Staff
Tim Middleton - Owner / Rec & Tec instructor
Founder of Underwater Antics, Tim has been diving since 1997 and instructing since 2003. His entire career has been in the water industry whether drilling, municipal work in Mount Pleasant , or diving. Tim loves to travel, especially to cave country in Florida. When not in the water he enjoys spending time with his kids, grandkids, wife, and parrot, Chili Pepper.
Cheryl Roggenbuck - Owner / Instructor
Diving for the past 20 years, Cheryl has explored the Great Lakes shipwrecks, dove with sharks in the Bahamas, swam with manta rays in Hawaii, enjoyed diving the caves in Florida and cenotes in Mexico. She loves to spend time traveling with Tim, and hanging out with the kids and grandkids and parrot. A NAUI and SDI instructor, Cheryl spends much of her time managing the day to day activities at the shop and supporting the team .
Chris started his adventures with SCUBA in 1996 earning his SSI OW certification with Seaquatics. Shortly after he went to Cozumel, Mexico where he was hooked. In 2015 he chased his dream and became a PADI open water and specialty instructor and now teaches PADI, SSI and SDI / TDI. In his spare time you can find Chris hanging out with wife Rhonda and two kids.
As a vertebrate biologist, John is a staff member of Alma College where he has been involved with the reproductive and population ecology, thermal biology, and morphology of freshwater turtles and semi-aquatic snakes. He gained interest in Scuba while teaching freshwater biology and marine ecology.
Spanning the globe to local and exotic locations, Tod has 500+ dives since getting certified in May 2013. As a divemaster he enjoys helping out new students and open water divers who need a little extra assistance or advise. When not assisting, he is very passionate about underwater videography and underwater pictures, especially on night dives where the best colors pop.
Val is rocking it with over 300 dives since 2013. And while not as obsessed with diving as Tod, she wished she had gotten certified earlier in life. Dive mastering since 2018, she finds working with new divers and students to be challenging and very rewarding. Her favorite color is pink and when not under the waves while on vacation you can find her relaxing on the beach catching ray
Pat Burke - Service Technician
Wanting to dive since the age of 13, Pat finally got the opportunity in 1979 while in the Navy in Guam. A man of experience, Pat has managed a dive store, taught as a NAUI instructor and dove the wrecks off the East Coast, the warm waters of Bonaire, Belize (the Blue Hole), San Salvador, Turks and Caicos, and Cozumel. Now retired, Pat enjoys spending time with his wife and diving the Great Lakes.
Certified in 2018 Armas has fallen in love with the underwater world. The father of four wonderful children, he dives as often as he can whether it's Great Lakes shipwrecks, local lakes, quarry diving or treasure hunting in the St. Clair River. He offers words of wisdom to anyone who thinks scuba diving is out of their reach..."You can do it!"
CHILI PEPPER - Because Every PIRATE Needs A PARROT
What more can we say.....the title says it all ;-)