About Us
Our Story
Exceeding expectations and providing quality experiences through individualized training, cultural encounters, and the support of a dedicated dive community.
FDC MISSION STATEMENT
At FDC, experience matters, and this is a large part of our mission. We cater to our clients by offering training and classes that work around their schedules and individual needs. Our trips are designed to engage the world both above and below the water and to introduce divers to a wide range of cultures and diverse environments. All this is accomplished through a dedicated and passionate dive community.
FDC believes that every person is unique, there is no “one diver fits all”. Our highly experienced staff will provide an educational environment catered to the needs of our clients, whether that be fitting gear, scuba training in our private dive training pool or arranging travel around specific interests.
Our Team
(Owner)
Larry Antonacci
(Owner)
Mike Hinton
Mike has been diving for over 25 years and has logged over 1,000 dives. He is currently a member of the Lake Monticello Water Rescue Team and St John Rescue Dive Team, USVI. Mike is certified as a Public Safety Diver and an Underwater Criminal Investigator. He currently holds a certification as a Master Scuba Diver as well as Dive Master.
Greg Zajac
Greg Zajac is a PADI Public Safety Dive Instructor and Emergency First Response Instructor Trainer with more than 15 years of teaching experience. A former Lake Monticello Water Rescue Team (LMWRT)Training Officer, he is a LMWRT Life Member. Greg has worked as an EMT/Medic since 2003.
C. Shushawn Schmal
Shushawn is a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer with a variety of different scuba diving experiences as well as over 10 years working as an instructor, dive leader, and trip organizer on numerous excursions. She has a passionate love for the ocean and believes that all scuba divers are ambassadors to our waterways and a voice for the creatures that live in them. She also believes that an exceptional diver is a safe diver, and that is what guides her instruction. She strives for excellence and produces divers who are strong, confident individuals both in and out of the water.
Kristen Arriaga
Kristen Arriaga is a Divemaster and Paramedic. She is a former Public Safety Diver who now enjoys assisting with students and certified divers in her spare time. She is a newer dive professional with about 2 years of experience in diver education.
Clay Overholt
Clay Overholt is a PADI IDC Staff Instructor as well as an SSI Assistant Instructor Trainer. He has 30 years of public safety and search and recovery experience along with 20 years of general commercial dive experience. He holds numerous specialty instructor ratings to include distinctive specialties in Public Safety Diving and Underwater Criminal Investigations. He has experience in all environments and conditions. He supplements his scuba with 35 years of law enforcement experience to include 20 years of forensic, EMT, and Vertical Rescue training, instructing, and experience.
