Meet The Staff
About Steve Madaras, Course Director #17232
When you enroll in a class with Steve you're learning from someone who has been teaching scuba diving for more than 35 years! Steve has always had diving as his career! He enjoys every dive and every student, of course, some more than others! Diving and teaching diving are what he does BEST! It is un-likely that any other Course Director can offer you the wealth of knowledge, degree of caring and level of patience that Steve can. Here is a brief resume:
Dive Industry
- 2002 Moved to MAUI from Catalina Island and formed his company,
AQUA IMAGES INC., dba SCUBA LUV MAUI. - 1994-2002 Owner of CATALINA SCUBA LUV, a PADI Five Star IDC Dive Center on Catalina Island, California.
- 1998 Recipient of the coveted "California Scuba Service Award"
- 1997 Voted to Board of Directors "Catalina Conservancy Divers"
- 1996 Started the "Catalina Island Mooring Project", a non profit public benefit organization.
- 1995 - 2002 Owner/Operator of a dive boat, The Prince Neptune.
- 1985 First to build a cage and offer shark diving in California!
- 1984-1992 Owner "SCUBA LUV'R", a 65' Charter Dive Boat
- 1976-1984 Owner "SCUBA LUV" in Thousands Oaks, California, a NAUI Dive Center.
- 1964-1976 Worked for several dive shops in the San Fernando Valley as an Instructor.
- 1969 Graduated "College of Oceaneering", a commercial diving institution.
- 1973 Graduated NAUI Instructor College
- 1968 Graduated Los Angeles County Instructor
- 1967 Open Water Certification
