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Scuba Certified in 2018!

Scuba Certified in Orlando, Florida!

Mike Campbell of Castaway Scuba has an easy-going, humorous personality that lends a calming influence that cools years of living in the anxiety ridden streets of New York and New Jersey.

Dan and Mike Campbell of Castaway Scuba in De Leon Springs

Dan and Mike Campbell of Castaway Scuba in De Leon Springs

We had two classroom sessions and an exam before our first dive in De Leon Springs. Squeezed into constricting wetsuits with weight belts strapped around our waists, on an unusually cold Thursday in January with low visibility in the springs, led to a highly anxious moment for Emille during the swim test. Mike scheduled the repeat dive the next Monday at a heated YMCA pool with excellent visibility and Emille passed like a pro. She swam 12 laps without pausing and we treaded water for 10 minutes like fish. After this redo, Mike joked that Emille was a “plant” that was sent there to test him.

Dan and Emille in De Leon Springs holding the subway handle

Dan and Emille in De Leon Springs holding the subway handle

We returned to De Leon Springs with newfound confidence, and completed two dives on Tuesday, and three on Wednesday, satisfying our Open Water Scuba Certification. Our last dive was a bonus photography dive, and our first underwater Subway Handle photo session. Mike, now called “Scuba Dad” by Emille, even convinced a turtle to pose with the handle.

A turtle posing with the Subway Handle in De Leon Springs

A turtle posing with the Subway Handle in De Leon Springs

To celebrate our certifications, we had all-you-can-eat pancakes at the Old Spanish Sugar Mill Pancake House. See our review here.

We highly recommend Mike Campbell and the entire staff of Castaway Scuba to anyone in the greater Orlando area. Our schedules are chaotic, but they accommodated us seamlessly. They ordered and installed prescription lenses for my mask, and they have everything under the water.

Dan and Emille in De Leon Springs

Dan and Emille in De Leon Springs underwater holding the subway handle

Dan in De Leon Springs

Dan in De Leon Springs

Dan in De Leon Springs

Dan in De Leon Springs posing with the subway handle

Dan and Emille in De Leon Springs posing with the subway handle

Dan and Emille in De Leon Springs posing with the subway handle

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Hi, we’re Dan and Emille. We met at church in NYC in 2010 and in 2011 we were married in Central Park on the bow bridge. In the last 6 years of marriage we stopped paying NYC rent, and bought a place on the edge of Hoboken, NJ, with spectacular views of the NYC skyline, which has been really fulfilling for photography enthusiasts. We have been talking about having kids for the last 6 years, but the New York lifestyle would make it difficult as our families are in Florida and Brazil. So we sold our place and furniture, left some great jobs, and friends and decided to have travel the world before we have kids. We’re cultured, but not fancy. We've been to 21 countries, and would love to visit all of them. We try to experience things like the locals as much as possible. Read more about us here http://nyseeyoulater.com/2017/11/07/about-dan-emille/.

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