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Dive California is an aquatic training company in sunny San Diego, California that offers exceptional guided scuba tours as well as a wide variety of courses in Scuba and Freediving. We are committed to inspiring people of every age, creed, and experience to value the wonders of the aquatic world.
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Captain of the Ship: Michael Timm
Michael is certified as a PADI Freediver Instructor Trainer, SSI-Level 3 Freediving Instructor, RAID Freediving Instructor Trainer, SSI-Instructor Trainer, Swim Teacher Trainer, Classified Open Water Instructor, and Freediving Instructor, as well as a PADI-IDC Staff Instructor, EFR Emergency Response Instructor.
Additional Instructor certifications include:
Full-face Mask Diving, Self-Reliant/Solo Diver, Stress & Rescue, Deep Diving, Wreck Diving, Night Diving, Diver Propulsion Vehicle, Boat Diving, Underwater Navigation, Digital Underwater Photography, Enriched Air/Nitrox, Buoyancy, Dry-Suit, Equipment Specialist, Marine EcoSystems Awareness, Project Aware, Aware Fish Identification, Search & Recovery, Public Safety Dive Instructor 1.
Michael began his professional diving career in the German Navy. After leaving the Navy and Germany, Michael started working as a full-time scuba Instructor and managing various dive resort operations around the globe, as well as working as a freelance Instructor and Dive guide. Eventually landing in sunny San Diego where he joined Dive California, at that time a Scuba, Swim training, and retail shop first as the General Manager until he took over the wheel as owner in 2011. In the summer of 2016, he decided to close the retail store and refocus the company to offer a more personalized approach with mobile services for scuba and freedivers.
Michael has over 30 years of scuba teaching experience, as well as 20 years with physically and cognitively impaired people, specializing in working with members of the military who have been injured during combat. He also has been very much involved in the training of several San Diego Lifeguard dive teams, teaching everything from Open Water Diver, Public Safety Diving, and Freediving for Lifeguards. He is currently also offering specialized aquatic competency training for the members of special operations units of the US Navy and Marine Corps.
Our Motto
Creating “Better Divers Through Education & Experience”
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LOVE IT. SAVE IT. DIVE IT.
CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP: MICHAEL TIMM
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Michael is an SSI-Instructor Trainer, Swim Teacher Trainer, Classified Open Water Instructor, and Freediving Instructor, as well as a PADI-IDC Staff Instructor, EFR Emergency Response Instructor, and Freediving Instructor.
Additional Instructor certifications include:
Full-Face Mask Diving, Self-Reliant/Solo Diver, Stress & Rescue, Deep Diving, Wreck Diving, Night Diving, Diver Propulsion Vehicle, Boat Diving, Underwater Navigation, Digital Underwater Photography, Enriched Air/Nitrox, Buoyancy, Dry-Suit, Equipment Specialist, Marine Eco Systems Awareness, Project Aware, Aware Fish Identification, Search & Recovery, Public Safety Dive Instructor 1.
Michael began his professional diving career in the German Navy as a Combat Diver. After leaving the Navy and Germany, Michael started working as an Instructor and managing various dive resort operations around the globe, as well as working as a freelance Instructor and Dive guide. Eventually landing in sunny San Diego where he joined Dive California, at that time a Scuba, Swim training, and retail shop first as the General Manager until he took over the wheel as owner in 2011. In the summer of 2016, he decided to close the retail store and refocus the company to offer a more personalized approach with mobile services for scuba and freedivers.
Michael has over 30 years of scuba teaching experience, as well as 20 years with physically and cognitively impaired people, specializing in working with members of the military who have been injured during combat. He also has been very much involved in the training of several San Diego Lifeguard dive teams, teaching everything from Open Water Diver, Public Safety Diving, and Freediving for Lifeguards. He is currently also offering specialized aquatic competency training for the members of special operations units of the US Navy and Marine Corps.
OUR MOTTO
Creating “Better Divers Through Education & Experience”
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Captain of the Ship:
Michael Timm
Michael is a PADI Freediver Instructor Trainer, SSI-Level 3 Freediving Instructor, RAID Freediving Instructor Trainer, SSI-Instructor Trainer, Swim Teacher Trainer, Classified Open Water Instructor, and Freediving Instructor, as well as a PADI-IDC Staff Instructor, EFR Emergency Response Instructor Trainer
Michael began his professional diving career in the German Navy as a Combat Diver. After leaving the Navy and Germany, Michael started working as a full-time Instructor, managing various dive resort operations around the globe, as well as working as a freelance Instructor and Dive guide. Eventually making landfall in sunny San Diego, where he joined Dive California, at that time a Scuba, Swim training, and retail shop first as the General Manager until he took over the wheel as owner in 2011. In the Summer of 2016, he decided to close the retail store and refocus the company to offer a more personalized approach with mobile services for scuba and freedivers.
Michael has over 30 years of scuba teaching experience, as well as 20 years with physically and cognitively impaired people, specializing in working with members of the military who have been injured during combat. He also has been very much involved in the training of several San Diego Lifeguard dive teams, teaching everything from Open Water Diver, Public Safety Diving, and Freediving for Lifeguards, as well as other specialized training for the Military and Search & Rescue Teams.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1948″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”105px”][vc_single_image image=”919″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]
Captain of the Ship: Michael Timm
Michael is an SSI-Instructor Trainer, Swim Teacher Trainer, Classified Open Water Instructor, and Freediving Instructor, as well as a PADI-IDC Staff Instructor, EFR Emergency Response Instructor, and Freediving Instructor.
Additional Instructor certifications include:
Full-Face Mask Diving, Self-Reliant/Solo Diver, Stress & Rescue, Deep Diving, Wreck Diving, Night Diving, Diver Propulsion Vehicle, Boat Diving, Underwater Navigation, Digital Underwater Photography, Enriched Air/Nitrox, Buoyancy, Dry-Suit, Equipment Specialist, Marine Eco Systems Awareness, Project Aware, Aware Fish Identification, Search & Recovery, Public Safety Dive Instructor 1.
Michael began his professional diving career in the German Navy as a Combat Diver. After leaving the Navy and Germany, Michael started working as an Instructor and managing various dive resort operations around the globe, as well as working as a freelance Instructor and Dive guide. Eventually landing in sunny San Diego where he joined Dive California, at that time a Scuba, Swim training, and retail shop first as the General Manager until he took over the wheel as owner in 2011. In the summer of 2016, he decided to close the retail store and refocus the company to offer a more personalized approach with mobile services for scuba and freedivers.
Michael has over 30 years of scuba teaching experience, as well as 20 years with physically and cognitively impaired people, specializing in working with members of the military who have been injured during combat. He also has been very much involved in the training of several San Diego Lifeguard dive teams, teaching everything from Open Water Diver, Public Safety Diving, and Freediving for Lifeguards.He is currently also offering specialized aquatic competency training for the members of special operations units of the US Navy and Marine Corps.
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