Cave diving · technical diving · exploration

Teaching fun & safe diving since 1977

Paul Heinerth is a pioneer in diver education across open-water and overhead environments, with decades of cave exploration, technical diving and instructor experience.

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About Paul

Explorer, instructor and cave diver.

Paul Heinerth is an NSS-CDS Instructor Evaluator (Instructor #165) based in Hudson, Florida. He has been a scuba instructor since 1977 and began teaching cave diving by 1980. The NSS-CDS currently lists him teaching courses across advanced cave, CCR cave, CCR trimix cave, DPV, cave surveying, cartography and trimix cave diving.

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.

Current NSS-CDS instructor profile

NACD NSS-CDS PADI IANTD

Training & specialist work

From open water to overhead environments.

Instruction from foundational scuba through advanced cave and technical disciplines, plus specialist underwater-media and project-safety work.

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Cave & overhead

  • Cavern & Cave
  • CCR Cave
  • CCR Trimix Cave
  • DPV & Stage Cave
  • Cave Surveying & Cartography
02

Technical

  • Rebreather
  • Trimix
  • Tech Nitrox
  • Cave Decompression
  • Sidemount
03

Diver & instructor training

  • Open Water
  • Rescue Diver
  • Instructor Training
04

Media & project safety

  • Underwater photography & video
  • Camera & lighting specialist
  • Project safety diver
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Expeditions

A record of underwater exploration.

Selected expeditions and exploration projects from 1982 through 2011.

  1. Bermuda Deep Cave ExpeditionBermuda
  2. Weeki Wachee Karst ProjectFlorida
  3. Sawmills Sink ResearchBahamas · with Advanced Diver Magazine
  4. Emerald Springs Deep ProjectFlorida
  5. Oceanos ExpeditionSouth Africa
  6. Antarctica ExpeditionRoss Sea
  7. The PIT Deep Expedition of Dos OjosMexico
  8. Wakulla 2 ExpeditionFlorida
  9. Jacinto Pat ExpeditionQuintana Roo, Mexico
  10. Rio Tuerto / Huautla ExpeditionOaxaca, Mexico
  11. Eagles Nest ProjectFlorida
  12. Empress of Ireland Wreck Diving ProjectQuebec, Canada
  13. Mante ExpeditionMexico
  14. Original Wakulla ProjectFlorida
  15. Giant Cave ExpeditionCaye Caulker, Belize

Watch Paul in action

From Giant Cave to Weeki Wachee.

Selected expedition and recognition films. Video players load only when you choose to play them.

Recognition · 2019

Paul Heinerth recognition video

“Something put together by my young friend Oscar in NYC for an award I received in Mexico…”

Belize · 2013

Giant Cave Revisited

Paul returns to Giant Cave in Belize, the system he first explored in the late 1970s.

Florida

Weeki Wachee Springs Cave Exploration

Expedition film documenting exploration at Weeki Wachee Springs in Florida.

Availability

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Contact

Train with Paul.

For training, technical-diving enquiries, media work or project safety, contact Paul directly.

Email Paul
Emailpaul@heinerth.com
Phone+1 (727) 858-4286
Location

Starbase 1
16030 Frost Drive
Hudson, FL 34667