OCTOBER SPEAKER
Debris Removal Diving in the Keys
LUKE DURSO
Luke Durso grew up in a Philadelphia suburb but had always been drawn to the outdoors. He achieve Eagle scout in the Boy Scouts and his next adventuring took him into the Grand Tetons. Luke began is education at Garrett County Community College (McHenry Maryland), the Adventure Sports Institute, for his Associate in Adventure Sports Management, and Southern Oregon his B.S. in Outdoor Adventure Leadership. During his time at SOU, the Outdoor Program and community, he took the open water scuba class. After graduation, Luke took an Internship in Roatan Honduras for the Divemaster Program, then back to SOU to complete his Instructor Course then on to teaching the Open Water and AOW Scuba courses for SOU in the program.
After a couple years, Florida’s east coast, warm water, and family called and the Keys seemed like a viable option. His first visit/move to Key Largo, happened right after Hurricane Irma in 2017. On arrival, debris piles were stories high in every inch of median space and huge clean-up efforts were being conducted. His first dives were with instructors, seeing first-hand what the hurricane did to the reefs they knew and loved so much. Everyone was devastated by the hurricane’s impactful. Soon Goal Clean Seas Florida Keys was launched as a sponsored Marine Debris Removal and Luke became very active in the marine debris diving side of things in the Keys.
Luke is excited to be presenting on Debris Removal Diving in the Keys!
