Scott has been diving for 20 years and has been trained in many areas, including trimix, wreck diving, cave diving, and cave surveying. In addition, Scott taught scuba diving for many years as a PADI instructor for a dive shop in San Pedro, California. Scott was a member of the UB-88 exploration team and has been a part of other exploration efforts, primarily in California, Florida, and Mexico. He has completed dives on such shipwrecks as the Andrea Doria, USS Wilkes-Barre, Ex-German Submarine UB-88, and Triple Crown.