Norine Rouse

Norine, I hope that you found that Ocean in the sky so that you can guide me when I join you. Hal Longworth your fellow NAUI Instructor

She was my NAUI instructor in 1979. Dove with he as a buddy many times. She was a "fish" in water coming up with 1/2 of her tank while we emptied ours. Just dove in the Maldives and saw a turtle go by. Was it Raja´s cousin?Will never forget keeping up with Norine chasing 2 spotted eagle rays off of Palm Beach and then having to catch up to the drifting boat a mile away! You are one of a kind. Swimming the reefs of heaven.

A really superb `Wall´ drift dive. Lots of wonderful sea life, especially the turtles. You just don´t find a `treasure´ like this just anywhere. Sorry, Norine...I didn´t mean to lose touch, my life had many, many stumbling blocks, but many a daydream takes me back with Andy Harrison, Earl Booth, and Curtis Harper as we ditched a Florida Springs trip due to excessive flooding and discovered a `Treasure´ beyond belief. Yes, Norine, there is a beautiful coral reef to dive on in Heaven with all...

Norine Rouse is still remembered! My father and mother became Scuba certified with her, my sister Kim became Scuba certified with her. I also did, but was younger so I was not allowed to go to the bottom of the deep tank. Norine was our teacher for my parents, my siblings and myself! She is not forgotten! Her teaching and work paved the way for so many others after her and created a cycle of caring for the waters and ocean that continues to this day. Her thoughtful and educational teachings...

I got my NAUI certification at the Norine Rouse scuba school when I lived in West Palm from 1981 to 1983. Thank you, Norine, for everything.

Noreen was like a mother to me

She was Beyond wonderful in my worldI I Was her first black diving student at the age of 14,In the early 70’s

I met Norine in the fall of 1984 when I attended a class of hers in Palm Beach for my diving certification. I remember her "tree of spearfishing instruments" wrapped around each other in front of her location. I also remember the respect she had then of her peers. I didn't know who she was at the time, but I knew I was meeting a legend.
Thank you Norine!

I can't believe that when I finally think of looking up Norine, she's been gone for so long. I met and dove with Norine when I was with Ric Mathes (one of her instructors) in the early 70s. I really thought highly of her and wish I'd kept in touch. Many happy memories of our dive adventures in the "Stream", my first wreck dive, barracude as stalking me :) etc.

Bye, Norine. Cel