IDC Staff Instructor Jodi

¡Hola mi amigos! Mexico has been wonderful! Amazing food, awesome diving, sweet sidetrips! Here's some pics!

Enjoying our first margarita in Playa del Carmen! So ready to go diving!!!

If you're like me, you feel like a fish out of water right now! We all need some positive stories right now! Let's play a little Q&A then shall we? When did you learn to scuba dive? 2011 What made you want to learn? I was always fascinated with the ocean! I mean, the fact that we have an entirely different 'planet' down there blows my mind!... Most anxious moment? I was drift diving in Cozumel and lost a weight pocket! Lucky for me, my dive master noticed straight away and held me in place while I got the pocket back in place! Biggest 'ah-ha' moment? After remembering I shouldn't breathe through my nose (hahaha!), I sat at the bottom of the pool - staring up, watching my bubbles - absolutely amazed that not coming up for air was the most awesome thing ever! Biggest ocean creature you've seen? On a surface interval, I snorkeled with 25 ft whale shark in Honduras in March 2017! Smallest ocean creature you've seen? A baby yellow seahorse, which was actually black and about 4mm long! Rarest ocean creature you've encountered? A stargazer! Ocean spirit animal? Sea turtles - more specifically the Hawksbill. Oh yes and barracudas love me - I must be their spirit animal! Any experiences with sharks? All positive! My best dive buddy saved a young nurse shark from entrapment a couple of weeks ago! Seen bull sharks, black and white tip reef sharks and a distant hammerhead! Favourite dive site? I can't just name one but I'm going to shout out to Honduras for having such a diverse selection of dive sites. Also, the ceynotes and Cozumel! Any Shipwreck diving? Yes! Tobermory and Honduras, the Haliburton is my fave as I've got to dive it quite a few times! Favourite dive buddy(s)? James, Evans, Jules Most challenging diving course? Rescue, it changed me as a diver in the most positive way. But man - was it challenging! Most memorable Scuba instructor? Phil - my open water instructor. He went out of his way to finish my training after suffering a cold. He also told me I had the makings of an instructor - that put me on the path to where I'm at now and I love teaching! Bucket list dive location? There are too many to list - I have a book and I'm hoping to go to most of them in my lifetime! Ok divers! Just copy and paste in a comment below, swapping my answers for your own Add some more questions too - I cannot wait to read the posts! Hey - if we can't dive right now - let's build some anticipation for when we can! ***If you're not a scuba diver, just tell me about your water adventures/great memories! Jodi xoxo

Amazing week in Utila, Honduras! Catching up with my UDC family, seeing friends and I simply cannot WAIT to get back there!!!

This rockstar got his open water certification this past week!!! Wait... He went on to get his advanced!!! Super proud!

I absolutely LOVE teaching scuba diving! Especially rockstars like this one!

Super proud of this Rescue Dive group! So much fun to teach! #floatnflag

Just beautiful...

Very hard find, but totally amazing seahorse! (Facebook wouldn't let me add to the last post)

Can you see it??

One year ago today, I became a PADI IDC Staff Instructor. Best decision I've ever made to join this incredible industry. Underwater is my happy place!

I love looking super-skinny underwater!

It's getting closer to dive time!