NICK BUCKLEY - Master Instructor
Nick is a PADI Master Instructor and has been professional diving the Cayman Islands for 30 years. With over 30,000 dives from around the world to his credit he has instructed divers from all walks of life. His travels and work experiences with some of the top underwater free divers, photographers and film makers has allowed him to dive the worlds oceans. He created Deep Blue Divers as an intimate, exclusive operation for customers looking for the ultimate in underwater experience .

NIALL - IDC Staff Instructor
Niall is from Scotland but spent his early years in Saudi Arabia. He learned to dive in the Turks & Caicos, and built experience in the relatively unspoilt waters of the Red Sea off Jeddah. After leaving secondary school in Edinburgh, he moved to Zanzibar where he worked and gained his Instructor qualification. In April 2013, he moved to the Cayman Islands to complete his IDC Staff Instructor qualification and decided to stay on in a place where he feels very much at home. Niall loves the micro-life in the ocean, and is a keen underwater photographer.

AMANDA - Open Water Scuba Instructor
Amanda grew up in Clearwater, Florida. She fell in love with the ocean at an early age and became Open Water certified as soon as she was old enough. After studying marine biology in college she worked for the National Park Service in Miami, Florida, trying to remember all the Latin names of reef fish and removing invasive lionfish from the Park. When her contract ended, Amanda took a six-week trip to Australia where she got a job on a dive boat, motivating her to continue her dive training and become certified as an Open Water Scuba Instructor. Her quick trip turned into two years of traveling and working as an instructor. Amanda worked around Australia, Thailand and Mexico before landing here on Grand Cayman. She is an affirmed fish nerd and is waiting for the day her gills finally develop. You'll find her juggling a variety of different jobs around the dive center, both in and out of the water.

LANE - IDC Staff Instructor, PADI Elite Dive Instructor
Lane is from Winnipeg Manitoba where the lakes are dark and the diving is cold! Lane’s family was involved in the dive industry so it wasn’t unusual for him to take lessons prior to spending Christmas in Grand Cayman in 2015. He completed his open water certification in Cayman and fell in love with the sport of diving. It didn’t take long for him to decide to turn his love of the sport into a career. He spent the next 2 years achieving the certification levels necessary to pursue his dream, diving La Paz and the Socorro Islands in Mexico and the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt. After completing an internship and obtaining his instructors certification in Cayman in 2017, he received an offer of employment and remained Cayman. In 2018 he achieved his Master Scuba Dive Trainer, IDC Staff Instructor Certifications and recently his PADI Elite Dive Instructor status. Lane loves the warmth of island life, its people and diving the beautiful waters of Cayman.

JAMES CHAPMAN - IDC Staff Instructor, PADI Elite Dive Instructor
James was born and raised in South Africa and did his first dive when he was 15, in Sodwana Bay which is a small, rural town off the east coast of his home country where the conditions can be challenging but the diving is first class. After his first dive he immediately fell in love with the underwater world and decided that he was going to make a career out of scuba diving. Of course, he had to finish school and wait till he was old enough to become a PADI professional. As soon as he got the chance, he joined an internship in Sodwana Bay and got certified as an Open Water Scuba Instructor in 2021. He then went on and decided to become a Staff Instructor in 2022 and just continued teaching from there. He has an absolute love for teaching and spending his time underwater where he feels at home. He likes to spend his time behind a guitar on the beach on his off days and spends most of his time outdoors. James moved to the Cayman Islands in March of 2023, and he loves the crystal clear water, warm weather and loves diving in paradise.

LEXXI - Deep Blue Divers Dog
My name is Lexxi and Nick rescued me 8 years ago from the Cayman Islands Humane Society. I love long walks (especially along Seven Mile Beach) and spend my days either at the stables with all my 4 legged friends or hanging out at the dive shop to meet and greet all the divers who love scuba diving in Grand Cayman! I’m really laid back and very gentle (a true island girl) - if I’m lucky enough to meet you – please remember - I love to have my belly rubbed!!!