Doc’s wife, Ceci, grew up in the White Mountains of Arizona. She was a rodeo rider, specializing in ribbon roping and barrel racing. Though a stranger to the ocean until her thirties, Ceci received her 200-ton Master’s License from the U.S. Coast Guard. She has travelled with Doc throughout the Pacific Ocean, logging over 135,000 sea miles: from Alaska to the Galapagos, Papua New Guinea, Australia, and most points in between. Ceci works with Doc on all projects, including as a camera assistant and as a safety diver. Ceci has an uncanny affinity for animals. Normally shy sea creatures approach her with mystical regularity.

Following Doc White’s service in the Navy and a brief stint as a commercial airline pilot, Doc embarked on a new adventure by establishing a charter-dive business, specializing in oceanic research, photographic and film projects. Aboard R/V Mystique, Doc and Ceci have visited the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, Australia, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, the Galapagos, and Baja California to the Bering Sea, Alaska. Doc White is renowned for his award-winning photography, with his images appearing in prominent publications including the Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, International Wildlife, and BBC Wildlife, as well as documentaries and T.V. shows. His creative output extends to several published books, where he contributed as a photographer to The Fish in the Forest and Saving Sea Otters, and as an author, Dining and Adventures with Whales and Tempest in a Teapot. He is a member of the Royal Geographical Society, the San Diego Yacht Club, and the Explorers Club. Both Doc and Ceci have generously donated their time and photographic work in support of environmental groups and initiatives dedicated to protecting the world’s oceans.

Neva Sullaway has authored three non-fiction books with maritime themes: Chasing Dreamtime - A Seagoing Hitchhiker’s Journey through Memory and Myth (multi-award winner, 2005); Sailing in San Diego - A Pictorial History (for the 1992 America’s Cup); One with the Wind - A Guide to Windsurfing in Australia (1980), and she contributed to A Diver's Guide to the West Coast (1972). Sullaway created, edited and published the Maritime Museum of San Diego's peer-reviewed, academic Journal of Pacific Maritime History for ten years (2006-2016), as well as their newsletter. One of the Journals was expanded and published under the title Swift Boats at War in Vietnam (2017), a collection of 38 personal stories that relate the gamut of the war experience. Sullaway serves as a freelance editor and publishing consultant in San Diego, CA, and she has guided several authors successfully through the publishing process (both self-published and traditional).