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Welcome to our world of scuba diving in the Florida Keys, and meet the crew of Dive Duck Key!
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Located at the Hawks Cay Resort, Duck Key, Florida Keys
305.289.4931 - 305.743.9633 - 877.FUN.DIVE or diving@hawkscay.com
Joe and Wendy Hall are the owners of Dive Duck Key.
First, meet Joe Hall. Joe grew up in Texas on a working cattle ranch where a passion  for all outdoor activities was developed. He has been a Captain since 2002 and a scuba instructor since 1998 with teaching experience in all recreational areas of skin and scuba diving. His experience also includes training students with the use of nitrox, rebreathers, decompression procedures, and the development of instructors. Joe has a great deal of appreciation for the underwater world and gains personal satisfaction in sharing it with others.
 Here's Wendy Hall. Wendy is a Navy brat who has always lived near the ocean. She was a dental assistant for 11 years and spent all her cash going to tropical places to scuba dive. On her last vacation she threw in the towel, quit work and moved to the Keys to go to dive school. Wendy is an active NAUI and PADI instructor. Wendy is a full time mother of one beautiful baby boy and hopes to raise a "diving family"!
Now meet Jessica Pritt! Jessica was born and raised in Northern Virginia,  where she received her dive certification as part of her training for the Rescue Squad. In college she joined the Va Tech Scuba Club (Go Hokies!) which made frequent trips down to the Florida Keys. After graduation she decided to make the Keys her home. She started out working at a hotel, but has since traded in her heels for flip-flops. Addicted to diving and lobstering, she acclimated to the Keys lifestyle and weather quickly. She has been an active PADI instructor since early 2006. Jessica is easy to pick out among our crew, she's the one wearing a fleece when it is 80 degrees out!
Captain Jorge Rodriguez. A native Floridian, Captain Jorge Rodriguez  has had the "Keys Disease" for a long time. During his time here he has held a wide variety of jobs, all of them revolving around boats and oceans. Big, small, motor, sail… if it floats, he will Captain it! His most recent boat of choice just happens to be the big yellow SEAFARI. We invite you to join Captain Jorge on one of our daily dive trips out to the beautiful coral reef!
Brian Slann is another escapee from Texas- specifically San Marcos, TX. He taught students to become divers at Texas State University, where he also received his Underwater Photography certification and became a Scientific Diver. Not just skilled underwater, he spent some time teaching sailing and windsurfing in Virginia before jumping into his jeep and heading south to the Florida Keys. He considers it very important to be goal oriented and has set a few for himself: 1) to provide the ultimate underwater experience for our divers and 2) to meet "Crush" from "Finding Nemo"! Come diving with Brian- it will not take long for his knowledge and enthusiasm about the great underwater world to rub off on you!
Teaching scuba diving before some of us were even born, Jason Schwenke  has spent the last decade in the Upper Keys teaching divers how to become PADI Scuba Instructors. He even certified one of our own! Ready to get back to simple pleasures, Jason has dedicated himself to providing divers with "firsts" here at Dive Duck Key… whether it's your first time diving our beautiful coral reefs, your first time hunting lobster and fish underwater, or your ultimate "first"- your very first breath underwater. He will make it a unique diving experience for you! There is no end to Jason's expertise- or to a conversation with him… ask him about careers in diving, hunting in upstate New York, hair conditioner, or Star Wars- he will have the answer. Come test the professor!
Kyle Thesieres was also born in Texas, although  he grew up near Philly and occasionally misses being able to get an authentic Philly Cheesesteak whenever his stomach desires. He now dines on fresh fish sandwiches and Florida lobster instead. After years of freezing in the construction industry up north, he decided to trade in his hammer and pipe wrench for a fish collecting net and dive knife. He is toasty warm in the Keys! Before teaching diving with us, Kyle was a tropical fish collector for a company that specializes in catching all the large and rare marine species that other fish companies don’t mess with. If you have ever visited a public aquarium, you have probably seen a fish that Kyle and his company collected. We are very pleased to have Kyle (and his expertise on marine animals) as a member of our crew, and we encourage you to challenge him to help you identify some of the 1200 species we have inhabiting our beautiful coral reefs!
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