Meet Your Training Staff

 

 


 
 
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
 
   
 
 
   

 

 
About BlueWater Diving
At BlueWater Diving, we have well over 25 years of Scuba experience and a passion for diving the California Coast.

We are dedicated in developing the best diver in you, no matter if you are trying Scuba for the first time or you just want to increase your knowledge and experience through ongoing education.

For all of its diversity and beauty, the underwater environment is in danger. A fundamental part of our mission is to help educate, protect and conserve these fragile ecosystems. At BlueWater Diving our goal is to train divers in marine life awareness in order to make them responsible underwater explorers.
 

 


 
    Jay "JC" Canfield
 
Certifications:
NAUI Instructor Trainer, LACO Instructor

Specialties:
U/W Photography, U/W Videography, Ecology, Night Diving, Wreck Diving and Deep Diving

Email: jc@bluewaterdiving.net

   
  Jay "JC" Canfield has been actively involved in Scuba instruction for over 25 years.  When he is not teaching, you can find him underwater somewhere taking photos.

Being born and raised in beautiful Southern California, Jay has dove all along the coast from Baja to Monterey.

During his lifetime, Jay has also had the opportunity to dive around the world. He has dove throughout Hawaii, the Florida Keys, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, the USVI, Baja Mexico and Cozumel, but his favorite still today is the Channel Islands of California.

Jay has logged several hundred dives at the islands of San Clemente, Anacapa, San Miguel, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Nicholas, Santa Barbara and of course Santa Catalina island.
 

 
   
Jay "JB" Burke
 
Certifications:
NAUI Instructor, LACO Instructor

Specialties:
Cavern Diving, U/W Hunting & Collecting, U/W Videography, Night Diving and Deep Diving

Email: jb@bluewaterdiving.net

   
  Jay "JB" Burke has been passionate about Scuba Diving for over 27 years.  He has an obsession for Cavern Diving and is working on his full Cave Diving certification.

He has also dove the Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Cozumel, the Sonates in Cancun, Aruba and of course the Hawaiian Islands.

Also growing up in Southern California he has logged hundreds of dives throughout the Channel Islands as well.
 

 
   
Linda Canfield
 
Certifications:
NAUI DiveMaster, Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber Crew Member

Specialties:
U/W Photography, Ecology, Wreck Diving, Deep Diving and First Aid & CPR.

Email: lc@bluewaterdiving.net

   
  Linda Canfield is a medical professional and has been diving over 10 years.  She has merged those two passions together by working in diving leadership as a DiveMaster, Assistant Instructor and Skin Diving Instructor.  Linda also is a First Aid & CPR Instructor with NAUI.

She has recently completed her Hyperbaric Chamber training and is now a volunteer crew member at the Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber.

She has also dove the Hawaiian Islands, Grand Cayman , Cozumel, Baja California, Curacao, USVI and all over Southern California.
 

 
   
Kevin Curtice
 
Certifications:
NAUI Master Diver,
NAUI Rescue Diver, NAUI Training Assistant

Specialties:
Beach Diving, Deep Diving and Navigation.

   
  Kevin Curtice is a recent graduate of the Los Angeles County Advanced Diver (ADP) Program and holds the highest recreational certification NAUI offers; Master Diver.

Kevin also is a NAUI Training Assistant and helps with classes as a safety diver.  He is preparing to enter NAUI's Leadership training program this winter to become an Assistant Instructor with the ultimate goal of one day becoming both a NAUI and LACO Instructor.

Kevin spends much of his time diving along the beaches of Southern California and Catalina Island but has also dove in Hawaii.
 

 

 

 

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