Terry Dwyer has been working in the Canadian recreational, commercial and scientific diving industry for the past thirty years. In 1992 he received a Rescue Commendation for an Act of Personal Bravery. In 1994 he founded the Nova Scotia Scuba Association. In 1995 his diving company was selected by Lightstorm Entertainment (James Cameron) to provide the Diving Support Services for the motion picture Titanic, parts of which were filmed in Nova Scotia. In 1997, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the principals of the sport of scuba diving in Nova Scotia, he was awarded The Sports Network (TSN) Spirit of the Sport Award. In October 2005 he was elected as a “Fellow International” member to the prestigious Explorers Club. The Explorers club was founded in 1904 by a group of the worlds leading explorers. The Explorers Club is a multidisciplinary not-for profit professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research, scientific exploration and the ideal that it is vital to preserve the instinct to explore.

In 2005 he published his first book; Wreck Hunter – The Quest for Lost Shipwrecks.  In 2008 his book went to a second printing and is now approaching 5000 copies sold and he is currently working on volume two, Wreck Hunter – Shipwrecks and Sunken Treasure, which is due out in 2012. He has authored and published numerous articles on scuba tourism, shipwrecks and shipwreck diving, and he is considered to be one of the foremost authorities on shipwrecks in Eastern Canada. Terry has also served as an occupational diving operations and diving equipment consultant for the RCMP, various police forces, fire departments, and many other Federal and Provincial organizations and agencies.

Today he and his wife, Suzie operate Wreck Hunter Incorporated, a Halifax based shipwreck exploration and consulting company. They continue to organize expeditions and shipwreck projects through Eastern Canada.