#16	About Certs Buddies Island Charters Rick Bell - rickbell19 Corpus Christi Texas Joined On: 4/27/2014 Last Login: 5/09/2014 Member Type: Instructor Instructor - Master (PADI) 2/14/2008

Very fit, active guy. Live for the world underwater and those I love in my life. Adopted at birth, grew up in Michigan, I call Corpus Christi Texas my home base. Studied pre-med at Texas A&M, then changed majors to Marine Biology. Lived and studied on a research ships in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean over three years. Have my BA, just got my Masters last week of April 2014. I am a PADI Instructor and took my time off teaching scuba diving in Hawaii for 13 months and Grand Cayman for 12 months. I love to travel, love the outdoors, running, swimming, water polo, cars, music. I have a good sense of humor, very trusted and loved by those who know me.

I moved to Texas from Michigan 2007 and based on Padre Island. I started pre-med at A&M in College Station. I did really well but decided to change majors to Oceanography specialties. I am an avid scuba diver and a PADI Master Scuba Instructor. As of May 2014 I have just over 2400 dives logged since I started diving in 2005. I was the swim team captain all through middle and high school. Yeah I love the water. I was accepted to several Oceanographic studies in 2009 and spent almost three years working, studying and living on different research ships and programs all over the South Pacific and just finished 4/2014 a 6 month tour on the Indian Ocean. I have my BA in Marine Geology. The study of seismic plates and volcanic actions on the ocean floor. And another BA in Ocean Fluid Dynamics or the study of the deep water ocean flows.

I run five miles a day, never any drugs or smoking, I do like to go out with friends and have a couple of beers now and then. Just got back to the States (5-1-2014), in California right now for a few weeks and then will be back in Texas.
That is my update for now!!!
Ricky