Rich Synowiec
Diving since:
1979Current Level of Certification:
PADI Course Director, DSAT TecRec Instructor Trainer, DSAT Tec Trimix Instructor, Emergency First Response Instructor Trainer, Divers Alert Network Instructor TrainerOther Certifications Held (instructor Trainer Level):
PADI Boat Diver, PADI Deep Diver, PADI DIve Against Debris, PADI Self-Reliant Diver, PADI Public Safety Diver 1, PADI Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) Diver, PADI Dry Suit Diver, PADI Enriched Air Diver, PADI Equipment Specialist,PADI Ice Diver, PADI Night Diver,PADI River Diver, PADI Search and Recovery Diver, PADI Underwater Navigator, PADI Underwater Videographer, PADI Wreck Diver, PADI Digital Underwater Photographer, DSAT Tec Diver One, DSAT Tec Deep Diver, DSAT Tec Trimix Diver, DSAT Trimix/ Nitrox Gas Blender, DAN Oxygen First Aid for Divers, DAN First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries, DAN Basic Life Support, DAN First Aid for Health Care Professionals, DAN First Aid for Diving ProfessionalsOther Certifications Held (instructor Level):
PADI Boat Diver, PADI Coral Reef Conservation and Awareness, PADI Deep Diver, PADI Self-Reliant Diver, PADI Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) Diver, PADI Drift Diver, PADI Dry Suit Diver, PADI Enriched Air Diver, PADI Equipment Specialist, PADI Fish Identification, PADI Dive Against Debris, PADI Ice Diver, PADI Ice Assistant, PADI Multi-Level Diver, PADI Night Diver, PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy, PADI Project Aware, PADI River Diver, PADI Search and Recovery Diver, PADI Underwater Naturalist, PADI Underwater Navigator, PADI Public Safety Diver 1, PADI Underwater Photographer, PADI Oxygen First Aid For Divers, PADI Marine Life Injury Specialist, PADI AED for Divers, PADI Underwater Videographer, PADI Wreck Diver, PADI Digital Underwater Photographer, DSAT Tec Diver One, DSAT Tec Deep Diver, DSAT Tec Trimix Diver, DSAT Trimix/ Nitrox Gas Blender, DAN Oxygen First Aid for Divers, DAN Oxygen First Aid for Aquatic Injuries, DAN Advanced Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Divers, DAN First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries, DAN Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) for Scuba Diving, DAN Automated External Defibrillators for Aquatic Emergencies, DAN First Aid for Health Care Professionals, DAN First Aid for Diving ProfessionalsOther Certifications Held (Diver Level)
IANTD TRIMIX DIVER, TDI Advanced Wreck Diver, ANDI Nitrox Diver, PSI Cylinder Inspector, Certified to repair most major manufacturers equipment, PADI Public Safety Diver, member of the Midwest Technical Recovery Team, Visual Plus 3 Cylinder Inspector, PSI Cylinder Inspector, Bauer Compressor Repair Technician, 50 Ton Master (RET)Favorite Dive Ever:
It's not so much the destination as the people you are with. Tobermory, Canada, The first wreck dive with my wife, The Bahamas with my Dad, Cooper River with everyone I dove that with, Mackinac Island Boat Dock, Great Barrier Reef, Harsens Island at the Tashmoo dock, Bonaire Salt Pier with Natalie and Olivia (my Kids)Favorite Local Dive:
The Detroit River near Grosse Ile, Michigan, The City in Monroe, and any dive with my KidsFavorite Great Lake Shipwreck:
It's hard to pick one since there are five Great Lakes, The Steamship Eber Ward in Lake Michigan (150ft), The Dredge barge Munson (106ft), in Lake Ontario, The Tugboat Seabreeze in Lake Erie (20ft),The Steamer Osborne in Lake Superior (180ft), the Charles King in Lake Huron (215ft) the Emperor Stern in Lake Superior and the Side-wheel Steamer Detroit in Lake Huron (220ft).What they would like you to know about them:
To me diving is more than a sport. It is a culture, it is a way of life, and a passion that far exceeds anything else I have known. I have been in and around water all of my life. I had a scuba mask on before I could walk. I work in a dive center at least 6 days a week and I love my job. I have been diving in all the Great Lakes and many of the worlds oceans. Although I have little time for pedigrees and the like, I can say I have seen what few people have seen and what many more cannot even imagine. I am fortunate enough to have been places in this world that at the time my dive buddy and I were there, more people had walked on the moon. With all that I have accomplished, I still feel that there is a life time of diving left to do...... so on my days off, I go diving.