About Us
Troy and Melody brought the Green Monkey
Dive Shop to Montserrat in January, 2006.
The "little dive shop that could" soon grew
into the spot to be on Little Bay Beach.
Before they knew it, they added a bar, boat
tours, kayak rentals, and fishing trips.
Troy
is a Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT) with
twenty four years of diving experience in the
Caribbean, the United States, and the Pacific.
He has nine specialty certifications including
AWARE Coral Reef Conservation which teaches
divers about the vital role of the coral reefs
in the marine environment and the current state
of the world's reefs.
Melody's background is quite different, to
say the least! She is a U.S. trained
attorney and former Director and Assistant
Professor of Paralegal Studies at a Missouri
University. She has extensive experience in
project supervision, report preparation, and
public relations. Melody currently serves as a Director on the Montserrat Tourism Board.
Troy and Melody are assisted by three locally trained staff. Oswald West successfully completed his Instructor training and exams in August 2009 and is Montserrat's first "home-grown" Scuba Instructor. Additionally, Dwayne Daley and Kelvin "Raphael" White were certified as Assistant Instructors in 2009 and will soon be completing their Instructor exams as well. Together, they comprise the skilled and knowledgeable team at the Green Moneky.
The Green Monkey Dive Shop was selected by
the Montserrat Tourist Board in 2006 to map
Montserrat's dive sites and prepare a dive guide
book for the country. Together, Troy and
Melody co-authored Montserrat's Dive Guide,
A Guide to the Underwater World of Montserrat"
(See our "Diving in Montserrat" page). In
2007 the Dive Shop was once again selected by
the Government of Montserrat, this time to
install a series of moorings at sixteen
recommended dive sites. Most recently, the
Green Monkey was selected as one of sixteen
on-island recipients of the Montserrat Tourism
Challenge Fund. For more information on
this award, click here. |
