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Mar Scuba PADI-Certified Instructors & Divemasters
Matthew Endo, Owner and Lead Instructor, Mar Scuba
PADI IDC Staff Instructor 158442
EFR Instructor Trainer
DAN Instructor 11357
Matthew hails from Los Angeles, California, USA. As the lead instructor, he conducts courses from entry-level Open Water to professional Divemaster and Assistant Instructor. He also enjoys teaching specialty courses such as Underwater Photographer and Underwater Navigation, as well as the Emergency First Response CPR/First Aid
and DAN (Divers Alert Network) courses. When not leading or instructing, he is an avid underwater photographer and aspiring videographer.
Dive Equipment:
- Oxycheq Camouflage Mach V 40 lb. wing and
stainless steel backplate
- Pool Dives: Zeagle Ranger BCD or Oxycheq ProPac Exposure
- Protection: XS Scuba 5mm 1 piece wetsuit in summer/fall, Diving Concepts Pinnacle 200 compressed neoprene drysuit
(winter) or Ultraflex Pro trilaminate (spring). Dry suit undergarments: TPS Stretch Thinsulate 200 gram
- XS Scuba Trimetal regulators
- Suunto D4 dive computer & Suunto SK7 compass
Photo Equipment: Ikelite Housing with Dome Port for Nikon D200 dSLR with 12-24 mm lens and Ikelite D-125 Strobe
Favorite Dive Site: Chinsen in Atami for Wreck or Oki no Ne in Koura for big fish.
Favorite Food from Pizzakaya: Mondo Lasagne and Italian Herb Sausage Pizza
Stephanie Stroup
PADI Instructor OWSI-238390
Stephanie comes to us from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by way of Boston and Mexico. It was through her support and drive (pushiness) that this site was recently updated to provide you with more information about our services and offerings. In addition to her activities as Marketing Manager, she is also our Ladies' Weekends Coordinator and Tokyo American Club Course Coordinator.
Please contact her with any comments, compliments, complaints, or good jokes!
Dive Equipment:
- Oxycheq Mach V Signature Series Wing Backplate with integrated pockets
- Aqualung Cold Water or XS Scuba Trimetal regulators
- Suunto D9 dive computer with integrated air and compass; Suunto Vyper computer and Suunto compass as backups
- Depending on the weather, ScubaPro 5mm, XS Scuba 7mm, or XS Scuba 3mm wetsuit.
- And I am never without my XS Scuba Power Fins, which live up to their name when I want to pick up the pace underwater!
Favorite Dive Site: Kumomi's Ushizuki Iwa and Gunkan Iwa for a weekend trip; Iwa's Rock Triangle for an other-worldly underwater experience.
Favorite Food from Pizzakaya: Garlic Marbles, Avocado Salad, and Hawaiian Luau Pizza
Kevin Williams
PADI Instructor OWSI-199379
Kevin is from Hawaii and has over 15 years of dive experience the Pacific Rim. He is the Business Development Manager for Mar Scuba, finding opportunities to serve the foreign diving community. He also puts together the monthly social events in Tokyo.
Please contact him if you would like Mar Scuba to promote diving within your organization, or are interested in product cross-selling, Izu accommodation affiliation, and being one of our venues for our montly dive socials.
Dive Equipment: Halcyon 36 lb. wing with stainless steel backplate, XS Scuba Trimetal regulators
Favorite Japan Dive Site: Kittene in Ajiro for the various fish life and two huge sea fans.
Favorite Food from Pizzakaya: Garlic Balls and Pizzakaya Gourmet Combo Pizza, Classic Lasagna
2009/2010 PADI Pro Candidates
Greg Helton
Divemaster Candidate
Greg started his divemaster certification at the end of the 2008 dive season. He is our resident expert on Futo dive site, and will be creating an underwater map of the site as part of his divemaster assignments.
Your Name Here?
Divemaster Candidate
To learn more about the Go PRO! challenge and how you can start on the path to becoming a PADI divemaster, contact Matthew Endo, Staff Instructor.
Mar Scuba Instructors Abroad
Jeremy Deschner (Okinawa)
PADI Assistant Instructor 239838
I started diving in Dallas, Texas 1987 when I was a teenager. My mother bought me an OW course for my birthday. Ever since then I have had the diving bug. These days I really like perfecting my diving skills. I use a different set up than most people. I use some of the D.I.R. (Do It Right) set up. I use the long hose rig but I also like to use a BCD vest. I like being with Mar Scuba because I think that everyone who is a member wants to become a better diver and we can learn from each and every member.
Dive Equipment: Aqua lung 2nd stage and octopus. Cressi first stage primary. Genesis Cobar 2 BCD. Vector Fins.
Favorite Japan Dive Site: I really enjoyed diving Toi, and just this year I had the opportunity to move to my very favorite dive site - Okinawa!
Tamara Eelsing, Scuba Instructor (Brussels, Belgium)
PADI Instructor OWSI-978198
I learned to dive in the nice blue waters of Mexico, and after getting my open water I was so 'Dive Crazy' that I continued in The Netherlands. Every holiday I started diving, because
there's so much to see under water. So I dove Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Curacao, Tobago, Mallorca, Egypt, Cebu, Saipan and the Maldives. When I decided I wanted to continue my dive education
onto a professional level, I lived in the UK, so I did a lot of diving there, too.
I must admit though that I'm happy to be in Japan, because the diving here is so much better than in the UK. I'm sure you will enjoy it too!
Dive Equipment: I have a girl's outfit to give some extra support where it's needed most, so for my BCD I chose the Diva LX from Seaquest. I have 4 suits, one shorty 2mm
from Bare, one longy 3mm from Aqualung and a double (longy + shorty) 7 of Cressi. All ladies suits of course, because I think it's really important that a suit fits good. Otherwise the
protection gets diminished. For my reglator I chose the Aqualung Legend and for the Octopus the Legend LX, because they can both survive colder water and won't freeze up easily. My
computer is the most valuable thing I own in Dive Equipment, and then I don't mean money wise. I think every diver should have a computer, because it makes diving so much safer! Mine is
the Suunto Cobra, which is integrated with my air, so that's an added bonus. Fins are really important to make you feel comfortable in the water, so I chose the Mares VOLO and I love
them! They're lightweight, so I can take them on holiday everywhere!
Favorite Dive Site: Atami or beach dives
Favorite Food from Pizzakaya: Wild, Wild Mushroom Pizza
Geoff Tayler (Hong Kong)
PADI Assistant Instructor 473339
Geoff is from the UK, where the waters are cold and dark, not like the temperate and beautiful waters of Izu. As the head PADI Divemaster, Geoff helps divers to plan the dive and dive
the plan, and is the expert on Mikomoto. He has a keen eye for finding nudibranch and other marine life, and takes some wonderful photographs.
Dive Equipment: Oxycheq 45 lb. Signature Wing with Stainless steel backplate, Scubapro Mk 25/G250 regulators, Diving Concepts Ultraflex Pro (all black) with TPS Thinsulate
undergarments (200 gram)
Favorite Dive Site: Kamene or Aone in Mikomoto for Hammerhead Sharks and blue water diving
Favorite Food from Pizzakaya: Hell Sausage Meatballs and Big Russell Pizza
Company Contact Information
Yugen Kaisha Mar Scuba
Higashi Nakano 3-15-9, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-0003
Contact Email: matt@marscuba.com
Contact Phone: 090-3851-3901
Please leave a message with your name and contact phone number on voicemail if we do not answer.
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