Meet the Staff

"Rated the best staff in the world by Rodale's Peoples Choice Awards 2002"

Owner and Captain, Charley Neal, with over thirty years experience diving and exploring Hawaii, he knows every watery hideout and the mysterious creatures dwelling therein. Charley is an experienced 100 Ton USCG Captain, has dived throughout the world, and will treat you to a personalized diving experience you'll never forget. An avid photographer, videographer, down hill skier, and now, pilot, he may even take you flying on one of the days you are not diving on Maui. Charley has fabulous accommodations available for you on Maui as well. In the eight years he has owned Scuba Shack, he has taken the business from a bankrupt hole in the water to the Highest Rated Dive Operation EVER on Maui. Come see what it takes to be # 1! Its things like an Immaculate 700 HP Jet boat, with a clean cut, polite and fun non-smoking crew, a hot shower, brand new state of the art dive gear available for you at no charge, and just no hidden charges whatsoever. Like so many divers, you'll quickly become not only repeat customers, you'll have a whole new set of friends in paradise. First Class fun at affordable prices, that's Scuba Shack.

"Diving with Scuba Shack is like having friends on Maui that own a boat!"

Mahalo,
Charley Neal

Toby Tobin is Scuba Shack's Air Quality Specialist. He has been with Scuba Shack for 12 years. Toby is a Certified Tank Inspector and a certified Gas Blender for Nitrox / Oxygen Enriched Air. Toby is also a PADI  Divemaster and loves to show Scuba Shack clients the best night diving on Maui! Toby is THE person to show you night diving on Maui.

Angela's passion for scuba diving began with her first dive eight years ago off the Egyptian coast in the Red Sea. After traveling throughout the Middle East and Europe, she returned to her her home in Tempe, Arizona to complete her dive master training. After completing her divemaster training, she decided to leave land-locked Arizona for the crystal clear waters of paradise. Angela's infectious smile, youthful enthusiasm, and "bubbly" personality make her a delight to be around both above and below the sea.

Greg Walter began his diving career in 1968 while in the military in Okinawa. He moved to Seattle to become an engineer with Boeing and spent the past 30 years in the frigid waters of Puget Sound and Canada where he received his PADI Instructor certification. After retiring from Boeing, Greg moved to Maui several years ago and has enjoyed teaching introductory divers and certification classes.

Ashley learned to dive in the cold waters of the Puget Sound as part of a high school PE class. After finishing her BA in Missoula, Montana she decided to move somewhere a bit warmer. She loves diving in the beautiful, clear Maui waters and working in the store. Whether you have the pleasure of meeting her in person in the store or on the boat, or calling on the phone to Scuba Shack, you'll be greeted with a huge smile with clear, concise and accurate answers to any and all of your diving questions.

Jay Umbenhauer is originally from Pennsylvania and is a resident of Hawaii for over 10 years. Jay came to Maui via Kona on the Big Island, where he logged well over 1000 dives as an instructor and worked as a SPFX diver on the movie "Waterworld"¹. He currently holds Master Scuba Diver Trainer and Specialty instructor ratings, and enjoys studying fish and invertebrate behavior(Octopus!)while under H20.

1. Jay was told in Hollywood that he would need to change his last name for a lead role.

Scott Moore originally developer scubashack.com. Scott has been programming for the web and working in high tech for many years. In fact, Scott helped invent the internet with Al Gore (you didn't think Al thought that up on his own did you?). During the day Scott works at Microsoft. He used to work on high-end datacenter servers, but as of late is involved in building Smart Phones, Pocket PCs, and other secret projects. In his spare time Scott scuba dives as much as possible, and has been diving all over the world (Maui, Kuai, Oahu, Bali, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, Cozumel Mexico, Australia, Palau...)

Kendall Roberg has an affinity for fish. Though he holds a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Statistics, his true passion is ichthyology (the study of fish). Kendall has logged dives all over the world to personally witness some of nature's most unique underwater creations. Diving with Kendall is always a treat as he brings his contagious enthusiasm for Hawaii's beautiful underwater world to every dive he does. His passion for nature and diving can be summed up by what he does on his day off…goes diving!

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