Brian J. Kakuk

ExplorerCave SpecialistRebreather Specialist

Southeast Florida

About

Brian Kakuk is a former US Navy diver with more than 35 years of professional diving behind him, and he owns Bahamas Underground in Marsh Harbour on Abaco — not a Florida operation, though his certifications are filed here. He is the explorer of the Abaco crystal caves, including Ralph's Cave and its Glass Factory, among the most delicately decorated underwater caves anywhere, and much of the line in them is his. He also founded the Bahamas Caves Research Foundation, and works as a photographer and filmmaker. His 44 IANTD ratings cover cave, mine and wreck, no-mount and sidemount, and seven rebreather units to trimix level.

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Decompression Specialist Normoxic Trimix Diver Normoxic Trimix Diver Plus Recreational Trimix Diver Technical Diver Tek DPV Diver Trimix Diver CCR Advanced EANx Diver CCR Advanced Recreational Trimix Diver CCR Advanced Recreational Trimix PLUS Diver CCR Expedition Trimix Diver CCR Normoxic Trimix Diver CCR Normoxic Trimix PLUS Diver CCR Trimix Diver RCCR Elite Diver RCCR Trimix Diver Adv. Cave - DPV Diver Adv. Cave - No Mount Diver Adv. Cave - Sidemount Diver Adv. Cave - Stage/Multi-Stage Diver Cave Diver Cavern Diver CCR Cave Diver CCR Tek Lite Cave Diver Introductory Cave Diver RCCR Cavern Diver RCCR Introductory Cave Diver Technical Cave Diver Tek CCR Cave Diver Tek Lite Cave Diver CCR Tek Wreck Diver Non-Penetration Wreck Diver RCCR Non-Penetration Wreck Diver RCCR Wreck Diver Wreck Diver RCCR Limited Mine Diver DPV Diver RCCR DPV Diver Tek CCR DPV Diver Sidemount Diver Tek Sidemount Diver Twinset Diver EANx Gas Blender Trimix Gas Blender

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Go-To for Cave+3

Exploration Record+2

Knows the Local Sites+1

Underwater Photography+1

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Kakuk is the person the forums point to for the Bahamian caves, and has been for close to twenty years — a 2006 poster describes completing cavern, intro and full cave with him at Bahamas Underground, and the recommendations have not let up since. The recurring note is that training with him is inseparable from where he trains: "Diving in Abaco with Brian Kakuk made all the years and dollars and dives elsewhere worth it", and a diver certified sidemount there called it an honour to have him as instructor and guide into Crystal Cave. He explored much of what he teaches in — one thread notes that to dive a particular cave seriously you pay to bring Brian over from Abaco, because he found it. Divers also use him for post-course practical work after classroom training elsewhere, and he currently dives a Flex CCR.

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Location

Southeast Florida, United States

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