Roy Nelsen

PADI IDC Staff Instructor #1827646

Owner of Ocean Planet Scuba

First Dive: 1976 Batangas, Philippines

He begin diving in 1976 in the Philippines within sight of Puerto Galera, the current day Dive Mecca of the Philippines. He has logged over 3/4 of his dives in Philippines. To say that he loves diving in the Philippines would be a gigantic understatement.

Roy is a PADI instructor for Master Scuba Divers, Technical and Trimix Divers. His specialty instructions include: Tec Deep and TRIMIX Diver (DSAT Technical Instructor), Enriched Air Diver, Underwater Videographer, Underwater Photographer, Wreck Diver, Night Diver, Deep Diver, Search & Recovery, Emergency First Response, Dry Suit, Boat, Drift, Equipment Specialist, Peak Performance Buoyancy and Project Aware AWARE Coral Reef Conservation.

Roy's dive travels have taken him to Diving in: The Philippines, (Coron and Subic Wrecks, Puerto Galera, LaUnion, Apo Reef, and Cebu Walls), South China Sea, Florida Keys, San Carlos, Mexico, Baja California, Catalina and Channel Islands, San Diego Wrecks, Dominican Republic, Cozumel and the Cenotes of Playa del Carmen.

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Bill Jamison

PADI Instructor MSDT #193748

Co-Owner of Ocean Planet Scuba

First Dive: 1993 San Carlos, Mexico

Bill began diving in 1993. He is a PADI Instructor and a Technical/Trimix diver. He also is certified on the Dive Rite Optima Closed Circuit Rebreather and is certified to teach multiple specialties, including Enriched Air Nitrox, Wreck Diver, Underwater Digital Photography, Deep Diver and Drysuit Diver. By day, he and his twin brother, Scott, are Aerospace Engineers. Bill is also in charge of the new website. Bill's diving adventures include: Tahiti, Hawaii, Jamaica, The Philippines, The Bahamas, San Diego, Catalina, North Carolina, The Florida Keys, San Carlos, Mexico and the Cenotes of Playa del Carmen, Mexico. He came on board this year as a co-owner to off-load Roy with the Dive Center.

WARNING: The following Bios were presented by the people themselves....

Mike Delcore - PADI Instructor

Mike's first dive as an open water student was in July of 2003 at Lake Pleasant. Since then, he has hada whirlwind of diving accomplishments, logging over 100 dives in his first year of diving. He received his Assistant Instructor rating in March of 2004. He is also a Master Scuba Diver wit specialties in Nitrox, Altidue, Boat, Night and Wreck Diving along with being an equipment specialist. Mike is also a member of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Dive Posse.

Mike's favorite dive spots include: Roatan, Honduras, San Carlos, San Diego and Key Largo.

Dart Craytor PADI and TDI Instructor

Dart is also an Instructor with Ocean Planet Scuba. He is not only a PADI DSAT Technical and Trimix instructor but also teaches technical and trimix courses for TDI. He is also an Intructor Trainer for TDI. He is one of the coolest guys you will ever meet and he is also one of the most thorough instructors that teaches anywhere. He is a Firefighter by day and Dives for the Maricopa County Sherriff's Posse in his limited free time. He is also a Cave Diver and hums during decompression...?

Scott Jamison

Assistant Instructor

Tech divers, Rec divers, and everyone else here NOT wearing a BC. Today… Today, you find yourselves equals. For you are all equally blessed because I have the pride, the privilege, NAY… the pleasure of introducing to you a diver sired among divers. A diver that can trace his training beck beyond when Roy had a full head of hair. I first met him inside of an underwater cave near San Carlos. Praying to God, asking his forgiveness for the fact that he was about to kill Mike Lawson on the dive boat. Next, he amazed me still further in the Philippines where he single handedly saved a poor defenseless puffer from the would be ravaging by that dreadful diver known as Hans. In San Diego, he spent an hour on a decompression hang in a drysuit. Just to better understand the feeling of going to the bathroom. And so, without further gilding the lily and no more adieux, I give to you, the seeker of dry suit pee valves, the protector of Philippino bar fines, the enforcer of Puffer fish rights. The one. The only (except for the guy that looks just like him). Scott Jamison. King of the DMs.

Webmaster Note: If you haven't had a boat-load of fun diving lately, then you haven't been diving with Scott!

Scott Taylor - PADI MSDT

Scott is a PADI Instructor with the Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating.  He has specialty ratings for Enriched Air Nitrox (EAN), Night, Deep, Digital Underwater Photography, and Diver Propulsion Vehicle.  Scott was originally certified at Rocky Point, Mexico in March 1992 while attending Northern Arizona University.  The majority of Scott's diving Adventures are in the Channel Island of California.  Scott has also dove in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Hawaii, San Diego, San Carlos, Mazatlan, and Rocky Point.  When not diving, Scott is a Retail Store Manager and a father of 2 future divers. 

Jeff Byrne - PADI Instructor

Jeff is another one of our instructors here at Ocean Planet Scuba.  He began diving in 1983 in the waters off of Catalina Island in California, to add to his aquatic resume, which includes lifeguard (certification still current), swim instructor and life saving instructor.  But it wasn't unitl the turn of the new century that he began to really endulge his aquatic passions underwater.  Jeff's diving travels include:  La Jolla (no Yukon yet, darn it), Catalina, the Channel Islands and Carmel in CA, San Carlos and Cozumel, Mexico and Hawaii (aloha).

Robert Mills - PADI Instructor

Bob - aka Belly Buckin' Bobbo Grande - has been around for quite a while. He's a PADI instructor and has been diving with Bill and Scott since they got certified. In fact he even certified Bill with his Advanced Open Water cert. Bob has dived all over the world and his favorite place to dive is a tie between the Florida Keys and Cayman.

Tiffany Lewis - PADI Divemaster

There is so much to say about Tiffany and so little space to say it! Tiff was raised at Ocean Planet from day one and has been trained as a wreck diver ever since. She is an ASU student, studying Marine Biology and often makes treks to remote parts of Mexico to study various ocean life. Se recently returned from domenica on a Study Abroad program and can usually be found diving a single tank along beside the guys in doubles. The girl uses no air so she usually has to be dragged out of the water to head back to the Marina.

Mike Lawson - PADI Divemaster

Mikey is one of our newest additions to the shop. He is a Divemaster and a student at ASU. His goal is to break into the Technical Diving ranks and start exploring deep wrecks with the rest of the crew at Ocean Planet. Mikey is usually identified as the one in a chair with a beer in his hand. He has the air consumption rate of a small girl and has been banned from several 3rd World nations.

Colleen Jamison - Travel Coordinator

First Dive:  1993 San Carlos, Mexico

Colleen began diving in 1993  and has furthered her training into  PADI Advanced OW and  Enriched Air/ Nitrox certifications.  Colleen’s diving adventures include  world class diving locations such as :  The South Coast of Jamaica, Turks and Caicos  (which still holds as #1 in her book) ,  Wreck diving in Key Largo  on the Spiegel Grove and Duane (and a run in with a Giant Goliath Grouper named "Kenny")  and San Carlos, Mexico.  In addition to being OP's Travel Coordinator, Colleen was a key member of the now famous "Teddy Bear Expedition of the Spiegel Grove".  Her Dream Dive would be to dive with the Manatees in Northern Florida.