Ray Scott

Ray received his first taste of scuba in the late 1960s. After witnessing diver training at an Indianapolis health club Ray decided to give the fledgling sport a shot. After a few nights of instruction Ray completed his first open water dive at an Indiana quarry.

After moving back to Louisville, Ray jumped with both feet into the world of diving. In addition to countless recreational dives Ray also began assisting with open water scuba classes. Before long Ray completed the first of his many instructor certifications.

In 1983 Ray, along with his brother-in-law Kevin Clifford, became the new owner of the Louisville Dive Center. As co-owners and operators Ray and Kevin have expanded the Louisville Dive Center’s operations to include not only sport diving but professional and public safety instruction as well.

Ray is the technical advisor to several Public Safety Dive Rescue/Recovery Dive Teams in the area including the Louisville Fire Department and Louisville Metro Police Department dive teams. In the past Ray has been called upon by the United States Army at Fort Campbell to train new scuba instructors for the Army dive teams.

Ray’s many certifications include; NAUI Instructor Trainer/Course Director, SSI and PADI Master Instructor, Red Cross Instructor Trainer, National Safety Council and ASHI First Aid and CPR Instructor Trainer, DAN Oxygen Provider Instructor Trainer and ERDI Public Safety Diver Instructor. In the past Ray has been a PSSI and Dive Rescue International DR-I Instructor. Ray is also a Coast Guard Licensed Captain.

Ray has trained NAUI and DAN Instructors all over the southeast including instructors in Florida and the Bahamas.

Throughout his long diving career Ray has been to some of the world’s premier dive sites. Some of his favorites include the Great Lakes, Florida Keys, Truk Lagoon and Bonaire to just to name a few.

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