Meet Our PADI Instructors

Gene Anderson - first learned to dive in the military and eventually became interested in recreational diving, travel and teaching, working his way up through Divemaster by 1981. In 1982, because of his love for diving and wanting to share his experiences with others, Gene became a PADI Open Water Instructor.

Gene progressed to the level of PADI Master Instructor by 1985 and now teaches over 20 Specialty Courses. In 1995, Gene became a PADI Course Director, and has had the opportunity to travel around the Midwest teaching instructor level courses.

Gene is an avid underwater photographer and really enjoys taking people on dive trips to tropical destinations. He has a great love for the underwater world and looks forward to introducing many more people to this diverse universe.

Come and join Gene in the underwater world.

Al Craig - is a PADI Master Instructor and can teach all levels of diving courses. He is also certified to teach most of the PADI specialty courses. Since being certified as a PADI Instructor in 1984, Al has been teaching continuously at Sentry Scuba, with hundred of students to his credit.

Growing up around the ocean in South Florida got him into Scuba diving in his teen years. Of course his first love is warm, ocean diving, and he now has a condominium in Fort Lauderdale, which allows him to go diving there regularly.

Al leads many of our diving trips to exotic places in the world. He has been to most Caribbean destinations as well as Fiji, Australia, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Malaysia, and the Egyptian Red Sea.

For his own personal enjoyment, Al is certified in cave diving, mixed gas diving, and re breathers. He has been diving on many shipwrecks, in both fresh and saltwater.