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Photo Courtesy of John Veber	Michel E. Guérin It is with great sadness that I post this web page in Memory of a good friend and advent diver Michel Guérin.  On May 25th while diving in Tobermory, Michel was taken away from us due to a rebreather malfunction at the age of 42.  His wife Linda, Melanie, close friends and many divers far and wide that will miss Michel dearly. I've never before seen a person as enthusiastically driven by the science of scuba diving.  Michel studied every aspect of the sport.  Michel was on the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary, a dive instructor with TDI, a cave diver, dive crew member with Undersea Explorers TV Show, has made numerous dives to the Empress of Ireland and participated in several SeaView Imaging videos about Great Lakes shipwrecks.
Below are just some of his many accomplishments and experiences.
Full Cave Diver                                 NACD, NSS-CDS Extended Range Instructor                TDI CANADA Stage Decompression Instructor        TDI CANADA Gas Blending Instructor                     TDI CANADA Service Technician Instructor             TDI CANADA Advanced Nitrox Instructor               TDI CANADA Basic Nitrox Instructor                      TDI CANADA Instructor Trainer: Basic Nitrox                           TDI CANADA Advanced Nitrox                    TDI CANADA Open Water Instructor                     NASDS TRIMIX certified                             TDI CANADA Draëger Atlantis 1                            SCRTDI CANADA Electronic Repair Tech Sherwood Repair Tech Dacor Repair Tech	Started diving in 1975-76 Certified in 1984 2000 + dives ( Mainly cold water wreck dives) 100+ dives on the Empress of Ireland 100+ dives below 180 feet in depth 25+ cave dives logged 16 cave dives in the Florida Springs 13 cave dives in AKUMAL( underwater video shoot ) Owner / Operator of a Biomarine Closed Cycle Rebreather CCR-1000 Crew member of the Undersea Explorers TV series Diver on many SeaView Imaging video shoots 6 Dives to the "Gunilda" (265 Feet) using the CCR-1000 rebreather Organizer of some historical significant shipwreck video shoots Officer / Search Master for the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary unit P.A.R.A. (Pickering Ajax Rescue Association)
While working for Undersea Explorers TV, he traveled to many distant diving destinations around the world such as Australia, Egyptian Red Sea, CoCos Island, Truk Lagoon,  Caymans, and the Key West: shipwreck "Wilkes Barre".  He worked as a lighting technician, camera operator, logistics manager and dive supervisor. This kept him very busy since his full time job was with the Bank of Montreal as Senior Communications Engineer.	Michel's Rebreather Video Clip

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