Owner

NEAL TAPPS
PADI Master Instructor
PADI IDC Staff Instructor

    Neal Tapps is a PADI Master Instructor with over 29 years of experience in the Scuba industry.  Neal has successfully logged literally thousands of dives, and has certified over 1,700 safe, skilled divers.  A native of Iowa, Neal purchased the Scuba Center in 1987 and has since been serving the East Texas diving community for 18 years.  Also a skilled regulator technician and known around the shop as the "Regulator Doctor," Neal can fix almost any regulator known to man.  In the recent years, Neal has become an instructor for PSI, the agency recognized by Luxfer, PADI, and the U.S. Government as the agency in charge of the inspection of high pressure cylinders.  If you need anything scuba-related, Neal is the man to get the job done, and he is willing and ready to help anyone.

Phone: (903) 595-2703
E-Mail:  scubacenter@sbcglobal.net

Instructors

	MIKE SLICKER PADI Course Director DAN INSTRUCTOR HSA INSTRUCTOR Mike Slicker is a PADI Course Director, which is the highest professional level that an PADI Instructor can reach.  Mike is an integral part of the Scuba Center team of instructors, and when it comes to diving, Mike knows his stuff.
	JOE BLACKSTONE PADI MASTER INSTRUCTOR Joe Blackstone is a PADI Master Instructor, and has been teaching people how to scuba dive for 22 years!  What's amazing is that he's actually been diving longer than that!  He got his start diving on South Padre Island during high school, and he enjoyed it so much that he wanted to become an instructor.  Joe has been an instructor since 1983, and can teach a large number of PADI specialties.
	BETH Mc CAFFERTY PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor       Beth is a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor who has been teaching for 4 years, and diving for a total of 6 years.  Her favorite place to go diving is in Roatan, Honduras at the CoCo View Resort.  Beth loves to teach because she wants show people the beauty of the underwater world, and help them have fun.  She says she anticipates the excitement and fun of each new class.
	Chuck Perkins PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Chuck is the newest member of the Scuba Center staff of instructors.  He loves to dive in Hawaii and is a very skilled diver.  If you get a chance to meet him, welcome him aboard!
	JOHN PASTY LEGS BAILEY AKA JOHNNY SPIN OUT PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer     John Bailey is a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, and a PSI Inspector who has been a Scuba Center staff member since 2001.  When he started in 2001 at age 16, he only cleaned the pools and the bathrooms, but he worked his way up to being a PADI MSDT.  John passed his IE on December 14 of 2003, when he was 18, and he is possibly the youngest PADI Instructor certified in Texas.  John is also a Scubapro & Aqualung Authorized Service Technician, and he loves servicing regulators and dive gear.  Even though he's been diving for over 8 years, John still feels that he has lots to learn, and he looks forward to doing everything he can for any customer.

Assistants

	TOMMY CHAMBERS PADI ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR Tommy Chambers is a PADI Assistant Instructor who got his first taste of diving during a Discover Scuba program on a cruise.  A couple of years later he got certified, and then worked his way up to Assistant Instructor.  He's been diving for 6 years now, and Tommy says that his favorite dive destination is CoCo View Resort in Roatan, Honduras.

  CALL US AT (903) 595-2703!

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