Cave diving · technical diving · exploration
Paul Heinerth is an NSS-CDS Instructor Evaluator, cave diver and explorer with decades of experience teaching from open-water foundations through advanced cave and technical diving.
About Paul
Paul Heinerth is an NSS-CDS Instructor Evaluator (Instructor #165) based in Hudson, Florida. He started cave diving in 1971, was teaching cave diving by 1980 and has logged more than 7,000 cave dives. He has been a scuba instructor since 1977.
His exploration history includes both Wakulla Springs projects, Giant Cave in Belize, expeditions in Mexico and the Bahamas, Antarctica’s Ross Sea and the Weeki Wachee karst project. He has also worked on documentary and underwater-media projects, including National Geographic productions.
Paul’s diving history extends beyond caves to wreck exploration, including the Oceanos off South Africa and the Empress of Ireland in Canada’s Saint Lawrence Seaway.
Training & specialist work
From foundational scuba skills through advanced cave, rebreather, mixed-gas and mapping work, Paul’s training covers a wide range of recreational and technical diving. The training guide explains how the major course areas fit together and what each one develops.
Cave-training progression, navigation, emergency procedures and advanced overhead disciplines.
Breathing-gas planning, decompression, rebreathers and deeper cave disciplines.
Instruction from open-water foundations through rescue, advanced skills and instructor development.
Underwater imaging, camera and lighting work, and safety support for specialist projects.
Expeditions
A chronological selection of cave, wreck and research projects spanning Belize, Mexico, the Bahamas, Antarctica, South Africa, Canada and Florida.
Video archive
Recognition, Giant Cave and Weeki Wachee footage from Paul’s video archive.
“Something put together by my young friend Oscar in NYC for an award I received in Mexico…”
Paul returns to Giant Cave in Belize, the system he first explored in the late 1970s.
Expedition film documenting exploration at Weeki Wachee Springs in Florida.
Availability
Use Paul’s public Google Calendar to check upcoming availability, then contact him directly to confirm training dates.
Contact
For course availability, technical-diving questions, underwater media work or project-safety enquiries, contact Paul directly.
Email PaulStarbase 1
16030 Frost Drive
Hudson, FL 34667
