Margo Peyton

Class of:  2009

With her degree in Travel and Tourism, Margo started out in the Cayman Islands over 30 years ago with a career in dive travel. As the owner and operator of her own dive travel company, she became a mother of two. Margo quickly realized a need for family options and children's dive programs within the dive industry. Not finding anything, Margo created her own family dive travel events for families with kids age 4-17 for like-minded families worldwide. She founded Kids Sea Camp Inc. in 2000. Her dive travel events now host over 350 families annually in 13 countries. She has received The DEMA Hall Of Fame award in 2019 and The International Scuba Diving Hall Of Fame Award in 2024, for her contribution to growing the diving industry and creating safe places for kids to dive with their families. Margo is co-founder of Ocean Wishes, a 501c3, and besides her own initiatives, contributes to many other causes, such as PADI Project Aware, WDHOF training grants, Reef Renewal Bonaire, Historical Diving Society, and others. Margo is a PADI MSDT instructor committed to educating and training children. She is a professional photographer, career speaker, ocean advocate, and family travel writer. As of 2024, Margo has contributed to well over 8,000 certifications for youths; she has trained, supported, and inspired over 50 dive masters 35 Instructors, and 3 course directors. Margo has written hundreds of published articles and stories in many dive and travel magazines. Margo served on the PADI Youth Advisory Board as a think-tank for developing kids' scuba programs. She is a well-known expert source for teaching kids to dive and inspiring families to travel.