Dan Mandziuk BSc.
Diver Dan was certified as a diver through NAUI and ACUC in 1971 and is the founder, President and CEO of Dan's Dive Shop Inc which was established in 1974. 

Dan is a Bachelor of Science Graduate from University of Waterloo and Post Graduate Biology at Brock University Dan has spent over 30 years offering the Safestand informative courses in the business.

He is an ACUC Instructor, an  ASA (Adapted Scuba Association Instructor for handicapped people), a TDI Nitrox Instructor, a PADI Master Instructor, PADI STAFF Instructor, an Authorized Repair Technician for Every Brand of Equipment, as well as a certified IANTD Gas Blender, CPROX CPR and Oxygen Administrator and PADI Emergency First Responder Instructor.

Dan is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to repairing equipment and is a history buff when it comes to vintage scuba diving equipment. Dan has an extensive collection of double hose regulators, capilary depth gauges and a mountain of other types of vintage dive gear that he's been collecting.

Very few divers have seen 1/10 of the equipment over the last 30+ years that Dan has had to dive, service and sell making him the most knowledgeable source of information in the diving industry today. How many people do you know who dove in a ‘Shark Skin’ Wetsuit?

What can the man who's seen it and done it all do next?

Dan's presently began diving a more modern equipment configuration known as the NTEC which is a more modern, safer and better diving system incorporating the use of a longer breathing hose and a more simple approach to equipment with discipline in the water.

Dan enjoys all diving environments but is a bit of a scavenger who enjoys u/w metal detecting, u/w photography, local wreck diving, warm water vacations and the great drift diving that our local diving community offers.

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