Maxim Kuznetsov
Cave SpecialistMaxim Kuznetsov teaches TDI out of CaveMax in north Florida cave country. Overhead ratings run to full cave, with cave DPV, stage and multi-stage and cave sidemount. On open circuit the deepest rating held is staged decompression. Rebreather instruction covers O2ptima CM, to decompression level.
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Kuznetsov teaches TDI out of CaveMax in north Florida cave country. He comes up on r/scuba when people ask for sidemount cave instructors, and the way he is described tells you what he is known for: the recommendation is followed immediately by "the type of stuff where you wish you hadn't had that big breakfast before the dive" — small, restricted, no-mount-adjacent cave, which is the end of sidemount diving that most instructors do not teach and few divers ask for. CaveMax is a one-instructor operation and most of what is written about him is on the forums, so ask him for references.
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