Al is a multi-talented guy. For years he worked in the environmental field as level 1 confined space rescue leader. In the winter of 1993, he took his first scuba course in Cancun, Mexico, and continued to dive there for the next five years. Not until 1999 did Al achieve his first real "C" card with PADI as an Open Water diver. He stayed with PADI through five specialties, Advanced and Rescue, and then was awarded his Master Diver.

Now hooked on diving, Al began climbing the instructional ladder and is presently an Instructor with NAUI. He holds Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures and Extended Range. His primary interests are wreck diving, spear fishing, and technical deep diving. Captain Al has dived in many places around the world including the deep wrecks of the Great Lakes, but still insists that there's no place on Earth like North Carolina wreck diving. He began diving the blue, clear waters of North Carolina in 2000 and soon found himself mating on one of the local dive boats. His crewmates nicknamed him “The Magnet," because no matter where they dropped him, or in what visibility or current, he always found the wreck.

After a near fatal accident almost took away the captain of the vessel he worked for, Al obtained his USCG Captain's license...just another license for him. He also is an instrument-rated, aerobatic, and commercial airplane pilot, and holds a commercial driving license for tractor trailers as well. If it has an engine, Al can drive it. Al keeps a winter home in Baltimore, MD, where he still does environmental work for the Coast Guard. His summer home in Morehead City keeps him close the sport he loves.

Trivia: Al owns a Piper Arrow II. Al owns three spear guns. His USCG license has a towing endorsement. He owns a dog, two ferrets, and once hit a parrot with a football. AND, Ray Lewis once called him “shit dog.”

Captain Jim Smith got his start in diving during a resort course in Cancun, Mexico, during Spring Break 1995. He got his PADI Open Water certification in August 1997 and did his first ocean dive out of Hatteras, NC, on the wreck of the Dixie Arrow. Becoming hooked on wreck diving, he began working as a mate in Morehead City in 1999, and earned his Dive Master certification in March 2000. He became a USCG Captain in July 2004, and holds a 50 ton license. He has traveled to a multitude of diving destinations in the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Red Sea, but still ranks coastal NC as one of his favorite destinations. He is an avid underwater videographer and has recently become interested in spear fishing as well. He resides in central Pennsylvania where he is in a group practice as a general dentist.

Trivia: Jim was a squirrel in a former life. He spends an inordinate amount of time on the internet researching “why.”

Amy got her start in diving at a resort course (commonly referred to as a suicide course) in Cancun, Mexico, in 1999. She and her husband Wade immediately fell in love with the sport, and enrolled in an open water class after relocating from New Jersey back to Virginia. Stress and Rescue, Deep Diving, Navigation, Search and Recovery, Advanced Open Water, Nitrox (all SSI), Advanced Nitrox, and Decompression Procedures (TDI) followed. Amy became an SSI Dive Control Specialist (really cool term meaning “dive master”) in 2004, and worked as an assistant instructor with a local dive shop for two seasons. She earned her USCG 50-ton captain’s license in 2006. Amy has dived many of the usual Caribbean destinations, but prefers North Carolina wreck diving for its diversity of marine life and large animal encounters. Plus, there’s that whole “She owns a dive business in North Carolina” thing.

Trivia: Amy is a CPA as well as a professional figure skating instructor. She is a compulsive hoarder of scrapbooking supplies. She plays the piano. She loves dogs and cats, and once owned a deaf chinchilla named Aqua Velva (because she was a CHIN CHILLA! Bwaaaaahahahahaha!). Amy is a parrothead, can go for days speaking in nothing but movie quotes, and she makes a good meatloaf.

Mike Daniel began diving his freshman year at East Carolina University, and during his senior year, finished up his NAUI Assistant Instructor and dive master ratings. After graduation in 1987, Mike accepted the staff dive master role at Nags Head Pro Diver Center and was hooked for good, staying with NHPDC for 3 summers before graduate school, and eventually a career as a molecular biologist at UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine, pulled him a little farther away from the coast. For nearly 20 years, however, Mike has worked as an active dive master, including the past three years as co-captain, and has dived the many wreck sites throughout coastal North Carolina. He became a USCG-licensed Captain in 2002 and continues to serve as dive master and master captain aboard vessels operating out of Morehead City. He currently lives in Durham, NC and is a Assistant Director of Operations/Resourcing for Duke Clinical Research Institute.

Trivia: According to Mike, nothing of interest.

Wade began his diving career, along with wife Amy (please see CAPTAIN AMY, above), in Mexico in 1999. He has completed Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Stress and Rescue, Nitrox, Advanced Nitrox, and Dive Control Specialist. While his passion is scuba diving, during the winter months of January through December, he makes his living as the Vice President of Finance of a local hospital system in Newport News, VA. Wade has two mortgages, two kids in college, and a spendthrift spouse. He resides in a cardboard box in a field adjacent to one of his properties in Portsmouth, VA.

Trivia: Wade loves fishing, and aspires to own another, more quirky vessel to serve his sinister purposes. He has rooted for a losing football team for over 30 years. Wade loves tinkering with engines: marine, auto, gas, diesel…the whole nine yards. Wade has a good mechanic. He often has trouble finding shoes and gloves that fit.

Clint has been a certified dive master for several years but has been diving for well over 20 years. He has dived all over the world including the Red Sea, the Pacific, the Caribbean, along with many other destinations, but by far his favorite kind of diving is North Carolina wreck diving. Above the water, Clint lives with his wife and dogs in Greensboro, NC. Clint also holds a OUPV (six pack) U.S. Coast Guard captain's license and serves aboard the Mutiny as he gains hours to upgrade his license to 50-ton.

Trivia: Clint is an avid car and art collector. His home looks like a super nova during the holiday season. Clint holds the world speed talking record. It’s rumored that he can sometimes be found not using his phone or computer, and studies show that he bounces very well.