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Since the early 1970s, Stephane Jolicoeur has sought to perfect the art of recreational, cave and technical diving.
After 25 years of recreational diving, Stephane Jolicoeur studied cave diving in North Florida in the mid-90s. Cave diving offers much more rigorous and strict guidelines and procedures. These advanced protocols were then applied and taught by Stephane Jolicoeur in his different dive courses in Canada.
Stephane Jolicoeur was certified as a Trimix & Full Cave Diver by Jarrod Jablonski and a Trimix, Full Cave, Adv Cave Stage & Multi-stage and Adv Cave DPV Instructor by Lamar Hires and Scott Carnahan, some of the most internationally renowned explorers.
During the spring, summer and fall months, he teaches technical and wreck penetration in Quebec, the Thousand Islands, Ontario and up-state New York. During the winter, he teaches cave diving and other specialties on the Mayan Riviera in Mexico, and Florida. He is also involved in multiple exploration projects.
Stephane Jolicoeur has worked and dove throughout Canada, the continental United States, Hawaii, the Caribbean, Belize, Pacific and Eastern Mexico, Greece and French Polynesia. He has certified hundreds of divers of various technical levels of training. Stephane Jolicoeur has participated and orchestrated numerous dive expeditions on some of the most prestigious and well known wrecks accessible to man:
Stephane Jolicoeur is the president and co-founder of the Association of Scuba Divers of Quebec, a non-profit organization with a mandate to: 1. Promote scuba diving safety in Quebec. He is also the founder and moderator of one of the most frequented technical diving French forums, Tekdiv.com.
Since 1996, he has participated in multiple cinematographic ventures, documentaries and underwater videos, including Facing Darkness (2007), a Pixnat Production, filmed in the North Florida caves. The latest has received international recognition and obtained the second prize at the Eastern Mediterranean International Underwater Photography & Film Festival of Cyprus. Stephane Jolicoeur's written work has been featured in multiple magazines and forums. His articles include:
Stephane Jolicoeur is a diving instructor with the following specialties in recreational, cave and technical diving:
Stephane Jolicoeur is also an instructor trainer with the following specialities in recreational and technical diving:
Biography
2011 Certification: Normoxic Trimix Instructor Trainer & 2010 Certification : Adv Cave Stage & Multi Stage Instructor
2006 Certifications: Full Cave Diver Instructor, Technical Cave Diver Instructor IT: Lamar Hires, Scott Carnahan, Dan Lins Certifications: Intro-Cave Diver Instructor, Certifications: Wreck Penetration Diver Instructor Excursions & Training on: Video Production : Little River, Peacock Springs Video Production :Gunilda, Rossport, Lac Supérieur, Canada Excursions & Training on: Excursions & Training on: Certifications: Trimix Normoxic Diver Instructor Excursions & Training on: Certifications: Technical Nitrox Diver Instructor Excursions & Training on: Certifications: Nitrox Diver Instructor, Deep Diver Instructor, Excursions & Training on: Certifications: Trimix Diver
1995 Certifications: Open Water Diver Instructor
1994 Certifications: Adv Open Water & Rescue Diver (PADI) Certifications: Open Water Diver Excursions from 1981 à 1991
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