"Best Instructor I have had in all my years of schooling"
- 2011
"I liked the short course time"
- student
"I really enjoyed the flexible approach the instructor(s) took in allowing students to address and solve problems on our own and learn through experience"
- 2011 Inshore Surface Supply
"Great Job From all of them"
- 2011 Inshore Surface Supply
"I would highly recommend DIVESAFE"
- 2010
Well done!
- 2009 student
"THank you VERY Much"
- Graham
"I can see that you guys are the right choice"
- Steve - 2010
"Kelly and his team are very well known in the industry"
- Sasha
"I would highly recommend DiveSafe"
- student 2009
"This course took my career to a new level"
- Mike-2009
"Great course - I'm coming back for Surface Supply"
- 2007
"I appreciate all the staffs commitment. They genuinely want you to succeed"
- Matt
Instructors were great!
- 2011 grad
Very good and knowledgable instructors. Thank you
- 2011
Loved the location, the marina living is the best.
- 2011 grad
Loved the location, the marina is the best
- 2011 grad
Peter is our hero!
- 2011 grad
Very nice and knowledgeable instructors
- 2011 grad

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Instructors

    KELLY KOROL - DIRECTOR OF TRAINING

Kelly Korol is our Director of Training and owner of DIVESAFE International   

Kelly Korol began his diving career in Edmonton Alberta - taking his openwater course at the  "ripe old age of 17" with Ed Reid at Ocean Dive Store.  The group flew to Pt Hardy on the northern tip of Vancouver Island for their  ocean dives - and Kelly instantly knew he would have to move to the Wild West Coast of Canada.

 He continued to accumulate both Padi and Naui certs over the following years and eventually took  his recreational instructor course with both agencies.  


    Kelly 
loved diving so much he continued his training at the College of Oceaneering in Los Angeles and Graduated with mixed gas bell saturation certifications in 1984. 
  

Since graduation Kelly has worked in the commerical diving industry. Working both heavy and light construction, salvage, seafood harvesting, aquaculture.   He works in environmental survey work, search and recovery, bottom surveys Kelly has even worked internationally as an NGO for the WORLD Bank in Senegal.  

 

His 33 years  of experience and knowledge of the diving industry make him invaluable not only to his students but to the industry as a whole.  Kelly has raised the "bar" on quality of training for the commercial dive industry.

Kelly's passion is training.  "If I can save a life because I trained that student well!...that's what it is all about!"

 Contact Kelly by email at:  kelly [at] divesafe [dot] com

 

         PETER BUDDEN: DIVE SUPERVISOR/INSTRUCTOR

Peter has been diving since 1991 and started commercial diving in 1999 after returning to Canada from abroad. Peter is the Dive Supervisor onboard the Samarinda II during the 'practical' portions of the Commercial programs. 

You can follow Peter on twitter as;   http://twitter.com/#!/divesafediver1