Lew "SeaJay" Bayne
Owner of DEEP SOUTH DIVERS
- Former captain for Beaufort Water Search and Rescue (a division of the Marine Rescue Squadrons of America)
- Former Vice President of the Beaufort Sportfish and Dive Club
- Featured on the Discovery Science Channel
- Featured in the July 2007 issue of BOATING magazine
- Selected diver for artifact discovery and recovery by the Dataw Historic Foundation
- Licensed by the State of South Carolina for artifact discovery and recovery
- First full boat underwater recovery and salvage at the age of 13
- Scuba diving since 1986
- Holds 16 major dive certifications:
- PADI Open Water
- PADI Advanced Open Water
- PADI Wreck Diver
- PADI Night Diver
- PADI Deep Diver
- PADI Search and Recovery
- PADI Navigation
- PADI Rescue Diver
- PADI Divemaster
- PADI Dry Suit Diver
- PADI Master Diver
- CPR Certified
- First Aid Certified
- DAN O2 Provider Certified
- SSI Nitrox
- GUE DIR Fundamentals Certified
- Bachelor's degree and Associate's degree in Business Administration with a minor in Management from the University of South Carolina
- Studied at Duke University's Hyperbaric Facility for the U.S. Navy
- Studied Computer Sciences at the University of Arizona
- Undergraduate Liberal Arts and Marketing at Rutgers University
- Graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy(0860758, Staff Sergeant, Provost, Class of 1988)
- Historical expert on major historically significant local shipwrecks
- Performed dives and conservation on the H.L. Hunley, a federally classified Historically Significant Submerged Resource
- Prior experience with many recoveries of sunken boats, barges, heavy equipment and artifacts
- Lead Diver for project ASSURE, a search and recovery organization working to locate the Tybee Bomb
- Former Aquarium diver, SC Aquarium, Charleston
- Former Rescue Diver, Beaufort Water Search and Rescue (a division of the Marine Rescue Squadrons of America)
- Underwater archaeologist and megalodon tooth hunter
- Author of several published scuba-related articles including A Story About Persistence, BARE SB Drysuit Review, Thermalution Product Review, The Incredible Find, The Concept of Rock Bottom, The Betsy Ross, DIR Class: The Truth Comes Out, Buoyancy Compensators, Breaking In Your New Mask, Professional Confessional: Boat Winterization, and What About Mask Straps?
- Cancer survivor
- Over 15,000 dives