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   <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n        \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\r\n\r\nSCUBA - \"Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus\", developed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan in the 1950's.\r\n\r\nGreg began snorkeling soon after arriving to San Diego, California from the East Coast of the USA in the mid-\u201870s.\r\n\r\nAfter taking a marine ecology course taught at Scripps Aquarium by Dr. Bill Gookin (developer of Gookinaid, the worlds first sports drink), he spent most of his free time in the underwater marine park adjacent to the La Jolla Cove.\r\n\r\nHe saved up his money, enrolled in a class, bought equipment and was certified at San Diego Divers Supply in the late 70\u2019s.\r\n\r\nJust a day after his high school graduation, he waved goodbye to his parents, hopped on a ferry and spent his first of several summers working at the Catalina Island Marine Institute at Toyon Bay.\r\n<h2>PROFESSIONAL LICENCES\/CERTIFICATIONS<\/h2>\r\nJuly 1995 Cold-Water (Dry-Suit) Certification, Juneau, Alaska\r\n\r\nMay 1995 Professional Association of Scuba Divers, PADI Divemaster\r\n\r\nJune 1977 National Association of Scuba Diving Schools (NASDS), San Diego, CA\r\n<h2>DIVING EXPERIENCE<\/h2>\r\n2009-\u201910 Diving with my new dive \u201cbuddy\u201d that just got certified as an \u201cadvanced\u201d diver along the California coast, including wreck diving in San Diego and diving with motorcycle-sized giant sea bass off of Catalina Island\r\n\r\n2008 Worked as Divemaster leading certified divers on expeditions to: Fiji, Vanuatu, Federated States of Micronesia, the Solomon Islands of Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Guam and Palau. Also did my own diving trips to: Great Barrier Reef off of the Queensland coast near Cairns, Australia; decompression diving on 20 sunken WWII Japanese cargo ships, planes and submarine in Truk Lagoon; diving and sea kayaking in Palau and to the Somosomo Straits near Taveuni Island, Fiji before surviving a hurricane\u2026\r\n\r\n2007 Dive trips to numerous islands in the largest and most densely populated archipelago in the world: Indonesia. Diving in Bali Barat National Park and Komodo National Park, along with wild free diving in Krakatau and Ujung Galong National Park, another World Heritage Site off of the Sunda shelf on Southwestern Java.\r\n\r\nNovember 2006 Trip to Colombia, South America as a NOAA National Ocean Service trainer for MPA managers in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape project. Diving all around Isla Gorgona, listening to the Humpback Whales breeding songs. Dive trip to Western Panama (near Costa Rican border) around Bocas del Toro\r\n\r\n2005-\u201806 Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF). Conducted invertebrate\/fish surveys in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, 12+ dives at Neah Bay, Cape Flattery, Protection Island, Skagway Rocks, Mushroom Rock, etc\r\n\r\nJuly 2006 Channel Islands (Catalina Island) dive; 100\u2019s of dives in the 1980\u2019s while working as the Marine Interpretive Center Supervisor (Catalina Island Marine Institute)\r\n\r\nMay 2005 Diving as a NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) \u201cObserver Diver\u201d with Greg McFall (Research Coordinator) in the Grays Reef NMS (National Marine Sanctuary) off the Georgia coast during the NMS Education Coordinators Annual Conference\r\n\r\nFebruary \u201805 Dive with my 15-year old nephew at Point Lobos State Reserve within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS). Dozens of dives in the yet-to-be MBNMS during the 1980\u2019s and \u201890\u2019s, many while working as the Interpretive Specialist for the Big Sur District of the California State Park System.\r\n\r\nFebruary 2004 Planned a week-long dive trip to Egypt to Ras Mohamed National Park, \u201cSinai Divers\u201d, Ghazala Hotel, Na\u2019ama Bay in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (Sinai Peninsula, Indian Ocean)\r\n\r\n2004\u20142005 Numerous dives in Belize, including atoll dives at Half Moon Caye, a World Heritage Site and Belizean National Monument\r\n\r\nLate \u201890\u2019s Divemaster and Marine Biology Lecturer aboard the 120 passenger vessel M\/V World Explorer between Hawai\u2019i and Easter Island (Chile) through the Line, Cook, Society, Tuomotu, Gambier, Marquesa and Pitcairn Archipelagos, some 6000 nautical miles of open ocean, atoll, patch, and fringing reefs in South Pacific Islands. Organized daily dives and snorkel expeditions for tourists using Zodiacs. Compiled detailed notes for logbooks, identified fish and coral species for daily postings, gave daily \u201crecaps\u201d during cocktail hour, and gave presentations in lecture hall\/circuit television.\r\n\r\n1997-\u201998 Diving with hammerhead sharks off the seamount \u201cEl Bajo\u201d in the Gulf of California; underwater forays with California sea lions at \u201cLos Islotes\u201d near La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico\r\n\r\n1996 Drain my bank account (again) for an 11-day cruise to Ecuador\u2019s\u2019 Parque Nacional Galapagos, in the Galapagos Islands. Numerous dives with sharks and sea lions. Greg did several dives on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal in Portobello National Park\r\n\r\nMid 1990\u2019s Take PADI Rescue Diver and earn my Divemaster Certification with dozens of dives in the Caribbean (Greater\/Lesser Antilles), including the Bahamas, Cozumel, Mexico, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, U.S. Virgin Islands, etc. Take a cold-water diving course in Juneau, Alaska and dive in a National Wildlife Refuge near Baranof Island, Ketchikan, Icy Strait, and Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve\r\n\r\n1991-\u201892 numerous dives in Key Biscayne National Park and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary; dive trips to Central Florida to see the manatees, Crystal Springs, the Blue Grotto, Ginnie Springs and down the Santa Fe River\r\n\r\n1992-3 Dives in Kona on the Big Island of Hawai\u2019i to see manta rays, turtles and dolphins in what is now the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary\r\n\r\nLate 1970\u2019s through the 1980\u2019s Throughout the Southern California bite, central California off of Monterey Peninsula and Big Sur coastline, and sites off of Trinidad in Humboldt County; trips to Florida\u2019s John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park off of Key Largo<span id='mp-share-below-action'>Spread the Adventure!<\/span><ul class='mp-share-boxes'><li class='mp-share-boxes-fb'><iframe src='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gregmccormack.com%2Fadventures%2Fscuba-diving&amp;send=false&amp;layout=box_count&amp;width=100&amp;show_faces=false&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=arial&amp;height=21' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' style='border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100px; height:90px;' allowTransparency='true'><\/iframe><\/li><li class='mp-share-boxes-tw'><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2FP-5v&amp;counturl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gregmccormack.com%2Fadventures%2Fscuba-diving\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2FP-5v&amp;counturl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gregmccormack.com%2Fadventures%2Fscuba-diving', '']);\" class='twitter-share-button' data-count='vertical' data-via='gregmccormack'><\/a><\/li><li class='mp-share-boxes-gp'><g:plusone href='https:\/\/www.gregmccormack.com\/adventures\/scuba-diving' size='tall'><\/g:plusone><\/li><li class='mp-share-boxes-su'><script src='http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/hostedbadge.php?s=5&r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gregmccormack.com%2Fadventures%2Fscuba-diving'><\/script><\/li><\/ul><div class='mp-share-clear-fix'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCUBA &#8211; &#8220;Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus&#8221;, developed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan in the 1950&#8217;s. 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