Adventure Outfitters has started an informal dive club for like-minded people. Our mission is focused on local Florida diving including: safety, marine conservation and continuing dive education.

In Florida, we are surrounded by another universe beneath our feet, a world of discovery and exploration – second only to space. Geologists, hydrogeologists, biologists and archaeologists have explored these unique ecosystems but little has been touched when it comes to these enormous systems that can stretch thousands of miles below ground.

This Thursday, SCUBA pioneer and educator, Paul Heinerth will speak about his adventures above and below ground. This event is open to divers of all experience levels who wish to learn more about the world underground / under the wreck / or under the iceberg, and what draws divers there.

About Paul Heinerth

Instructing for the National Association of Cave Divers (NACD) and the National Speleological Society Cave Diving Section (NSS-CDS) for over 34 years, he carries a Master Instructor Rating with the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), and a Trimix, Cave & Rebreather Instructor qualification with the International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers (IANTD). He also has the rating of instructor trainer with PADI/DSAT, IANTD and RAID. He has held world records for deep cave penetration and is credited with many cave discoveries. Paul is a member of the United States Deep Caving Team and participates in significant expeditions that explore and survey the uncharted reaches of our world. His work has been covered by National Geographic in Florida, Mexico, Bahamas and Antarctica.

He loves wreck diving and has dived such wrecks as the ocean liner Oceanos off the Wild Coast of South Africa and the wreck the Empress of Ireland in the Saint Lawrence Seaway in Canada.

See more of his expeditions below:

2011 Bermuda Deep Cave Expedition (Bermuda)
2007 Weeki Wachee Karst Project (Florida)
2005 Sawmills Sink Research with Advanced Diver Magazine (Bahamas)
2004 Emerald Springs Deep Project (Florida)
2003 Oceanos Expedition (South Africa)
2001 Antarctica Expedition (Ross Sea)
2000 The PIT Deep Expedition of Dos Ojos (Mexico)
1998 The Wakulla 2 Expedition (Florida)
1996 Jaciento Pat Expedition (Q. Roo, Mexico)
1995 Rio Tuerto/Huatla Expedition (Oxaca, Mexico)
1990-91 Eagles Nest Project (Florida)
1990 Empress of Ireland Wreck Diving Project (Quebec, Canada)
1989 Mante Expedition (Mexico)
1987 Original Wakulla Project (Florida)
1982 Giant Cave Expedition (Caye Caulkner, Belize)

To learn more, visit http://www.heinerth.com/