Scuba Center Temecula Instructors
Mathieu Burden | Ken Moore | David Mule | Daniel Ortega | Vinny Pederson | Mark Rainbolt | Phillip Rexinger
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 Course Director
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.
2019 Elite Instructor 50 Certifications
2018 Elite Instructor 50 Certifications
2016 Elite Instructor 50 Certifications
2015 Elite Instructor 50 Certifications
2014 Elite Instructor 100 Certifications
2013 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: Philippines, St Lucia, Roatan Honduras, Turks and Caicos, Cabo Pulmo, Catalina Island.
Dive Bucket List: ALL over the South Pacific.
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: PADI 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: PADI 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
David Mule
Hobbies: Painting and Guitar
Personal Passions: Marine Conservation & Reef Check
Favorite Foods: Italian and French Food
Favorite Dive Locations: Catalina Island & Big Island, Hawaii
Dive Bucket List: Silfra, Iceland
Favorite Saying: It is what it is
Diving Credentials: PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
When not teaching Scuba: Lawyer
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: PADI MSDT - Master Scuba Diver Trainer, OWSI and EFRI
PADI Specialities: Deep, Wreck, Nitrox, Drysuit, Search & Recovery
When not teaching Scuba: SCT Employee
Vinny Pederson
Hobbies: Diving, Fishing, Hiking, backpacking, Photography and Shooting
Personal Passions: Open Water certified in June 2017. Had been interested in diving for awhile & just went for it! Completed Dive Master in 2018. Wreck, Deep, UW Photography & Travel trips w/SCT
Favorite Foods: Sushi, Italian Food and California Burrito
Favorite Dive Locations: Catalina Island, Kona Hawaii, Cozumel, Roatan Honduras and Laguna Beach
Dive Bucket List: Galapagos Islands, Fiji and Lake Tahoe
Favorite Saying: Cool
Diving Credentials: PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
When not teaching Scuba: Aerospace Welder