About

Marlyn Smith has been diving for more than 20 years has instructed for over 10. Marlyn has complete access to all the Great Lakes. She is also involved in many of Ontario diving activities such as, Vice President of the non-profit group Arrow Recovery Canada, and carries all dive responsibility for the recovery team. Founder of GLID. Great Lakes in Depth, in London Ontario. Formed to keep the interest of diving in our great lakes.

Certified to Teach for PADI, NAUI, TDI, SDI, and DAN.

Marlyn logs over 150 dives each year in a wide variety of challenging diving environments and is qualified to train instructors in the highest level of technical diving offered in Canada. As known to her friends, "Mar" is a cave diving enthusiast, and one of the best all round divers to buddy up with. When you learn how to dive, why not learn from someone who dives the talk?

Training Facilities

Marlyn generally teaches Open Water classes in one of three locations depending on the location and size of classes as well as seasonal changes. In the summer, Mar opens up the Dive With Mar pool which is heated and consists of three platforms at varying depth--perfect for SCUBA instruction! With a great scenery and change facilities available, this location adds to the class experience.

The other locations that Mar frequents for class and pool training are the Downtown YMCA in London and the YMCA in Sarnia. Please refer to specific classes in the Calendar to find out which location they are being taught at.

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