STEVE CROSBY

  Steve grew up in Mississippi and that is where his diving journey began. After graduating from the University of Alabama, he traveled to New Zealand and Australia to dive and work, before settling in Thailand. Over a span of six years in Thailand, he worked as an SSI, TDI, and RAID instructor and developed his love of technical instruction and wreck exploration. He pursued further training and teaching opportunities in both Malaysia and Indonesia before being invited back to Thailand to take over the professional development of the largest Dive Master Training program in the country.

In 2018, Steve made his first trip to ProTec by organizing a trip for himself and eleven other friends to complete their cave courses together. This was Steve’s first time meeting the ProTec staff and he immediately asked for a T-shirt with his name on it, the ones usually reserved for staff. He finally has one. Every year after that Steve made sure to make at least one trip back to Mexico to continue his education at ProTec.

In the beginning of 2019, Steve landed a job in Egypt working as a live-a-board guide. While working in the Red Sea, his technical diving and guiding skills were put to the test; wreck exploration, DPV diving, and decompression diving were daily occurrences and usually combined.

Steve’s 2020 Covid story ended up with him being separated from all his dive gear and stuck in the US. So he did what any diver would do and became an Emergency Medical Technician working on various movies and tv shows. While working in that industry, he saved up so he could make the move to Mexico and officially join the team.

Steve arrived at ProTec in December of 2021, completed his MOD 1 CCR Course, and began working as a freelancer for ProTec. He officially joined the team fulltime in June of 2022. He can now teach many different courses at ProTec and loves any time he gets to teach anyone, anything.