Tom Rhoad

Tom Rhode

Tom has been diving for 20 years and has logged over one thousand dives. He has dived in all of the Great Lakes plus Lake St. Clair, the St. Clair and Cooper Rivers, the Florida Keys, the Florida caves, various Caribbean locations, and exotic locations such as Hawaii, French Polynesia, Truk Lagoon, Palau, the Galapagos Islands, the Solomon Islands, and the Maldives. But he always comes back to Michigan to explore the shipwrecks of the Great Lakes.

Tom is an instructor with PADI, IANTD, and DAN. In 2007, after almost 35 years as a mechanical engineer, Tom ‘retired’ to work full-time at Aquatic Adventures of MI. He is the manager of the Service Department and is certified technician for many brands of scuba equipment. In addition he is a PSI certified tank inspector and valve repair technician, and a nitrox and trimix blender.

Tom will be presenting the following program at this year's show: