In 2001 Rec & Tek SCUBA was born.
Mitch Wilson began teaching courses at this time out of his home to many students that had taken courses with him in the past.
The retail SCUBA Diving Store officially was founded in April of 2002, which then became a corporation company called Rec & Tek SCUBA Inc.

Mitch Wilson is the sole owner of Rec & Tek SCUBA Inc. Certified as a NAUI Open Water SCUBA Diver in 1995. Mitch first became a professional in diving when he became a PADI Divemaster in 1998. Now certified and insured as an Advanced ACUC SCUBA Instructor, a TDI Technical Instructor and an SDI SCUBA Instructor Mitch enjoys instructing both new and existing divers

Mitch has also dedicated a great deal of time to the development and submission of a Low Impact Diving course to several certification agencies. This specialty course has been approved and adopted by SDI, ACUC, and PADI to encourage and train divers to be more conscious while diving on wrecks around the world.

As a diver Mitch has been certified in Technical Nitrox, Decompression Techniques and Technical Wreck Penetration with NAUI. Always in search of improvement he logs both pleasure and training dives each year.

Mitch is also a co-founder of a local dive club called “Hamilton Area Divers Association” (HADA) www.hadadivers.com based in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. He has held positions on the executive including President and Vice-President. Mitch is currently the President.

At Rec and Tek SCUBA we are able to instruct and certify students in both Recreational and Technical diving. Recreational diving courses from Open Water through to Instructor levels are available. For Technical Diving students we offer a full range of courses from basic Enriched Air Nitrox to Advanced Trimix and Technical Wreck Penetration.

With 6 professional instructors on board, our team can offer comprehensive training at all levels. Divers can gain certification with any of the 5 largest training agencies in the world. Rec and Tek SCUBA has instructors certified by NAUI, PADI, ACUC and we are Hamilton’s only SDI and TDI training facility

At Rec & Tek SCUBA Inc. we supplement all visual tank inspections of aluminum cylinders with a "Visual Plus" examination. A "Visual Plus" machine uses eddy currents to detect hairline cracks in the necks of cylinders which may be invisible to traditional inspection techniques. For more information on "Visual Plus" or eddy current testing visit Advanced Inspection Technology's website at www.visualplus.net. Rec and Tek's staff are certified tank inspectors and have inspected hundreds of tanks.

Rec & Tek SCUBA Inc. carries most major brands of scuba and snorkeling equipment. Our qualified technicians, sales staff and instructors are able to meet all of your equipment and training needs. Our certified regulator repair technicians are factory trained for such brands as Zeagle, Apeks, Sea-Quest, Genesis, U.S. Divers, Dacor, Aqua-Lung, Sherwood, Oceanic, Aeris, Scubapro, and ISI..

The shop compressor is a 9.5 cubic foot per minute Bauer model. We use only high quality synthetic oil in the compressor, which is changed after every 250 hours of run time. At Rec & Tek SCUBA Inc. the quality of breathing gases we deliver is very important. We use three filters as well as moisture separators in our system to achieve Hyper-clean air, which is the cleanest air breathing. Our filters are changed every 200 hours and the entire system is serviced by compressor specialists.

We have over 10,000 cubic feet of air on hand and are able to fill up to 7 SCBA/SCUBA bottles at one time including street side service from a 45 foot fill whip. Our system can deliver pressures up to 5,000 PSI. Medical grade oxygen is on site year round for your nitrox and technical breathing gas needs.

Our air is tested semi-annually by a Ministry of Labour approved laboratory to assure that the quality of air we are producing for SCBA, surface supply air tanks and SCUBA cylinders, meets standards. We take pride in maintaining our filling station and ensuring the air is as pure as it can be. It is after all the air we breathe too.

We look forward to providing you with the highest quality service, and if we can be of further assistance please do not hesitate to call us at 905-385-0300.

Thanks for your interest in Rec & Tek SCUBA Inc.




Mitch Wilson
Owner/Operator

Rec & Tek SCUBA Inc.
413 Concession Street
Hamilton, ON L9A 1B8