Dear Future Diver:

Thank you for considering Santa Barbara Aquatics as your dive center. We know you are going to have a great experience learning to SCUBA dive with us.

I am Curt Wiessner and I have owned and operated Aquatics for 29 years. I take great pride in teaching divers like yourself and I personally train all of Aquatic's Instructors. Your Instructor at Aquatics has reached the mastery level in one of the most comprehensive and thorough SCUBA Instructor programs available. I am a teacher at the Santa Barbara City College MArine diving Technologies program and have been the U.C. Santa Barbara SCUBA Instructor for 30 years. I am also a former Director of Diving Equipment Marketing Association (D.E.M.A.). I am an SSI Instructor Certifier and a former NAUI Instructor Course Director. With over 5000 dives logged myself, I know Aquatics has one of the best training programs with the best instructors in the world. Our nineteen year, PERFECT diving safety record supports this. 

I personally want to welcome you to Aquatics. Your are about to embark on an adventure like no other. Our instructors will make your training course fun and our flexible schedule will make it as convenient as possible for you. If you would like to contact us for any reason, please, don't hesitate to call us at 805.967.4456. Have a great time.

Sincerely yours,

Curt Wiessner

President of Santa Barbara Aquatics