
Dive Team
John Ratko
PADI Master Instructor
- PADI Master Instructor · Pro 515396
- PADI IDC Staff Instructor
- PADI Sidemount & Self-Reliant Instructor
- EFR Instructor
John has been diving since April 2017. He worked for eight years as a high school physics and special education teacher in the U.S. and has been a dive instructor on Roatan since 2021. John is a PADI Master Instructor and IDC Staff Instructor (Pro 515396), with Sidemount, Self-Reliant, EFR, Deep, Enriched Air, and other specialty instructor credentials. His teaching experience shines through when explaining the basics of dive physics to a beginner diver or nerding out on the boat with the most experienced technical divers. Diving with John means you will find the best dive sites in Roatan, and you will receive the expert training of a professional educator.