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Meet the Scuba Divers Encouraging More Women to Start Diving

Top female divers weigh in on why there aren’t enough of them, #MeToo, and what they are doing to make their own waves.

By Kafi Drexel | Dec 28, 2017Topics:
sports, professional athletes

https://www.shape.com/fitness/trends/female-scuba-divers-me-too

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"My family Absolutely loves the KSC team and I’ve spent the better part of my life traveling with Margo and Tom since the age of 8. In 2018 I completed the first Buddy Dive KSC IDC So I could become a KSC PADI instructor! I totally recommend you take their IDC! I am now a part of the KSC Dive team and I enjoy traveling around the world teaching others. Lilly Blakey"20 something and Absolutely love KSC!

Fun with Kids Sea Camp at the DC Dive Show 2020 was the best. The amazing Margo Peyton (and WDHOF sea sister) talked to my 2 girls about diving different destinations around the world.

Bobbie Scholley -Woman Diver Hall of Fame

"Kids Sea Camp is the Best

"My favorite things to do at Kids Sea Camp besides diving, are socializing, eating, singing, drinking, and connecting with like-minded people. And Fiji always has my heart. Han Doan"Favorite things to do besides dive at Kids Sea Camp

Thank you for sharing the amazing underwater world... missing it so much. But also desperately missing the wonderful people I meet because of it. Kids Sea Camp is always one of my favorite few weeks of the year. Let's get together again Kids Sea Camp comes and Sea Explorers. Thanks for all you do Tom and Margo! See you soon!

Tim Bradley - Sea Explorers PADI Course Director

"Kids Sea Camp is my favorite week of the year

"We had made some unforgettable memories created together. We had incredible times singing and drinking kava with Vuki and the boys Fiji Kids Sea Camp. I’ll always remember his smile and ability to start strumming a song up by ear. Such a talented and sincere group of people. Alan Davis: Kids Sea Camp Scuba Dad, Grandfather, and PADI Divemaster"Unforgettable memories created

1) watching my daughter get certified in Bonaire! 2) watching my son dive for the first time 3) Getting to dive with my both my daughters 4) Snorkeling around the dock with my sons 5) Saying Yes while on a dive to my love Woody Tinsley at Kids Sea Camp

Sally Tinsley

"5 things I loved about my Kids Sea Camp Buddy Dive Bonaire Trip

I was amazingly lucky to work for this incredible company started by Margo Peyton- a once single mother raising two kids while launching a world-wide company. The experience they provide families is one I hope to share with my own children soon. I am also lucky to call Margo, Tom, Robbie, and Jen friends and family and to have shared beautiful memories with them. Love to all the Kids Sea Camp family.

Jessi Koreen McAllister

"An incredible company to work for.

"We love Kids Sea Camp and are missing you so much. We love looking forward to our next dive trip. Holding on to the fact that we will all be together again soon. We will celebrate 20 years with you when the time is right. LOVE THE VIDEO. Be safe fellow sea campers! Marge Golding"We love Kids Sea Camp

"Going to Kids Sea Camp when my three children were younger was one of the best things we've done. Thank you for the wonderful memories! Wishing the company a Happy 20th Anniversary and May you have many more! Elizabeth Schwartz"Happy 20th Anniversary

"Teaching is a wonderful satisfaction so I know you must feel gratification in teaching discerning kids Best of luck in your business Margo and hoping that with God's mercies vaccines will be found soon and this pestilence will dissipate. Cayman will be waiting to welcome you. Be safe The Honorable William McKeeva Bush "Teaching diving in the Cayman Islands

"Margo, you've all given so much to families and kids, getting them involved in diving and the oceans, that there will be many well-deserved congratulations given out over the next year to celebrate the 20th anniversary – not just from the industry, but from people like me and my family who owe you a lot. Bravo to Kids Sea Camp and Family Dive Adventures!

regards

David Espinosa

"Bravo to Kids Sea Camp for 20 years

Absolutely the best way to introduce your kids to diving. If you want to dive, and you want your kids to love dive vacations, Kids Sea Camp is the way to go!

"Kids Sea Camp is the way to go

""Our family of 4 just returned from our 13th Kids Sea Camp. A liveaboard was a big jump for our family. Having started the kids at age 5, our 2 boys are now 14 and we are ready for bigger adventures. This trip was our first liveaboard, to the Socorro Islands. Amazing sealife (sharks, mantas, dolphins and more sharks!). The trip was incredible, the diving spectacular and the crew of Kids Sea Camp was fabulous." Patti Snyder"Ready for bigger adventures

""A wonderful experience for adults and children! I can’t wait to take my grandkids!" James Deakin"Taking my grandkids

"Absolutely fantastic. I wish more dive centers behaved like this, then we might be part of an industry that actually works for all involved, instructors and customers alike. Avi Bernstein"Fantastic

"Thank you! As a single mom I would not have felt comfortable taking my kids on these adventures without your guidance. Heather Pontius"From A Single Mom

"We are a family of divers because of how you do kids sea camp! It never would have happened any other way. Thank you, Margo and Tom, for what you have created and the opportunity you gave us and our kids!!! Xoxo Hallie Bigliardi"Thank you for Kids Sea Camp

"You are the best! Well done Margo, wish more operators and dive center managers were thinking like you! Marieke Appelhof"Thinking like you

" Thank you Margo for inspiring so many young divers out there. It is always a pleasure working with you. Can't wait to see you again in a few months at Scuba Saint Lucia. Georgi Merlusca, Anse Chastanet"You inspire so many

"Margo I am so very proud of you and what you have created for our dive industry Marc Young"Very proud of what you created

"Your view, your approach, and implementation is perfect!...Margo Peyton, and your team, you are quite the innovators and leaders!...safety first! Larissa Potapchuk"The implementation is perfect

"we appreciate you, your family, your staff & all that y’all do. We see your hard work! Han Doan"We appreciate you

"We will only dive with Kids Sea Camp thanks to all the extra care and effort Jake receives! Your operators have all been fantastic working with him, engaging him, and being with him both inside and outside the water. KSC is the gold standard! Thank you, everyone!! Alyson Herzig 2019"We will only dive with you

"I trust you with my most precious gifts (my children) and will continue to dive with KSC even after they are both certified. Thank you for all your hard work and excellent instructors. I trust you and KSC. Charlotte Anne"I trust Kids Sea Camp

I have to write this. I don't see how anyone could compare Kids Sea Camp to hotels.com or Travelocity. Seriously? I was able to ask The fish Guy, Adam Summers ten questions in Bonaire, received free UW photo classes, dives with Josh Comay in Palau. Had my pictures critiqued by Patric Lengacher, who also gave me advice. I got to watch my son sing karaoke, more times than I asked questions of Adam. I dove with Chris and Susan, who like looking in holes like Alice and I do. That doesn't include the many presentations we experienced Palau. Maybe I am a geek? I've never felt more of a connection to the ocean than I now have.

BTW, I heard more than one voice who said the same.

Thank you

Ross & Chen Family

"Compared to Travelocity or Hotels.com

"So proud of you Margo Peyton!! You truly are an inspiration! Thank you so much Margo for doing such incredible and truly important work with families and for the oceans!! Kristi Beck"

"Many congratulations to Margo Peyton on receiving the DEMA Reaching Out Award. Margo has done a phenomenal job with family dive travel and instilling the love of diving and appreciation of our oceans into young divers. We here at Anse Chastanet and Scuba St.Lucia consider it an honor and privilege to be one of Margo's chosen Kids Sea Camp destinations. Karolin Troubetzkoy"Reaching Out Award

""There is nothing like this anywhere in the world, Hands down this is the #1 family dive vacation. Margo's priority is kids dive safety and family fun and no one does it better.""Marc Bauman Sam's Tours Palau

"On the second day of Kids Sea Camp when our young granddaughters asked, “Which KSC are we going to next year?” we knew it’s a winner for the family. "Carol Danks

"It’s the great people and their vision behind this company that are the foundation of its success, often copied but never equaled so why travel with anyone else?"Paul Coolen, Owner of Buddy Dive Resort

""We feel like a Kids Sea Camp week is a bit like going home to be with family, The bonus is we are exploring and diving someplace new and beautiful every time we go home to Kids Sea Camp.""Beth Burkhard

"I love the Kids Sea Camp weeks because they attract like-minded families, great kids, to have fun in amazing destinations as well as educate children about science, nature, and anthropocentric threats to our planet. Its #1 in my book for family travel"Jesse Alpert, Dive Guide/Photographer, Palau

"I love seeing the joy on the kids faces when they get to breathe underwater and enjoy their first dive with their family. Diving with kids is so much more fun than diving with adults. At Kids Sea Camp everyone can be a kid."Marcos Churio, PADI Pro

"Kids Sea Camp is amazing to travel with and as 2 diving moms with a son, we feel special and spoiled. "Lisa Hunsicker

"Safety is a top priority with Margo at Kids Sea Camp. There is no one else I would trust more with the safety of my son, and fun, of our family. We love Kids Sea Camp! and won't dive with anyone else!"Lisa Hunsicker

"Start the week as a bunch of families and finish as a single family."Ed Wegryn

"It’s hard to say succinctly, but every time one of the pictures from Kids Sea Camp come up on the screen saver, everybody stops to look and smiles. They created another memory to last a life time."Ed Wegryn

"Our kids are excited to spend quality time as a scuba diving family at Kids Sea Camp. JAZ and Abby look forward to the friends they reunite with annually, and we parents are equally thrilled to spend quality adult time with the like-minded friends we have made over the years. #1 family vacation for sure."Cindy Zanelli

"Our kids love it, and we love it even more. We already have our 11th and 12th KSC planned. "Dr. Patti Snyder

"Kids Sea Camp is simply the best. We look forward to every trip and marvel at how our boys have matured as divers and stewards of the oceans. Tom and Margo make everyone feel special and welcome. "Dr. Patti Snyder

"We love you guys! Kids Sea Camp is #1. Belize, Dominica, Bonaire what's next! Thank you, Margo, for helping our son with the freediving project he received an A and learned so much from you."Lisa White, happy mom

"My son and I have booked our 10th trip in four years, its opened up Jacobs world in ways I could have never imagined. Jacob is Autistic and loves to scuba dive only with Kids Sea Camp."Alyson Herzig

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