Matt Vinzant learned to dive at the age of 12 and has been technical diving for more than 24 years. Matt grew up in central Florida surrounded by water and worked in the scuba industry for more than a decade. Matt has been actively exploring submerged and dry caves in the western hemisphere with Karst Underwater Research, Karst Terrain Explores, The US Deep Caving Team, and Beyond the Sump. Matt has a BS in Environmental Science and works for the Southwest Florida Water Management District. Matt is currently the Executive Director of Karst Underwater Research based out of Florida.
Matt enjoys all aspects of caving: sidemount, no-mount, deep, long range, siphons, sumps, vertical and survey. Matts favorite cave to dive is Weeki Wachee /Twin Dees.