We're a bunch of free spirits who wanted an escape from the contraints of typical "9 to 5" occupations - a lifestyle that places a premium on adventure, exploration, friendship and personal challenges. We found the world of scuba diving, have a passion for it and for helping others to enjoy that underwater world as much as we do.
We started in 1975 when Bill Waddell founded Waddell Aquatics. We moved to our current location in NDG a couple of years later. We've been here, in the same dive shop, for about 40 years, with our own multimedia classrooms on site, and a network of scuba pools all over the island of Montreal.
From 2000 to January 2015, DAN Examiner and PADI Course Director Darcy Kieran was at the helm and renamed the dive center Total Diving to represent more accurately what we do: If it has to do with scuba diving, we have it - whether it's a scuba diving training course, a piece of scuba gear or a scuba diving vacation. The team is now under the leadership of PADI Course Director Sebastien Savignac & Nathalie Lafrance.
Through the years, we've expanded our passion for the water world into snorkeling, swimming, underwater hockey and freediving.
We started in 1975 when Bill Waddell founded Waddell Aquatics. We moved to our current location in NDG a couple of years later. We've been here, in the same dive shop, for about 40 years, with our own multimedia classrooms on site, and a network of scuba pools all over the island of Montreal.
From 2000 to January 2015, DAN Examiner and PADI Course Director Darcy Kieran was at the helm and renamed the dive center Total Diving to represent more accurately what we do: If it has to do with scuba diving, we have it - whether it's a scuba diving training course, a piece of scuba gear or a scuba diving vacation. The team is now under the leadership of PADI Course Director Sebastien Savignac & Nathalie Lafrance.
Through the years, we've expanded our passion for the water world into snorkeling, swimming, underwater hockey and freediving.