HASSON, Wayne

HASSON, Wayne

USA (1949-2020)

Last updated: January 18, 2020 at 20:27 pm

President of Aggressor Fleet and Dancer Fleet; co-founder of Aggressor Fleet with wife Anne Hasson, and captain of the first Cayman Aggressor in 1984; helped install the first 112 permanent moorings in the Caymans and took the concept to Belize, Turks and Caicos, the Bay Islands, Kona and Truk Lagoon; invented SASY (Supplied Air Snorkeling for Youth); founder of Oceans for Youth, a program of marine science, diving and awareness to inspire the next generation of divers; co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Sea of Change Foundation, which funds marine education and conservation initiatives; underwater photographer; instructor; began scuba diving in 1967; became a diving instructor in 1973; owned and operated the liveaboard King Mac in North Carolina in 1976; moved to the Cayman Islands to manage the Casa Bertmar Dive Resort in 1980; former Marine.

Dive Pioneer (Beneath the Sea, 2016)
Diver of the Year (Beneath the Sea)

Aggressor Fleet
Oceans for Youth
Sea of Change Foundation

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