Arnie Weksler
Year SCUBA Certified: 1987
Favorite Dive Site: Punta Sur in Cozumel, Mexico.
Arnie became a scuba instructor in 1989 and loves teaching open water students in the United States and on trips to the Caribbean. Highest Rating: PADI Master Instructor Additional Ratings: First Responder Instructor, Nitrox instructor, Wreck Diver instructor, Navigation instructor, Deep diver instructor, Equipment Specialty instructor, Night Diver instructor, Boat diver instructor.
When he is not diving, Arnie is polishing his photography skills or spending time with his lovely wife, Pam, his two children or his entertaining ferrets.
William "Bill" Sawyer
William T. (Bill) Sawyer immersed himself in the underwater world later in life than many, but did so with a passion that took him from Open Water Diver, to Technical Diver, to Scuba Instructor in an 8 year span. Beginning with an Open Water class in 2001, that he took with his son, he completed much of his training through Down Under Surf and Scuba in Raleigh, NC, where he also began his instructional career.. He joined the Water World staff in late 2014. At present, he is a PADI Master Instructor, and a PADI Tech Deep Instructor. Among his particular teaching interests are PADI Distinctive Specialties such as TecReational Diver, the Self-Reliant Diver course, and courses relating to sidemount diving, gas blending, and equipment management.
His favorite dive sites often involve deep wrecks, and his favorite dive travel destination (so far) is Bonaire. But, the list of places he wants to go is long, and continues to grow (Gallapagos Islands, Truk Lagoon, etc). For Bill, diving is about experiencing life from a perspective entirely different from what those on shore might ever see. ‘Diving allows you to enter another world, where as a guest you are privileged to see and interact with the truly beautiful creatures that inhabit our oceans, in a way that a picture alone can ever allow.’
Bob Shaw
Lana McGlynn
Brett Russ
Year SCUBA Certified: 1986
Highest Rating: PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Additional Specialty Ratings: Deep Diver Instructor, Enriched Air (Nitrox) Instructor, Wreck Diver Instructor, EFR Instructor, Boat Diver Instructor, Equipment Specialist Instructor, Drift Diver Instructor, Underwater Navigator Instructor, Night Diver Instructor, Search & Recovery Instructor, Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor, Project Aware Instructor, AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Instructor.
Favorite Dive Site: my most recent dive was off of Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Brett became a scuba instructor after retiring from the military as a helicopter pilot. He loves teaching and sharing his enthusiasm for scuba diving and travelling.
When he is not diving, Brett enjoys travelling with his wife, Diane, playing tennis, running, sailing, and flying. Brett has a daughter in the Peace Corps in Paraguay, South America.
Margie Deitz
Year SCUBA Certified: 1973 NAUI, 1988 PADI
Margie became a scuba instructor in 1993 and loves teaching at all levels. Highest Rating: PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. Additional Ratings: Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor, Wreck Instructor, Boat Instructor, Deep Instructor
Favorite Dive Site: The Wreck of the Papoose, Off-Shore North Carolina
When she is not diving, Margie works with her second passion, computing. She provides Computer-Coaching and support to individuals, small business, and non-profits. Margie has two children, three cats, and a varying number of hermit crabs.
Karl Kimball
Karl has been diving for 36 years and was certified on the island of Oahu, Hawaii in 1984, by PADI Instructor Jack Pappas. He has fulfilled and satisfied all PADI Divemaster requirements in 2019. Karl immediately fell in love with diving and the Ocean Realm by experiencing some of the most beautiful waters to dive in thanks to Jack, who took him on “extra” excursions in Hawaii. Because Jack was so gracious with him, Karl wants to return the same to his diving buddies. With over 300 dives, his diving has taken him to locations such as the springs and caves of Ginnie Springs and Crystal River located in Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Cozumel and the Palancar Reef, Roatan Honduras, shore diving off the coast of Southern California and southeast Florida, Maui, Oahu, the Bahamas, St. Thomas, Laje de Santos Marine State Park in Brazil, North Carolina coastline and more to include the Fantasy Lake Scuba Park! He is also a 36-year member of the PGA of America and has earned the Golf Professional of Year and Bill Strasbaugh Award honors from the Carolinas PGA Section. Karl was also a two-year member of the PGA Tour and is now a partner in the Amerazil Golf LLC golf management company. He is a strong advocate and user of the Aqualung scuba line and Henderson diving suits.
Whit Binz
Whit began diving in 1968, obtaining a YMCA certification so that he could dive with his father. His brother and sister also became certified with the YMCA. Whit’s first PADI certification as a SCUBA DIVER was earned in 1974. After diving for several years in the quarries, lakes and rivers of the Midwest, Whit moved away from his dive buddies and ceased diving for several years. After a prolonged surface interval, Whit returned to diving working his way up to the professional certification as a Divemaster with PADI. Whit enjoys diving with his daughter Ashley, the third generation of Binz’s to scuba dive. Whit enjoys diving in the quarries and the many shipwrecks off the North Carolina coast.
Whit has retired and now works at Water World as a Senior Sales Associate and in-house Service Tech in the Dive Shop. He also performed Divemaster duties as needed.
Tim Wright
Tim is a PADI divemaster with 42 years of diving experience, and 3,200+ dives. He grew up on the water in South Florida, and developed a passion for diving and for the ocean at an early age. He has been diving all around the world and loves to share his knowledge of diving and dive travel locations with his students. He is also a part-time commercial diver, working in NC, VA and MD. He volunteers as a diver at both the National Aquarium and the NC Aquarium, where he performs underwater dive shows. When Tim is not underwater, he is an Investment Banker. He has two grown children, and lives in Knightdale.
Abby Brown
Dave Currens