I received my SSI OW certification in 1993 with Chuck Senior while in Fort Lauderdale during a double trans-continental crossing of the USA. After recreational diving for the next few years, I received my SSI Advanced Specialty Diver OW certification while on a liveaboard in Cairns, Australia in 1997 with a bloke called Mark. In 2013 while on a trip to Truk Lagoon, I completed my Nitrox certification on a liveaboard. In 2014 I moved to Koh Lipe Thailand and completed a Dive Master internship with Ko Lipe Diving, staying on for a couple of months after the internship to work as a Dive Master. An amazing feeling to actually get paid to go diving. These days I drive a computer for a living, but get to go diving in incredible places while on holidays !
Places I've Dived
- Total number of dives not on diveboard:
This number is added to the total number of dives logged in Diveboard (public+private) for the stat "Total number of dives". - Dives published:422
- Total dives count:433
- Dives this year:2
- Total underwater time on Diveboard:13 days 5 hrs 2 min
- Most dives on Diveboard in:
Australia - Deepest Dive:
53m in Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia - Longest Dive:
74 min in Koh Lipe (Tarutao National Park), Thailand - Pictures in logbook:91
- Number of species spotted:95
Species Spotted
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Favorite Dives
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2023-04-07 Australia Lady Elliott Island
Anchor BommiesAfter traveling all night we arrived at Lady Elliot Island with blue skies and clear blue water. Lady Elliot did not disappoint !! I took a bearing on the surface and we swam out to Anchor Bommie. As we arrived we could see the huge black Manta Ray Taurus getting cleaned. There were a couple of bommies and quite a few manta rays. Of course there was beautiful coral and lovely colourful reef fish, but the manta rays were amazing. I even found the coral encrusted anchor the Bommie is named after.
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My Certifications
- SSI Dive Control Specialist (Feb 2015)
- SSI Dive Master (Jan 2015)
- PADI Rescue Diver (Nov 2014)
- PADI Enriched Air Diver (Oct 2013)
- SSI Advanced Specialty Diver (Feb 1997)
- SSI Open Water Diver (Feb 1993)
Buddies
Penny McLean
29 dives together
FB User 10154135008849231
27 dives together
David
19 dives together
Lena
18 dives together
Jorge
15 dives together
Som
11 dives together
Trevor
11 dives together
Connor
11 dives together
Myranda
10 dives together
Sharon
9 dives together
Izzy
9 dives together
Julius Flem
9 dives together
Chris Laing
7 dives together
Grant
7 dives together
Debbie
7 dives together
Ed Cross
7 dives together
Matt & Lesley
5 dives together
Matilda
4 dives together
David-USA
4 dives together
Candy
4 dives together
Danielle
4 dives together
Daniel
4 dives together
Fran
3 dives together
Elizabeth
3 dives together
Lea
3 dives together
Liz
3 dives together
Yin
2 dives together
Matt Bates
2 dives together
Amalia
2 dives together
John Raine
2 dives together
Soren
2 dives together
Marianka
2 dives together
Roger
2 dives together
Beck Dunn
2 dives together
Angela
2 dives together
Stella
2 dives together
Game
2 dives together
Rob Ford
2 dives together
David Benson
2 dives together
Elias
2 dives together
Edmund
2 dives together
Burgo
2 dives together
Rob Taylor
2 dives together
Chealsea-Volunteer
1 dive together
Will
1 dive together
Nelson-Instructor
1 dive together
PJ
1 dive together
Ethan
1 dive together
Manuae
1 dive together
Chris
1 dive together
Leonard
1 dive together
Yannick
1 dive together
Matt
1 dive together
Glen
1 dive together
Myranda
0 dives together
Tony
0 dives together
Visited Dive centers
Reef Encounter
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Unisub Estartit Sl
Torroella de Montgrí |
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Cathedral Cove Dive
Hahei |
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Truk Odyssey
Weno |
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Ocean Pro Divers
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Ko Lipe Diving
Satun |
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Similan Diving Safaris Co, Ltd.
Takua Pa |
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| KI Marine | ||
Diving The Gold Coast
Southport |
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Devocean Dive
Southport |
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Manta Lodge
North Stradbroke Island |
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Tweed Seasports
Tweed Heads South |
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South West Rocks Dive
South West Rocks |
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Legend Diving Lembongan
Nusa Lembongan |
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| Blue Bay Divers | ||
| Oz Dive | ||
| The Scuba Coach | ||
Ningaloo Reef Dive
Coral Bay |
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| Gold Coast Dive Adventures | ||
Wooli Dive Centre
Wooli |
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| Hervey Bay Dive Centre | ||
| Wolf Rock Dive | ||
Deep Sea Divers Den
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| Spirit Of Freedom Pty Ltd |
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Go Dive Brisbane
Windsor |
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| Brisbane Scuba Services | ||
Scuba World
Brisbane |
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Adrenalin Snorkel & Dive
Townsville |
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Mike Ball Dive Expeditions
Cairns |
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| Scubaworld | ||
| Scubaworld | ||
| Hervey Bay Dive Centre | ||
| Hervey Bay Dive Centre | ||
| Wolf Rock Dive | ||
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