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Malibu Divers History

Malibu Divers is a dive club located in Malibu, California. It was founded by Mike Bright in 1969, when recreational diving was very small and unheard of. Mike owned the store from 1969-1974, when it was bought by Lynn Freeman an instructor at the store. Lynn was a PADI certified instructor and so lead the store to becoming a PADI five star facility in 1983. In 1992 Freeman sold the store to Carter Crary, the then Director of Training. Along with his wife and PADI Instructor Barbara Gentile-Crary, Carter and Barbara have maintained the store to this day in the original location. Working closely with PADI, several of the instructors employed by Malibu Divers have appeared in PADI instruction videos. The store became a PADI five star Instructor Development Center in 1995. In the Los Angeles area they are the only PADI Career Development Center.

Philosophy

The philosophy for the diving club is "To send our customers out the door with the best training possible and a smile on their faces".