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Daffy Dive Co.

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About Me

My name is Kim, some know me as Kayla, but to everyone Im a little bit Daffy.Daffy Dive Co is my "project" I dont want to call it a business because people get the wrong idea... Its my students, my friends, dive buddies, and anyone that dives with us.I am a PADI MSDT (master scuba diver trainer), I teach everything from Beginner to Professional Classes and Specialties ranging from Deep diving, Multilevel diving, Dry Suit diving, and Night Diving as well as Advanced Oxygen First Aid and AED distinctive specialties (to name the cool ones)The Story Behind My Diving... I learned to dive when I was 12, at a summer camp in florida called Sea Camp Marine Institute. It was a SCUBA and Marine Biology summer camp. Dorky I know. But it was amazing. Scuba wasnt something I was great at to start. I wasnt really a fish until I learned to dive. I loved to swim but my stamina rarely let me go strong for long. Thanks to the instructors who taught me I overcame my fears and anxieties and completed not only my junior open water but my junior advanced diver certifications there too.From there I traveled a lot each summer and had completed my rescue certification at 15. After the age of 16, I lost scuba as a dominant part of my life for a little while and ended up in Los Angeles, Southern California being a place I always heard about great diving, I turned back to diving for rejuvenation and the happiness it had always given me. Being an Instructor gives me the ability to give back what I have learned along the way, and be an instrument in what I believe to be a live changing hobby...lets face it, scuba isnt golf!As corny as it sounds Scuba has done a whole lot more for my life than most things. The best times in my life, scuba diving influenced greatly.I love what I do completely, and am so proud to work for Eco Dive Center in Culver City CA. I work part time in the actual dive shop and spend my weekends teaching with the rest of Eco's World Class Staff.I am the kind of instructor who is excited every time I breathe on scuba, or get on a boat, or giant stride into the water, I make my classes more exciting and do my best to enrich the lives of my students. I try to give more to my students than a class, its a lifestyle i live, bringing people into the water is like bringing someone into my home, I show it to them with care and pride. I love Southern California Diving, and I want everyone to love it as much as I do, its by far the prettiest part about California.Learn more about what I do and what a daffy diver is in my blogs..Come request me at ECOIm not just some scummy scuba spammer, I just wanna get the world wet ;)for more info on classes message me...or check out ecodivecenter.com or myspace.com/ecodivecenterwatch me teach and eco divers dive...in this video

My Interests

Scuba, Writing, Photography, Boats, Marine Life, Traveling, Meeting cool people.check out our friends: www.ecodivecenter.com www.diving.net www.expressdivers.com

I'd like to meet:

Other divers, People who want to be divers. Other Instructors Travelers Technical Divers Total Scuba Nerds People who dove the Doria before it became crap North Alantic Divers who dive wet in winter. (you guys are nutty)-( i met one the other day she dove january pacific in a 5mm and was warm!) Random people who are interested not just lurkers, this is a professional profile, that is all.DO NOT ADD ME WITHOUT AN INTEREST IN SCUBA... I WILL NOT FRIEND YOU ... IF YOUR PROFILE ISNT OBVIOUSLY ABOUT SCUBA PLEASE SEND A MESSAGE WITH YOUR REQUEST... THANK YOU

Music:

anything with a good beat

Movies:

the abyss, the life aquatic, finding nemo, open water, the deep, along came polly,

Television:

blue planet series, weeds, law and order, csi, shark week, survivor man

Books:

the outlaw bible of american literature, anything david sedaris

Heroes:

jacques cousteau, John Haldence, Pascal Bernabé

My Blog

About the Tori and Dean Show

not that i really feel the need to defend myself i am posting this purely to clear some stuff up.Tori and Dean are friends of mine in reality. I did their show as a favor to them because Dean wanted t...
Posted by Daffy Dive Co. on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:09:00 PST

Chamber Evening

May 7 2008 Chamber Evening, a benifit for the Catalina (USC) Hyperbaric Chamber Eco Dive Center has 6 tables of supporting divers and you can come too We have just a few spots left so if you are inter...
Posted by Daffy Dive Co. on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:56:00 PST

amazing dives recently

After last weekends charters were all blown out due to bad weather the eco team and some of our friends got to go out thursday on a private charter of the island time (one of our favorite boats). It w...
Posted by Daffy Dive Co. on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:00:00 PST

Semi Dry Suit for Sale (womens small) worn in pool only

I have this great Semi Dry Suit that I need to sell...I bought it for this summer but they sent the wrong size, I didnt realize this until I got in the pool and It was super baggy. (i always wear an x...
Posted by Daffy Dive Co. on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:17:00 PST

Trash Collecting in 08!!! (discounts and beer?)

Take a photo of yourself and trash that you have picked up and get $20 dollars off any class you take with me at ECO Dive Center in Culver City CAJoin me on my journey through southern california wate...
Posted by Daffy Dive Co. on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:23:00 PST

catalina video (on the mr.c)

this is a totally normal eco trip... check it out! ...
Posted by Daffy Dive Co. on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:28:00 PST

gull island dry suit class

Im planning a drysuit class to take place before the gull island trip on the 30th,the knowledge review session would be on the 28th, pool session on the 29th and then gull island trip for the open wat...
Posted by Daffy Dive Co. on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:24:00 PST

santa barbara island video

santa barbara island on the sand dollar ...
Posted by Daffy Dive Co. on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:05:00 PST

DRYSUIT TODAY!

..> DRYSUIT IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS... Freedom Suit, Pinnacles new deal for the holidaysThe unisex drysuit from pinnacle comes with one pocket suspenders, latex seals and soft boots, for 1,000 yo...
Posted by Daffy Dive Co. on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:51:00 PST

hahaha pretentious

someone said this after i told them about how modeling and diving balanced my life out..."it seems like they create a balance as they arguably create a perfect dichotomny in how they are juxtaposed an...
Posted by Daffy Dive Co. on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:31:00 PST