About

Who is Grizzly Jon?

Jon grew up in New Hampshire and enlisted in the US Army in 1988. He graduated from the University of Alaska-Anchorage. He started diving recreationally in the late-90’s, while completing the “James Bond Challenge” of being an avid climber, diver, skier, marksman, pilot, and parachutist. He retired from the Army in 2012, grew a beard, gained the name “Grizzly Jon”, and has since shared his passion for diving whenever and wherever he wants. He became a PADI professional in 2014 and has worked as a Divemaster/Instructor on dive boats in the Bahamas, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Florida, and California. Jon can instruct in multiple dive specialty courses and teaches offshore/wilderness emergency medicine under Emergency First Response (EFR) (CPR/AED/Adult and Child Care) and Divers Alert Network (DAN) (Prepared Diver, CPR Health Care Provider with AED, Basic Life Support: CPR and First Aid, First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life, Neurological Assessments, Diver Emergency Medical Provider (DEMP), Diving First Aid for Dive Professionals (DFA Pro)). PADI Specialty Certifications: Equipment Specialist Instructor Deep Instructor Fish Identification Instructor Underwater Naturalist Instructor Wreck Instructor Boat Instructor Delayed Surface Marker Buoy Instructor Drift Instructor Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor Enriched Air Instructor Care for Children w/AED Instructor Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor Project Aware Instructor AWARE Shark Conservation Diver Instructor AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Sp Instructor.

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