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Welcome to Key Largo! I'm a PADI Master Scuba Diving Instructor and Underwater Photography professional specializing in teaching Scuba Diving and providing instruction in Underwater Photography in the beautiful Florida Keys. Scuba and Photography instruction is held in small, oftentimes private, class settings. I endeavor to give my Scuba students, at any level, the best quality scuba diving instruction. To provide them with value, while having a lot of Fun!  This holds true for my courses in Underwater Photography.

I was born in California a long, long time ago and was raised in South Dakota where I learned to dive (Brrr). I was a Divemaster and Scuba Instructor there (the 7th and last in the state’s history) and later a full time Scuba Instructor in the Hawaiian Islands (Maui). I left Maui and moved to Key Largo in October of 1994. I also have work, dive and photo experience in the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Cayman Islands and Cozumel.

I typically log more dives in a year than there are days in the year. When I go on vacation, I go diving. On my days off, I go diving. It’s what I do.

If I wanted to learn how to dive in the Florida Keys, continue my scuba diving education, or simply improve my scuba; I’d seek out a dive instructor who was totally focused on scuba.

That’s me -- a Florida Keys Scuba Instructor who enjoys showing others scuba diving and how to take those 'pretty pictures' of all the way cool stuff that Mother Ocean holds for us.

Be warned I have a bad sense of humor, but at least I have one. Want to learn something about diving or underwater photography? Look me up. Thanks for visiting my site. Enjoy.

A special thanks goes to Bill Dunbar who persevered with me for weeks to construct this site.

A special Thanks goes to my Parents Norma and Aubrey who don't even swim and worry constantly about me!

Another big thank you to my wife (now ex) of 17 years who gave me the opportunity to go ahead and become a dive instructor.

A sentimental thank you to my scuba diving mentors:
Mike, Tom, Al, Roger, Kristene and Laura.

Celeste and Mattie - You are only as good as your mentors.

And a loving thank you to my students of SCUBA, you know who you are and the real reason I find such joy in my work! You are my wealth!

And thank you to you for visiting my site and contemplating the fun and adventure of scuba diving.  The diving community is small and full of wonderful people.  People who still have a sense of adventure and spirit and are fun loving.

To you non-divers visiting: Welcome to Mother Ocean's domain!

Scuba Diving is easy and fun.  It isn't that hard to do and you can do it all your life.  How hard can it be to visit the sea and view the wonderful colored corals and decorative reef fish and creatures.

We are now teaching 12-year-old children to scuba dive, which, coincidentally, was how old I was when I took my first breath of air from SCUBA just a few years ago!

I hope you have a good dive at this "site'! It has words, underwater photography and topside photography, animation, music and lots of stuff!! Have fun here. And visit often as I make changes frequently (just ask my webmaster!).

Good diving to you one and all, Larry

All Photos
Copyright © 2006 Larry Gates Photos

In tribute to Our Country' s Armed Forces and their Families' Sacrifices.

Larry F. Gates
300 Ocean Drive, # 25
Key Largo, Florida 33037

Cell Phone: (305) 522-1832
E-mail : Larry Gates

Copyright © 2006 Larry Gates Photos
 

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