About

Duane Johnson - Technical Diving Instructor
Based in Naperville, IL I offer SCUBA diving courses from beginners through advanced level divers, including Assistant Instructors and technical divers, throughout the Chicago and Great Lakes area. I focus my classes on safety, situational awareness, team building, and most of all FUN!!!!
Education
Master of Business Administration, Roosevelt University 2003
Master of Science – Comuputer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology 2000
Bachelor of Science – Computer Science, Western Illinois University 1997
Diving Qualifications
PADI & SDI Recreational Diving Instructor
TDI Technical Diving Instructor
CPR and 1st Aid Instructor
DAN Oxygen Provider
Nitrox & Trimix Gas Blender
Repair Technician
Diving Experience Summary
When I am not teaching, I can be found diving year round, in a wide variety of environments that include the Great Lakes, to the warm clear waters of the Caribbean and South Pacific.
I have a passion for diving and strive to be the best possible diver I can be. This passion provides the motivation for me to accomplish between 100 and 150 non-teaching dives per year. This gives me the experience to increase my knowledge pool to share with my students. I believe in continual practice. A great diver makes for a great instructor.
600+ Total dives
500+ Cold Water dives
400+ Nitrox dives
250+ Wreck penetration dives
150+ Dives requiring staged decompression
100+ Video dives
100+ Dives on mixed gas other than Air/Nitrox
50+ Ice dives
30+ DPV dives
10+ Cave/Cavern Dives
Special Interests
Underwater Videography
Shipwreck Diving & Research
Technical and Cave diving
Publications
DIR – A Diving Mindset, Midwest Scuba Diving Magazine- Summer 2007
Various Diving Articles on Diving Anarchy



