Staff

Joe Adams, ownerJoe Adams ~ Owner

Joe Adams started diving when he was a teenager growing up on the shore of Lake Ontario, his passion for scuba diving lead him to Open up Adventure Scuba Diving in 2004. Joe is a PADI IDC Staff Instructor and has taught over 500 divers. Join Joe and the gang on one of our many dive trips and enjoy the excitement of  recreational fun diving.

Cindy AdamsCindy Adams ~ Owner

Every business needs someone to count the day’s receipts do the banking and pay the bills, that is exactly what Cindy does on a daily basis. Though she hasn’t been diving in many years she is still enthusiastic and enjoys talking about diving.

 

Jack WengerJack Wenger

Jack brings a lot of dive experience to the shop. Jacks recreational and technical diving experience is a great asset to the shop, his level of expertise invaluable in helping divers make the right equipment decisions for any level of diving.

Instructors

Joe AdamsJoe Adams

Joe started diving in 1983. Joe is a PADI IDC Staff Instructor, First Responder First Aid and Medic First Aid Instructor. He is also certified as an SDI Instructor. Joe is certified to teach the following PADI specialty Courses: Peak Performance Buoyancy, Project Aware, Deep, Drift, Drysuit, Night, Wreck, AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Specialty, Equipment Specialist, Enriched Air Diver, Visual Inspector Instructor and Nitrox Blender.

Paul JacksonPaul Jackson

Paul, a PADI IDC Staff Instructor and 1st Responder First Aid Instructor, has been teaching the greatest sport above or below the water since 2000. Specialty courses include Deep, Drift, Drysuit, Wreck, Boat and Project Aware with more on the way. One of Paul's best diving decisions was joining Joe and the team at Adventure Scuba.

Ken SibleyKen Sibley

Ken brings with him many years of diving experience. He is a PADI Open Water Instructor and recently, he worked at a dive shop in Roatan, Honduras, working with divers from all over the world.

Associate Instructors

Terry DavidsonTerry Davidson

Terry is a MSDT instructor with Padi and has been for several years. Specialty courses that he teaches include Fish Identification, Boat, Deep, Drift, Drysuit, Enriched Air, U/W Naturalist, U/W Navigator, Night, Search and Recovery, Wreck, Peak Performance, Project Aware, Aware Coral Reef Conservation. He is also an EFR instructor.

Terry originally started diving to enjoy the clear warm waters of the Caribbean but quickly discovered that local diving was just as much fun and jumped in with both feet. He has done hundreds of dives all over Ontario as well as abroad. He mostly enjoys diving with his students and rarely dives without them. Diving has become his lifestyle and he will continue teaching for years to come.

Christine DavidsonChristine Davidson

Christine is a MSDT instructor with Padi. In addition to core certifications she also teaches several specialty courses including Fish Identification, Boat, Deep, Drift, Drysuit, Enriched Air, U/W Naturalist, U/W Navigator, Night, Search and Recovery, Wreck, Peak Performance, Project Aware, Aware Coral Reef Conservation. She is also an EFR instructor.

She has also done hundreds of dives all over Ontario as well as the Caribbean, Atlantic, and the Pacific. Students are always her main focus and loves diving with them after they pass certification.

Christine and Terry are both continuously learning new things and are planning on being with Adventure Scuba Diving for many years to come.

Divemasters

Jack WengerJack Wenger

Jack is a PADI Divemaster and has completed Advanced Nitrox and Decompression procedures with TDI. His diving experience ranges greatly covering extensive diving in the tropical locations as well as the Great Lakes. His diving experience is quite valuable for beginning divers and he is always at the local dive sites sharing his knowledge.

Janus PiaskyJanus Piasky

Janus, is an experienced Niagara Diver and a member of the Adventure Scuba Diving Inc. team.  Now he has reached the level of Divemaster and can be seen at several dive sites throughout the Niagara Region helping new divers adjust to their new pursuit.