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With over 200 years combined experience, YOU cannot receive a better or more FUN education then the staff of Blue Region Scuba.  With Blue Region Scuba, you can enjoy the underwater world in a SAFE, comfortable and higher quality education of the underwater world.  There is no comparison in Eastern North Carolina in qualifications of our instructors.   All others are pale in comparison.

 

Larry Cox 

Co-owner of Blue Region Scuba, Larry started his career in 1958 with his first purchase from Sears & Robuck catalog of a total diving system.  His career led him to the military and diving.  He served in Southeast Asia and was discharged with honors from the Marine Corps.   Larry is certified in 7 certification agencies and chooses to teach under the SSI banner.  As a Platinum 5000 inductee, he has thousands of dives in all conditions.  Larry is an SSI Instructor Certifier (Course Director) and teaches all realms of sport diving as well as Technical Diving.  Being deligated to the store responsibilities, Larry teaches the Diving Leadership and Technical Courses for Blue Region Scuba.  Larry's love is photography and spearfishing off the NC Coast.

 

Marilee Cox

Co-owner of Blue Region Scuba started her career in diving in 1988 with certifications in 3 different agencies with SSI being the premier agency for her to teach and develop divers with.  Marilee is an Instructor Trainer with SSI and NASDS developing instructors that make a difference in the industry.  When anything happens with Blue Region Scuba, you can bet that Marilee is behind it starting from the accounting department to the activities of Club Aquarius.  Marilee is the CPR/FA instructor for BRS and the Instructor Trainer for the staff.

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Martha Fewell

Martha has a background in field biology and a PhD in science education from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Martha has been teaching at the university level for nine years and now teach in the graduate science education MAEd program at East Carolina University. Martha has sailed broadly on 35 to 47 foot sailboats both cruising and racing on the ocean and the Great Lakes. Martha has the Intro into Tech and Advanced Nitrox technical diving ratings.  Martha is an Advanced Open Water Instructor with teaching ratings in: 

  • Advanced Adventurer
  • Indoor Diver
  • Snorkeling
  • Computer Aided Diving 
  • Enriched Air Nitrox
  • Boat Diving
  • Equipment Techniques
  • Night Diving & Limited Visibility
  • Stress & Rescue
  • Specialty Instructor Rating
  • Scuba Skills Update
  • Advanced Open Water
 
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Joy McRoy

Joy was born and raised on a farm in the Chocowinity area and currently lives with three dogs (not the human type), two cats and six horses.  Joy graduated in 1998 from ECU witha a BSBA degree in Accounting and has been the town Finance Officer of Chocowinity since graduation.  Joy enjoys horseback riding, music, volleyball and, of course, Scuba diviing.  Joy plays the violin, piano, clarinet, saxophone and guitar.  Joy is active in her church where she runs the audio/visual equipment and is a sign language interpeter there.  Joy began her scuba career in 2005, holds Intro into Tech and Advanced Nitrox Technical Diving ratings and currently has the following teaching ratings:

  • Advanced Adventurer
  • Indoor Diver
  • Snorkeling
  • Computer Aided Diving
  • Boat Diving
  • Night Diving / Limited Visibility
  • Equipment Techniques
  • Boat Diving
  • Stress & Rescue
  • Specialty Diver
  • Advanced Open Water

 

 

 

Bill Albrecht

 

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Woody Albertson

 

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Jim Adams

 

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Robbie Knepp

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Bob Hunter

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Rick VanSteen

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