Meet the Staff of the Progressive Diving Institute.

R. Peter Den Haan

By profession, Peter has been a Mechanical Engineer for more than 25 years. He has taken his engineering experience and implemented a high standard of training at Progressive Diving Institute and with its staff. With over a 1000 logged dives, Peter specializes in pushing the state of the art in both training and equipment, while maintaining the enjoyment of scuba diving as the priority for himself and the students.

Peter founded Progressive Diving Institute in 1994 with his mission to provide high quality instruction in all aspects of Scuba Diving from Basic to Instructor, as well as Technical and Rebreather Instruction. As an Instructor Trainer & Course Director he passes this philosophy on to his instructors.

Tony Chan

Tony is the Assistant Director of Training for Progressive Diving Institute. He received his NAUI Instructor and Instructor Trainer certifications from PDI. He has also earned certifications of SDI Open Water Instructor, CPROX and TDI Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures, Trimix, Advanced Trimix, VIP and Nitrox Instructor certifications.
He is a 1993 graduate of UC Santa Barbara, where he acquired significant teaching and coaching experience. A Santa Barbara resident since 1988, he takes advantage of the World Class diving at the Channel Islands whenever possible.
When Tony is not working or diving, you can find him relaxing on the golf course or refereeing College, High School, Pro Beach and USA Indoor and Outdoor Volleyball.

Rachel Hansen

Rachel is one of the original students of Progressive Diving Institute. She has come up through the ranks to become one of its Instructors. Her dive experiences have taken her all over the world from exotic Fiji to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, but the Channel Islands are still her favorite diving.

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