Our Friendly Staff

Capt Joyce French Hannaseck - Owner
 PADI MASTER SCUBA DIVER TRAINER #37900

Capt Joyce is the owner and a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer with over 20 years experience in the Dive Industry.  She is the former owner of Land O'Lakes Scuba, moving it from Land O'Lakes to our present location at the Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs.  Capt Joyce worked her way from an Open Water Diver helping out at the LOL dive center, working as staff then earning her Divemasters, becoming a PADI Open Water Instructor, gaining experience and earning the rating of Master Scuba Diver Trainer.  Her experience on dive boats and her natural ability to learn seamanship, she breezed through the USCG Master Captains License on her first try.  Capt Joyce has been operating her own dive charter business since 1995 and upgraded her dive vessel with a new 35' Sportcraft in 2002.  Capt Joyce enjoys teaching all levels of diving and especially enjoys teaching children and teenagers the wonderful world of scuba diving.  One of her passions is Underwater Hunting which she is well known for.

Brian came to us from Thailand, where he was working for a very busy dive operation, in May of 2006. Brian enjoys taking his love for diving and teaching it to new students. He also teaches the majority of our advanced open water courses. Brian loves to talk about his diving experiences and loves to hear about yours. If you haven’t met him, or you haven’t started diving yet, swing by the shop and meet him. “Diving is a great way to forget about the hustle and bustle of regular life. You can leave all of that stuff behind and escape to a truly unique world without the distractions we contend with on a daily basis."

Evelyn, a.k.a, "Mrs. J" migrated from her own PADI 5 Star Dive Center in Montana to join us for some warmer diving in the Gulf of Mexico.  She was trained during the "Dark Ages" of scuba diving and is up to any diving challenge. 

• DJ was born and raised right here in Tampa FL. Before he became a certified diver, he was freediving and spearfishing the local reefs and ledges. You’ll see him in the shop and on the boat as he works his way up to Divemaster

James came to us after serving in the Army for 7 years.  You will see him in the store pretty regularly while he is now working his way to becoming a Divemaster. 

Capt Jeff has been with Narcosis since the first year it opened; first as a PADI instructor and store employee, and now as boat captain. A U. S. Coast Guard Licensed Captain and a retired Coast Guard Chief Aviation Survival Technician and Helicopter Rescue Swimmer with over 20 years experience on the water, Capt. Jeff first learned to dive in Hawaii in 1984. He moved to Florida to the St. Petersburg area in 1989, since then he has worked on several dive boats in the area gaining experience. Capt. Jeff became a Scuba Instructor in 1994. He is an Instructor for PADI, PDIC, TDI, and a Dan O2 Instructor. Capt. Jeff is also trained as an Emergency Medical Technician and a Dive Medical Technician. Your enjoyment and personal safety while on board are his top priority. If you dive with us on the weekends, you’ll be sure to meet him! He’s our fulltime weekend captain now. Hey ladies he’s still single!

Bud Nowak – Instructor/Repair Tech

Sometimes you never know where you will find your new friends and Bud showed up one day from the cold northern regions to dive with us.  The next thing you know, he moved down here.  He’s been our friend ever since.  When he lived up north he also worked part time for a dive center there.  Every day when Bud got off work he came by our dive center, the next thing you know, he was working in the back.  You will find him here in the evenings and some weekends diligently working on gear, mixing Nitrox tanks and keeping us all entertained with his life experiences.  Bud is also a qualified instructor.

No one has spent more time working here, other than fulltime employees, than Wayne Hannaseck AKA "The Man".  Wayne is our boat Captain and Mechanic, but most important he is our friend.  There are so many things he does that it’s impossible to list them all here.  I can tell you that his hand is in everything from the compressor, building boot boxes, fixing the boat, shuttling people, equipment and gear all over the state.  As in a corner stone that holds up a building, he keeps us strong and alive by his big heart and love for diving. 

Retired firefighter from New Yorks finest , started diving with Joyce years ago! Love it so much he never left! You can always count on him to have a great time!

One of the last true Divemasters. Todd came the furthest to be with us. Traveling over 3000 miles from a small farming village located in Misawa, Japan. He is another one of those crazy cold water divers, with a goal to dive the waters off of Antarctica. Todd currently puts in long hours keeping narcosisscuba.com one of the best scuba sites around. So if you have an idea or notice a mistake be sure to shoot him an email.

Zoey "I just want some love" Dog-Zoey is our dive shop pall. She loves to be scratched and loved. So if you see her scratch her behind the ears and you'll have a friend for life.