Anna Schmitz is our PADI Course Director conducting the Instructor level courses at Emerald Coast Scuba. Anna began her career in the Dive Industry in 1984 when she began teaching diving in Destin. After training and certifying more than 1,800 divers, she decided to share her knowledge and experience with other Divemasters and Instructors. She attended the PADI Course Directors Training Course in Santa Ana California in 1989 and has been actively teaching a variety of PADI Instructor level courses since.
Anna is well known in the Dive Industry as a sincere dedicated and knowledgable diving professional. She consistently strives to provide quality education, personal attention, and an enjoyable learning environment for all her programs. She takes a special interest in her students, realizing that they are the future professionals in the Dive Industry.
Anna was awarded the prestigious “Gold” status as a Course Director in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2008, she became one of only 63 Course Directors in the world to earn the Platinum level. Currently, she has trained over 4000 divers from all over the world and logged more than 4500 dives.