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Our Philosophy

Buoyancy and trim are NOT advanced skills, they are an essential skills.
Comfort is the key to having a great dive. While most dive professionals with tell you, “Just Relax”, Florida Springs Scuba will teach you how.
If you are not comfortable in the water, you will not be relaxed nor enjoy your experience. Having proper buoyancy and trim while diving is one of the most important skills that will add to you comfort in the water.
Whether you are a beginning diver, certified diver, or cave diver we are constantly striving to perfect our personal diving skills, therefore we are always training and learning while passing the knowledge to our customers.

Florida Springs Scuba offers a different approach to scuba training and guiding certified divers in Florida’s crystal clear springs along with monthly trips to salt water dive sites surrounding Florida. We always include a buoyancy workshop in conjunction with all courses. Having good buoyancy not only helps protect our underwater environment but it adds to your personal comfort in the water by making sure you are properly weighted and trimmed out so that you are in a good comfortable diver position.

Allow us to demystify the art of buoyancy and trim while enjoying Florida’s natural resources.

Our Team

Kevin Tate

Co-Owner/Instructor Trainer

Toby Keith

Co-Owner/Instructor

Megan Buck

Asst Shop Manager

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KEVIN TATE

Kevin is a military veteran and former law enforcement officer and public safety diver. Kevin has been diving recreationally and professionally for the past 35 years and is an avid recreational diver as well as a Recreational, Technical and Cave Instructor Trainer. In the United States, Kevin leads the industry in SSI Extended Range Technical Training certifications. Even though most of his time is spent in the North Florida Caves, he is just as excited and comfortable in wrecks and on reefs. The #1 reason Kevin became an Extended Range Technical Instructor Trainer was to help ensure the standards of training, professionalism and safety in the diving community are upheld. Kevin is sought out in the industry for training actors and stunt men for Disney and Paramount films. Kevin is the former Dive Operations Manager of the Blue Grotto Dive Resort and as an industry expert has also been involved in the filming and production of several projects to include Jonathan Bird’s Big Blue World.

Toby Keith

Toby Keith is an experienced SCUBA instructor with a passion for helping new divers fall in love with the sport. As a rebreather diver, cave diver and technical diver, she continues to pursue her own personal diving passions as she encourages, mentors, and teaches other divers to do the same. Although a technical diver herself, she takes a very gentle and holistic approach when introducing the sport to new divers. She demystifies buoyancy and other essential concepts for 10-year-olds and experienced divers alike by using various techniques unique to different learning styles. (For example how to relax and control one’s breathing.) While spending most of her time in the Florida Springs, she jumps at every chance to take clients to “Stingy-Eye-Water” dive sites around Florida and the world!

Megan Buck

Megan recently moved to the area from the Florida Keys, where she lived for over 10 years. Being in the keys for such a long time, Megan spent a lot of her time in the water kayaking, snorkeling and exploring. She has loved anything involving the water since she was little and has discovered a new found passion for diving. One of her favorite parts about working in the dive shop is seeing first hand how diverse the dive community really is. She enjoys seeing people from all walks of life being able to connect over their passion of diving and love for the underwater world!