Staff

Scuba Adventures was started by three local scuba divers. We opened our doors in June of 2010 and turned a passion for the sport into a full time operation.We are Michael Maneth, a Padi Scuba Instructor and Master Scuba Diver Trainer, is a General Contractor during the week. Mike started diving in 2007 and has logged over 500 dives in just a few years. He prefers wreck diving along the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf of Mexico exploring wrecks like the U352, Spiegel Grove, and the Big "O", just to name a few. Kevin Duckworth also a Padi Instructor and Master Scuba Diver Trainer, retired from the Burke County Sheriff's Office, has been diving for 40 years. Kevin's favorite dive spot is probably the Cooper River in South Carolina, where he loves to look for artifacts, pre-historic sharks teeth and fossils. Ron Vodan, a Padi Dive Master is the Facilities Director at Caldwell Memorial Hospital. Ron got into diving in 2001 to spend quality time with family, getting certified together with his daughter and wife. And up to this day most of their vacations involve scuba diving. One thing the three of us have in common, we like to get other people interested and teach them how to dive. Scuba Diving is an awesome experience we like to share with others.

The three of us bought Sea World Divers from David and Ruby Locke and moved the operation to Rutherford College and opened it as Scuba Adventures. Ruby stayed on as a Scuba Instructor for Scuba Adventures and continues to manage the Dive Club she started, Sea World Divers Dive Club.

Scuba Adventures strives to offer friendly and affordable scuba instruction from your basic Open Water certification to the professional level of Scuba Instructor, and everything in between like Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver, and 17 different Specialty Certifications. All classes are private classes, and scheduling is with our customers availability in mind. We try to keep the cost for our classes, and services affordable for everybody. Scuba Diving compared to other sports and hobbies is inexpensive. Most people are surprised to find how little it costs and how quickly they will be underwater scuba diving. Scuba Diving also has a very good track record when it comes to safety.You will find quality equipment at our store that is priced very affordable, but what sets us apart is our return and trade-in policy, and the service we offer on what we sell. If we sell you anything that does not fit or performs as promised, bring it back and we'll exchange it for what will. Want to upgrade a piece of gear that you bought from us, we will give you full credit on the original purchase towards the upgrade.

Our goal is to provide the best customer service, and experience possible. We will get you involved in the sport of scuba diving and hopefully have you develop the same life long passion as we have for diving. We promise to keep our pricing affordable and as low as possible.