Marissa Lasso

Marissa Lasso is the shop manager. She has been with Cave Country from the the very beginning. She moved to Florida from Pennsylvania to pursue her love of cave diving. She is also an avid dry caver who enjoys rappelling into pits and finding new passages. She has a degree in multimedia design and helped to design our logo amongst many other things.

Marissa has helped many divers to get the equipment they need for diving and always is willing to assist the diver in configuring and properly fitting the equipment.

You can contact Marissa at the shop several days a week, and by e-mail to: marissa@cavecountrydiving.com

She is a :
PADI Open Water Scuba instructor
NSS/CDS Full Cave Diver
Emergency First Responder Instructor
TDI DPV Cave Certified
DSAT Trimix Blender
PSI Visual Cylinder Inspector

John Spann

John Spann is a NAUI Instructor Trainer
NAUI Cavern Instructor
NACD & NSS-CDS Full Cave Diver
NSS-CDS DPV Cave Diver
USCG 25 Ton Captain's License
John graduated frrom the University of Florida in 2009 with a
BS in Animal Science

Jim Wyatt

35 Years experience as a SCUBA Instructor
14 years experience as a Cave instructor

NSS-CDS Full Cave Instructor
IANTD Technical Cave Instructor Trainer
Member NSS-CDS Training Committee
Emergency First Responder Instructor Trainer
Automated Emergency Defibrillator Instructor Trainer
IANTD DPV Cave Instructor Trainer
Oxygen Provider Instructor Trainer

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Marc Bryan

IANTD Instructor

NASE Instructor

NAUI Instructor

NFSA Board Member

Gene Page

Photo by Tom HundleySixth generation Floridian Gene Page grew up mostly in the Tampa Bay area with one grandfather being the publisher of the local (Bradenton) newspaper and the other an artist and maritime historian (on Anna Maria Island).
It was this unique background that got Gene started on his life-long interests in water, (particularly being under it), history, travel and photography.

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