure to guide you in your Newfoundland Underwater Adventure.
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Holly has been working with Oxygene Newfoundland now for 10 years. She started diving with her bubblemaker when she was eight years old. Since then she has become an advanced diver, rescue diver and finally she has just received her divemaster certification. Holly is attending Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundlandworking on the Nautical Science program. She has pretty well been raised on the ocean making it her dream to have a career there as well. Holly works together on the MV Ocean Quest with Bill to make it a fun experience for everyone, whether they’re going out for a BBQ or going to explore the BellIslandwrecks it’s always a safe and fun time.
Darren is a SDI assistant instructor and CPROX, and an SSI dive control specialist, Rescue diver and Nitrox diver. Darren has been a paramedic since 1997 and has wanted to dive since he was a kid. Sunday mornings he would put on his uncles scuba gear and watch an outdoor wildlife show and pretend he was underwater with the wild looking creatures. From there it developped into a longing to want to get in the water wherever he was. There were times when he was a kid that he would just jump out of the boat just to get wet and pretend he was a diver.
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