David M. Hay was born in Freeport, Bahamas and has spent most of his life at sea in one way or another, either above or below the water. Dave’s first dive was with his father in Abaco, Bahamas. Dave was immediately hooked and has been obsessed with wrecks and the underwater world ever since.

Dave has been diving for over 25 years, 23 of which have been at the professional level. He became a Dive Instructor and Medic First Aid Instructor in 1994 and now holds Instructor ratings with PADI, NAUI, SDI, TDI, ERDI and ASHI. David is also a NAUI Course Director and Instructor Trainer. Dave's professional services and skills in Search and Recovery have been recognized by the West Virginia State Police, assisting with multiple criminal investigations underwater. He is quickly approaching an impressive 6000 logged dives.

After David completed his service in the Canadian Army, he joined his local Rescue Squad and was able to advance his emergency medical skills in the Bahamas, where he joined an out-island ambulance service called Trauma One as an EMT and Boat Captain. He also volunteered at the local hospital/clinic as a Physician’s Assistant. Upon David’s return to America, he continued as a First Aid-CPR Instructor and now is an Advanced Live Support Instructor and Training Director with ASHI.

David has been involved in public safety diving for over 20 years and has been recognized for his public safety dive expertise from West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia and throughout the Caribbean. David is now a member and crew Captain of the Manchester Volunteer Rescue Squad, where he started and acts as Captain of the first place award winning Manchester Volunteer Rescue Squad’s Dive Team. David is a PADI Public Safety Instructor and an Instructor with Emergency Response Diving International (ERDI). David is also a Wilderness First Responder Instructor.

David has a tremendous amount of experience skippering various sized boats throughout the Caribbean. He received his commercial Boat Masters License in January, 1996. His log not only includes skippering dive boats of all sizes and classes, but he has also skippered the rescue boat Reaction. David also worked in the Abacos as a Captain for hire and ran many charters throughout the out-island chain.

Dave has been diving around the world and holds citizenships in Canada, Great Britain and the Bahamas. His favorite dives are wreck dives and while his favorite sites are Little Palm Island (his honeymoon site), Cozumel, Bahamas, and Saba, he is always looking for a reason to explore a new dive site. In 2002, while working in a dive shop in Maryland, Laurie wandered into the store looking for a new dive buddy and Dave was happy to oblige by marrying her and taking her all over the world to explore the underwater realm. Their dive buddy relationship is perfect – she’s a biologist and is obsessed with fish, while Dave is the technical resource and is obsessed with planning new adventures.

 

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