Charlynn Andrews

Charlynn - Head Shot

Charlynn - Mermaid Diving

Charlynn - surface of water

Training Manager
SSI Instructor Trainer
SSI Freediving and Mermaid Instructor

Charlynn is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in the diving industry. As an SSI SCUBA Instructor Trainer, equipment technician, and retail specialist, she has guided numerous students through various scuba programs and excelled in equipment servicing for top brands. Charlynn is dedicated to fostering a welcoming environment and sharing her passion for the underwater world with divers of all levels. She started, ran, and operated her full-service dive center, Gone Diving, in Bellingham, Washington for 18 years. In those years, she helped foster the local diving community by creating events, teaching courses, and hosting trips. Always eager to learn and grow, she is poised to continue making waves in future endeavors. When she isn't at HDC or diving, Charlynn is most likely doing martial arts or on the water with her adopted fur-baby, Tina. If you are looking to obtain your scuba goals, she’s your lady!

Scuba Diving Since:
2003

Favorite Fish:
Great Pacific Octopus (close enough!)

Favorite Dive Site:
Vancouver Island, Canada

Dive Bag Essentials:
Double-ender clips

Shoot with a Speargun or Camera:
Speargun

Favorite Specialty Class:
Freediving

Favorite Dive Type:
Drift Dives

Future Dive Goal:
Achieve Advanced Freediver Instructor

Favorite post-dive meal:
Fish Tacos

Walk-up Song:
Calm Down, Rema and Selena Gomez

SSI Specialty Instructor Certifications

Open Water Diver
Enriched Air Nitrox
Night and Limited Visibility
Deep Diving
Navigation
Perfect Buoyancy
Scuba Skills Update
Boat Diving
Computer Diving
Equipment Techniques
Diver Stress and Rescue
React Right

Science of Diving
Search and Recovery
Dry Suit Diving
Waves, Tides, and Currents
Wreck Diving
Advanced Wreck Diving
Advanced Open Water Diver
Divemaster
Independent Diving
Open Water Instructor Trainer

Advanced Adventurer
Blue Oceans Explorer
Snorkel Explorer
Scuba Explorer
Mermaid Explorer
Freediving Explorer
Coral Identification
Fish Identification
Manta & Ray Ecology
Marine Ecology
Sea Turtle Ecology
Shark Ecology

Freediving and Mermaid Instructor Certifications

Snorkel Diver
Try Freediving
Basic Freediver
Snorkel Instructor

Mermaid
Model Mermaid
Ocean Mermaid
Mermaid Instructor

My Dive Equipment

Atomic TFX