📬 You’re Invited!
📍 Location: Courtyard by Marriott – Natick, MA
📅 Date: Tuesday, October 13th
🕡 Time: 6:00 PM bar, 7:00 PM meeting
Captain Matthew Cetin
Diving Lake Champlain
Diving Lake Champlain
Captain Matthew Cetin is the owner and operator of Dive One Charters, an independently owned charter boat service based in Burlington, Vermont, providing access to the historic shipwrecks, underwater geological formations, and unique dive sites of Lake Champlain.
A U.S. Coast Guard Licensed Captain, Matthew brings an extensive public-safety background to his charter operation. He served seven years on active duty with the United States Coast Guard before entering the fire service, where he has served for more than 25 years as a full-time Firefighter/EMT-A. His decades of experience in maritime operations, emergency response, and public safety have shaped Dive One Charters around a simple philosophy: provide divers with a professional, reliable, and safety-conscious way to experience Lake Champlain.
Operating primarily from the Burlington waterfront, Dive One Charters transports recreational and advanced divers to many of Lake Champlain’s remarkable underwater destinations. These include historic shipwrecks, canal boats, tugboats, schooners, walls, rock formations, and other sites that showcase the lake's maritime history and underwater environment.
Captain Cetin works closely with the local diving community and Waterfront Dive Center to help divers access equipment rentals, air fills, repairs, training resources, and other services. Dive One accommodates divers with a wide range of experience while emphasizing proper certification, cold-water experience, appropriate equipment, dive planning, buddy procedures, and recognized safe-diving practices.
Safety remains central to every charter. Dive One carries a DAN Emergency Oxygen Kit, Zoll defibrillator, first-aid equipment, and required U.S. Coast Guard safety and emergency equipment. Every trip includes a vessel safety briefing and dive-site briefing before departure.
Beyond simply transporting divers, Captain Cetin is passionate about introducing people to the history and character of Lake Champlain. Through Dive One Charters, he works to promote responsible diving, appreciation of the lake's historic shipwrecks, and respect for the underwater resources that make Lake Champlain such a distinctive diving destination.
