Scuba Center Temecula Instructors
Mathieu Burden | Ken Moore | Daniel Ortega | Mark Rainbolt | Phillip Rexinger | Phil Rubino | Jon Vassilakis | Billy Vevle
Mark Rainbolt
In Loving Memory / 06/04/1949 ~ 06/24/2014
Diving Credentials: PADI Course Director (Instructor Trainer) and EFR Instructor Trainer
MARK CELEBRATED HIS 35 YEAR PADI MEMEBERSHIP AWARD "I have been a PADI member for 35 years, and will receive my award from PADI HQ in the next couple of weeks. I've enjoyed training SCUBA divers, and SCUBA Instructors with PADI since 1977."
Specialty Instructor Trainer for: PADI - Boat, Deep, Dry Suit Diver, Equipment Specialist, Underwater Navigation, Night Diver, Wreck, Enriched Air, Drift Diving, Project Aware Instructor, Aware Fish Identification, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Search & Recovery Diver, Digital Underwater Photography, Emergency Oxygen Provider, Kelp Diver. Emergency First Response-Instructor, CPR, First Aid, AED (Adult), CPR, First Aid, AED (Child),
"Real Job": None, training PADI Instructors, 100 ton Coast Guard certification, with more than 2,500 PADI certifications for instructor and divers. 25 years experience training dive Instructor with 5000 dives.
Personal Passions: Training dive Instructors, and wreck diving
Non-Diving Activities: writing books, and investigating dive accidents for San Diego County
Favorite Food: Italian and Mexican Food
Favorite Dive Location: Aircraft carrier Oriskany, and ALL warm water locations
Dive Bucket List: ONE - A scooter trip down the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany
Phillip Rexinger
Diving Credentials: PADI Course Director (Instructor Trainer), EFR Instructor Trainer, PSI/PCI Inspector Trainer, HSA Instructor
PADI Speciality Instructor for: Deep Diver, Enriched Air, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Wreck, Digital Underwater Photography, Search & Recovery, Boat, Kelp Diver, Navigation, Dry Suit, Night Diver, Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor, Project Aware Instructor, AWARE Coral Reef Conservation, Underwater Naturalist, Drift Diver, Underwater Videographer, EFR Instructor, Full Face Mask Instructor, Tec Rec Gas Blender, Care for Children (CPR & First Aid).
"Real Job": Scuba Center Temecula, Owner.
2018 Elite Instructor 50 Certifications
Personal Passions: I gain great satisfaction while working with begining students in the Open Water Course. It makes me excited to see the excitment in their faces as they learn the different skills needed to be a great diver. It's very rewarding to see them go from "bottom crawler" to "Scuba Diver".
Non-Diving Activities: Love to travel, Ride my Road Glide
Favorite Food: Italian food
Favorite Dive Location: St Lucia, Roatan Honduras, Turks and Caicos, Cabo Pulmo, Catalina Island.
Dive Bucket List: ALL over the South Pacific.
Jon Vassilakis
Diving Credentials: PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT)
PADI Speciality Instructor for: Deep Diver, Enriched Air, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Wreck, Search & Recovery, Navigation, Dry Suit, Night Diver, Project Aware Instructor, DPV, Equipment Specialist.
"Real Job": Certified Equipment Service Technician for Scuba Center Temecula
Personal Passions: I gain great satisfaction while working with begining students in the Open Water Course. It makes me excited to see the excitment in their faces as they learn the different skills needed to be a great diver. It's very rewarding to see them go from "bottom crawler" to "Scuba Diver".
2018 Elite PADI Instructor 50 Certifications
Non-Diving Activities: Skiing, Wakeboarding, taking photos, editing video, and teaching.
Favorite Food: Greek Seafood
Favorite Dive Location: Maui, Hawaii
Dive Bucket List: Alaska Ice Diving
Phil Rubino
Hobbies: Trap Shooting, Pool and Diving
Personal Passions: Teaching Scuba and taking Pictures
Favorite Foods: Sushi, Steak and Eggs
Favorite Dive Locations: Catalina Island and Laguna
Dive Bucket List: Ice Diving in Canada
Favorite Quote: You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
Diving Credentials: MSDT Instructor
PADI Specialities: Drysuit, Night, Wreck, Deep UW Navigation, Search & Recovery
When not teaching Scuba: SCT Employee
Mathieu Burden
Hobbies: Travel, Ice Hockey and Diving
Personal Passions: Caves, Wrecks, Reefs - Anywhere!!!
Favorite Foods: Sushi
Favorite Dive Locations: North Carolina, Florida & La Paz Mexico
Dive Bucket List: Palau
Favorite Quote: "The education of a man is never completed until he dies." Robert E. Lee
Diving Credentials: IDC Staff Instructor, EFR Instructor, Full Face Mask Instructor, Ice Instructor, Sidemount Instructor, Tec Instructor, Public Safety Diver Instructor, Cavern Instructor, Care for Children w/AED instructor, Altitude Instructor, Wreck Instructor, Enriched Air Instructor, Boat Instructor, Deep Instructor, Drysuit Instructor, Underwater Navigator Instructor, Night Diver Instructor, Search & Recovery Instructor, Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor, Project Aware Instructor, AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Instructor, AWARE Shark Conservation Diver Instructor
PADI Specialities: Too many to list
When not teaching Scuba: Sheriff’s Lieutenant
Ken Moore
Hobbies: Scuba, Travel and Boating
Personal Passions: Wreck Diving and Hunting in the Ocean
Favorite Foods: In-N-Out, Crab and Calamari
Favorite Dive Locations: Cabo
Dive Bucket List: Chuuk and Scapa Flow
Favorite Saying: Don’t Hold Your Breath
Diving Credentials: MSDT Instructor and Public Safety Diver
PADI Specialities: Wreck, Deep, Kelp, Boat, Nitrox, O2 Provider UW Navigation, Search & Recovery
When not teaching Scuba: IT Director
Daniel Ortega
Hobbies: Travel, Snowboarding and Camping
Personal Passions: Marine Conservation and Teach others about the ocean
Favorite Foods: Mexican, Pizza and Lemon Bars
Favorite Dive Locations: Catalina Island and Belize, Azores
Dive Bucket List: Truk Lagoon, Galapagos
Favorite Saying: “Hey Nathan” by Jon
Diving Credentials: Open Water Instructor OWSI and EFRI
PADI Specialities: Deep, Wreck, Nitrox, Drysuit, Search & Recovery
When not teaching Scuba: SCT Employee
Billy Vevle
Hobbies: Archery, Jeeping, Shooting, BBQ, Road Tour & Family
Personal Passions: To Teach people how to dive and share the most amazing experience, to breath and explore under water
Favorite Foods: Prime Rib, Tri-Tip, Crab, Sushi, Baked Potato
Favorite Dive Locations: Cozumel and Roatan
Dive Bucket List: Fiji and Palau
Favorite Saying: It’s a Beautiful Day!
Diving Credentials: OWSI Instructor
PADI Specialites: Drysuit, Night, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Wreck, Deep, O2 Provider, Nitrox, UW Navigator, Search & Recovery, Project Aware and Aware Coral Reef Conservation
When not teaching Scuba: Founder of SunRize Mechanical Inc. Design/Build Process Chiller Systems
