Our Team Information Page

Dennis Lecik

Padi MSDT Instructor/Paramedic/

I have always loved the water and exploring what was underneath. I always knew I wanted to scuba dive and was certified in West Palm Beach about 13 years ago. On our way out to the dive site for certification, we ran into a school of bottle nose dolphins. My instructor had the boat stop to let us get into the water and we were able to swim with the dolphins. Off in the distance that day, one of the dolphins did not come in, but we found out later gave birth. In that instant, on that day, I knew that I wanted to teach scuba diving. I wanted others to experience the ocean in the way I had experienced it.

As a member of PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors), I have become Master Scuba Diver Instructor (MSDI). I have been certified in this for more than 10 years, and have actually certified over 800 people myself. This experience allows me to focus on the important skills necessary for dives that are both exciting and safe.

Our dive charter that we use

Sandy Sunday

Sandra Brammeier

Padi MSDT Instructor/USCG Captain/Biologist/EMT

.... The heart of “ocean quest” is Sandy. Growing up in Colorado near the beautiful Rocky Mountains, she had never seen the ocean until her freshman in college. Once she did everything changed as the ocean seemed to reach in and touch her soul. After college she spent several years in the US Coast Guard, and was even stationed right here in Palm Beach on “Peanut Island”. Sandy returned back to Florida in 2000 with a “quest” to spend her time doing what she really loves, teaching scuba and getting as much bottom time as possible in this wonderful underwater world. Spending five years as the operations manager of long time friend Jim Abernethy’s company Scuba Adventures, she continued to build her students as an independent instructor. Sandy has become one of Padi’s busiest and possibly most popular dive instructor in Florida. With the addition of “Sandy’s Sunday” she left her full-time position at JASA, and is looking forward to spending her days teaching and diving off of her own boat. Sandy is also a 5 year Breast cancer survivor, and tributes her strength and ability to fight this disease to her family and friends that are always there with their love and support. Sandy is an avid big game hunter, enjoys softball and is hooked on watching survivor and the amazing race. (The only two time frames during the week she isn’t willing to teach) Sandy hopes to build a training center in the Palm Beach area in the near future, to push the range of Ocean Quest’s scuba instruction to the top! You’ll find Sandy on the boat just about everyday, unless she is teaching in the pool.

Sandy was my Instructor from Advanced Open Water Diver all the way to Dive Master, I also had the opportunity to work with Sandy at Jim Abernethy’s Scuba Adventures, I can thank Sandy for giving me that knowledge and philosophy about diving and I live by that philosophy today.

Dixie Divers Deerfield Beach

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