Alex is a joint owner of East Coast Divers and began diving at the age of 13. He is the lead service technician, director of technical education, and part of the Redbull Cliff Diving U.S. safety team. Alex has been teaching technical diving since 2006. His technical diving career started in the Florida Keys. Most …
Nick is the joint owner of East Coast Divers and began diving at the age of 13. He is the director of Freediving education as well as all of our SSI courses. He is also the leader of the Redbull Cliff Diving U.S. safety team. Nick began freediving in the Florida Keys around 2004. While …
Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Warren has always had a passion for the water; be it swimming, skating, or snowboarding. Following a study abroad program in Australia, Warren moved to Boston to search for ways to supplement this passion. He found this through a position as a technical intern in the fall of 2016. Soon thereafter, …
Kim’s experience with the ocean began early with trips to the beach and aquariums, boat trips with her family, and getting scuba certified at the age of 13. She was named the 2008 Boston Sea Rover Frank Scalli Intern, and currently resides as the Vice President of the Boston Sea Rovers. She received her BS …
Kim came to ECD in 2010 as an already experienced diver intent on becoming a dive professional. After achieving her Divemaster and Dive Control Specialist ratings and leading shore dives and teaching in the pool for a few years, Kim moved to Cozumel, Mexico for a stint working in the dive industry there. Kim returned …
A midwestern gal who somehow found herself working at a cool dive shop in Boston. I studied international relations and public policy at Ohio State and now specialize in doing stuff that has nothing to do with my degree. I love traveling to new places, meeting new people, and trying new things – which is …
Paul started diving at Roger Williams in 1999, when he got his NAUI OW cert with Vinny Malkoski! His diving career took off when he started working at the aquarium back in 2002 where he logged thousands of closed system dives in the facilities aquariums. He’s explored the waters off Cuba, Bimini, Kaui, the Azores, …
I started diving as an escape from a difficult year in my startup. I thought it would be a temporary distraction but years later the startup is long gone but the diving addiction remains. Whether it is challenging myself with below-freezing ice dives or going to the most remote places on Earth to see WW2 …
Matt started diving in 2000 but only got out a few times per year. Only after his daughter got certified did he really get bitten by the diving bug. After taking Stress & Rescue in preparation for diving with young family, it was a slippery slope through Master Diver, Dive Guide, all the way through …
Nell started at ECD as an intern in 2019 and after a short-term job in Florida working with a lab that specializes in research on fisheries ecology and management, she jumped right back into working at the shop. She recently graduated from Northeastern University with a degree in Environmental Studies and spent the summer diving …
Started diving in 200 but doing 2 dives/year when I traveled to a tropical country… I then spent the summer of 2018 at Utila Dive Centre (Utila, Honduras) to become a Divemaster. I only started diving once the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown all travel and got my feet wet with Metrowest Dive Club summer of 2019. …
Mitch is an avid New England tech diver who claims to only dive CCR, but on rare occasion can be spotted in the wild on bubble machines. He started with the shop as a young intern holding only a Junior Open Water certification in 2018 and has since become a Divemaster, Open Water Instructor, and …
Lydia started as an intern at ECD in 2017 and has been diving since 2015. She grew up in Maine and has logged dives all over New England. A recent graduate of Brandeis University, Lydia studied biology and environmental studies, and loves all things to do with the ocean and the outdoors!
Dan’s been actively exploring the local New England waters since 2018. When he’s not teaching, Dan is working on documenting the diverse New England shore diving offerings through video and multimedia resources on this site. He supported the ECD team as a Training, Operations, and Dive Shop Manager, and website/marketing manager in 2020-23. These days …
After many months of debating a Christmas gift for her husband, Kate signed herself and her husband (hi James!) up for open water certification classes at East Coast Divers in 2015. They’ve been part of the crew ever since. Over the last few years she has enjoyed many trips abroad with ECD and has worked …
Tom began diving at age 8 when he unwisely connected a garden hose to his hobby air brush compressor so he could lay on the bottom of his family pool and sleep. Surviving that dangerous little bit of stupidity, he received his official open water diver certification in 1985 and became an Instructor for ECD …
Lisa grew up in land-locked Colorado but always had an admiration for and fascination with the ocean. She began diving in 2006 while living in Bermuda, eventually earning her Open Water Instructor certification with the British Sub Aqua Club (BSAC). Lisa moved to the Boston area in 2013 and had to learn how to dive …
Barrett has been diving with East Coast Divers since he first started diving in 2010. Logging nearly 100 dives in his first year as a certified diver. Barrett quickly climbed through the ranks, adding specialties and additional instruction as he worked towards his instructor certification. His attention to detail and systematic through process have allowed …
I have been teaching since 2012 and used to work at ECD running the professional development programs as well as technical classes. I have led several trips. I currently work as a dive instructor on the liveaboard Juliet Sailing and Diving and Captain on the Cape Ann Diver II.
Raziel Perez (he/him/his) is an undergraduate senior at Boston University, majoring in Marine Science. Originally from Miami, Fl. He relocated to Boston in 2016, where he volunteered at the New England Aquarium as an Aquarist and penguin volunteer. He is an SSI Dive Guide and is currently working towards becoming a scuba instructor. He plans …
Tony was first certified in 1973 by the Navy. After that initial certification, he took his first recreational course in 1978 with the YMCA. Over the following years, Tony worked his way up to Instructor, all in the NE waters. With over 5000 dives Tony has an incredible passion for diving that he loves to …