About: Grant Graves

• Profile: Grant has been diving for over twenty years and has over 5000 dives.  He is a trimix instructor trainer and PADI Course Director.  He holds type ratings as an instructor for the PRISM Topaz, SM 1600, CCR 1000, PP1, MK15, MK 15.5, Mk 16, Drager Atlantis/Dolphin and Ray Rebreathers.  He is a licensed USCG 100 ton Captain, an Advanced Diving Medical Technician and a DAN instructor trainer for all of their programs.  He has a BS in marine biology from Long BeachState.  He has been technical diving, as such, for over 15 years.  He has participated in and led cave diving expeditions around the world, including work in Mexico’s Riviera Maya, Brazil, California and Honduras.  He is the Southern California Regional Safety Officer for the National Association for Cave Diving.  He is a published author and photographer.  He is a working cinematographer / videographer / director.  You have probably seen his work on the diving adventure series The Aquanauts.  He has been a participant in many of DSAT’s productions to develop media for PADI and others.  He is the owner Scuba And Film Enterprises, LLC, a water safety/coordination company that facilitates water work in the entertainment community. He devotes much of his time to helping the Cambrian Foundation, a not for profit corporation, in their mission to help preserve, explore, protect and educate the world about the aquatic realm.  His current exploits with the foundation include the 2000 NOAA USS Monitor Expedition, 2000 Akumal Cave Expedition, 2003 NOAA White Abalone Project, 2003 NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Deep Survey Project and the 2003 NOAA Cortez Bank Recovery Project.  He is a Board Member of the United States Apnea Association. No matter what mode he is diving, Grant is striving everyday to help advance the sport and share his love of the sport and its environment with the world.
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