Jules Underwater Lodge

Ian Koblick

As co-developer of Jules’ Undersea Lodge and President of Key Largo Undersea Park, Ian Koblick brings vast experience and highly respected credentials in the field of underwater living. Aquanaut. explorer, author, marine consultant, and technical advisor, Mr. Koblick’s contributions in the fields of ocean science and ocean technology are well recognized. Read more about Mr. Koblick on our "About Jules'" page.

Teresa McKinna

Teresa is our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She is a native Floridian and has lived in Key Largo with her husband John since 1999. Like most Florida Keys residents Teresa spends a lot of time on and in the water. Favorite pursuits: free-diving for lobster and cruising her Pearson 35 sailboat, the "Teresa Ann", in the Keys and Bahamas.

Rob Doyle

Rob is our Lead Mission Director at Jules' Undersea Lodge and has been diving for 37 years and teaching for 8 years. Rob is known for his relaxed but fun manner. Be careful, his good mood is contagious! Rob has been working in the Florida Keys for 7 years, so he knows his way around the ocean and reefs around Key Largo very well.

Rob is originally from Australia, but has traveled most of the world. He has been living and working in Key Largo since 2000.

Anya Elis

Anya is our Lead International Mission Director at Jules' Undersea Lodge and is a (PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor and Master Scuba Diver Trainer) and has been diving and teaching for 9 years. She is well-known and appreciated as a diligent and patient dive instructor who is especially good at teaching children.
Anya is from Germany and speaks German, French and English.
Anya is also business owner and operator of Scuba-Fun Dive Center in Key Largo. http://www.scuba-fun.com

Deborah Eavers

Deborah is our Reservations Specialist and Teresa's life saver. Having graduated from USC-Coastal Carolina College with a B.A. in Psychology and a Master's of Arts in Teaching from Mary Baldwin College. The Florida Keys have been a second home since 1980. In 2008 she moved here with her husband Kevin. She loves spending her time in and on the water.

Debbie Madison

Deb is one of our Mission Directors here at Jules’ Lodge and of course another one of Teresa’s life savers. Deb is a PADI MSDT, SDI/TDI Instructor with over 25 years of experience. Not only is Deb an in the water professional, she holds a 100 ton Master Captain license with a lifetime of sailing experience. Deb also works at Jacob’s Aquatic Center here in Key Largo with her partner Jon. As an American Red Cross Lifeguard/CPR/1^st Aid Instructor Trainer and Water Safety Instructor Trainer Deb has expanded her schedule to offer classes here at Key Largo Undersea Park for those wanting to be a Lifeguard. See more on our “Lifeguard Certification” page.

Andy Bohl

Andy is our Dive Gear Specialist and Assistant Mission Director here at Jules'. He is another one of Teresa's life savers. Andy is also a SDI and TDI Instructor trainer,TDI Trimix Instructor, TDI Advanced Wreck Instructor,ERDI public safety diving instructor,and PADI Master instructor. Andy became a full fire fighter for the Keys in 2012.

Jeff Martin

Jeff practiced law in Massachusetts, Washington, DC and Washington State until 2004 when he became a PADI diving instructor and moved to Key Largo. Since then he has taught scuba diving in south Florida and in Mexico and Croatia. He has served as an instructor and Mission Director for Jules' Undersea Lodge since 2012. Jeff also runs his own dive business from Miami to Key West. Here's his site. http://www.qdives.com

John McKinna

John Mannock

John is our Underwater Technical Supervisor and Operations Manager, responsible for overseeing upkeep of the main structure and support systems of Jules’ Undersea Lodge. A former offshore commercial diver of twenty years’ experience, he came on the Jules’/KLUP team in 2005 as an adjunct to his current primary line of work, that of internationally-known novelist. He is the author of seven novels, including the Ben Gannon diving series, written under his own name, and the bestselling World War Two thrillers IRON COFFIN (2004), THE SEN-TOKU RAID (2005), and THE WAR MOUNTAINS (2006), written under the pen name "John Mannock." Like his wife Teresa, he is an avid free-diver, spearfisherman, lobster hunter, and cruising sailor.

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