James Draker

An avid life-long diver, James was first certified as a SCUBA diver at the age of 13, later becoming a PADI instructor at 20, IANTD instructor at 21, and eventually an Instructor Trainer with TDI. James was first introduced to Tech and Cave Diving by Tom Mount and was certified as a Cave Diver in 1996, having logged well over 1000 cave dives since.

James is both a Technical Cave Instructor and a Hypoxic Trimix instructor and has a passion for deep, long dives venturing hours underground. The peacefulness, beauty, adventure and challenge of cave diving continue to fuel his desire to spend as much time underwater each week as possible”

James has extended that passion for diving into rebreathers.  He uses rebreathers as a tool to extend his bottom time, enhance safety, and allow himself to do dives few people have ever done.

If you are interested in learning from someone with years upon years of deep diving experience James is the right choice.  James is a full time technical instructor based in North Central Florida.  He is also co-owner of Hidden Worlds Diving.  He has made this his full time career because he is passionate about training people and giving them the time and experience they need to grow into amazing divers.