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Bill Oestreich

Cave SpecialistRebreather Specialist
Florida West Coast (Tampa Bay)
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Bill Oestreich teaches TDI out of Bird's Underwater on Florida's west coast. Overhead ratings run to full cave and advanced wreck, with cave DPV, stage and multi-stage and cave sidemount. On open circuit the deepest rating held is advanced trimix, and advanced gas blending is taught alongside it. Rebreather instruction covers 5 units — among them Dolphin, Megalodon, O2ptima CM and Ray — to mixed-gas and trimix level, including in the cave. 25 separate ratings are on record.

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Bird's Underwater
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Advanced NitroxAdvanced TrimixDecompression ProceduresExtended RangeIntro to TechTDI HelitroxTrimixAdvanced Mixed Gas CCRAir Diluent CCRAir Diluent CCR Decompression ProceduresHelitrox CCR Decompression ProceduresMixed Gas CCRSemi-Closed RebreatherCavernDPV CaveFull CaveIntro to CaveRebreather Full CaveTDI Cave SidemountTDI Stage CaveAdvanced WreckTDI SidemountAdvanced Gas BlendingNitrox Gas Blending
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Dolphin (Dräger)Megalodon (Innerspace Systems)O2ptima CM (Dive Rite)Ray (Dräger)Tiburon (Innerspace Systems)

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Go-To for Cave+5
Backmount Friendly+4
Go-To for Cavern+4
Go-To for Deep / Trimix+3
Go-To for DPV+3
Go-To for Rebreathers+3
Knows the Local Sites+3
Repeat Students+3
Gas Fills & Blending+2
Go-To for Sidemount+2
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Known in the forums as Bill "Bird" Oestreich, he teaches TDI, NSS-CDS and IANTD out of Bird's Underwater in Crystal River, on Florida's west coast. He is one of the three names High Springs locals hand out together — "Ken Sallot, Bill Oestreich, and Joe Bosquez" appears almost verbatim in more than one thread, from different posters, years apart — and he shows up whenever the question narrows to something specific: a cave DPV instructor near Cape Coral, a cave course in Florida, the route from sidemount through cavern and intro to full cave. He predominantly dives and teaches backmount, and is explicitly listed among instructors who do not require sidemount. One r/CaveDiving account gives the shape of the training: two days cavern, two days intro, and on through full cave. Bird's Underwater is better known for manatee snorkelling in Crystal River, so the shop's reviews are mostly about manatees; his reputation as a cave instructor comes from the forums.

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Florida West Coast (Tampa Bay), United States
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