William’s involvement in the dive industry began in the recreational sector. For over ten years he worked as a PADI Course Director doing business as a PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Centre. Since 1995 he has been the manager of Pro Diving Services in Singapore an onshore commercial diving contracting company.
William’s other business is providing on-the-Job training modules, bespoke training and custom design programs for diving management and safety to organisations. He is the Singapore Underwater Federation (SUF) Technical Advisor and the founding member of the Commercial Diving Association (Singapore). He holds the National diploma in adult continuing education and a technical member of Institution of Occupational Safety and health (IOSH).
He is also the International Technical Diving Agency (ITDA) Regional Director since 2004, appointed into the working group for the revision of the Singapore Standard 511: 2005, Code of Practice for Diving at Work to SS 511: 2010, appointed as Chief Trainer for TSTC/IDA since 2004 to provide occupational diving programmes in accordance with the Malaysian Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB).
William holds Australian Diver Accreditation Scheme (ADAS) Parts 1 and 2 Diving supervisor certifications as well as attaining the Australian TAA 40104 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
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William Ong
ITDA Regional Director |
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Jerry Reichart
Cave Explorer Instructor |
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Jerry Reichart, one of the founders of Sipadan Scuba, is a PADI Course Director and one of Asia’s few fully qualified ANDI Level 4 Cave Explorer Instructors. Full cave training qualifies an individual to do dives to caves as deep as 50m using 3 different gas mixtures involving multi-gas switches for decompression. Full Oxygen and decompression tracking, dive planning, emergency protocol, equipment handling, and stress management skills are all part of this course.
Jerry has logged well over 1000 cave dives to the “Turtle Tomb” and he has pushed through to the furthest corners of the cave system. Without a doubt Jerry is currently the most qualified and capable instructor to take divers there. He conducts cave diver training on a regular basis and he has certified well over 100 divers from entry level Cavern Diver to Full Cave Diver and Instructor.
The Turtle Cave at Sipadan Island is one of the most beautiful coral caves that can be found in Asia. Unlike at limestone caves no stalagmites have formed here but the colors at the walls do indicate different water levels over time. The white sandy bottom and bright colored ceiling enhance rather than absorb the light of the torches. The shelfs are home to the caves occupants, most notably flashlight fish, moray eels, spiny cave lobster, shrimp and large snapper that often take advantage of a divers light to get their prey. The skeletons of a dolphin and a marlin can be found on shelfs, and an air pocket allows to talk to another before a narrow passageway leads to the actual tomb where so many turtles have found their last resting place.
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PADI Course Director, DSAT Tec Trimix Instructor Trainer, DSAT Trimix Gas Blender Instructor Trainer, PADI Tec 40 CCR, Tec 60CCR, PADI Tec CCR100 Instructor Trainer and Tec Sidemount Instructor Trainer.
IANTD CCR Trimix Instructor Trainer Trainer, IANTD Expedition Trimix OC/CCR Instructor, EFR Instructor Trainer, IART CCR Trimix Instructor Trainer IART CCR/OC Expedition Trimix Instructor, BSAC Advanced Instructor.
In his time in the diving industry Paul has become a PADI Course Director, DSAT Tec Deep and Trimix Instructor Trainer Trainer and DSAT Gas Blender Trimix Instructor Trainer, and PADI Tec 40 CCR, Tec 60 CCR and Tec 100 CCR Instructor Trainer. When IANTD started in South East Asia Paul became one of the first Technical Instructors and has since gone on to become the head of IANTD China. He is an active Instructor Trainer to all levels including Trimix Closed Circuit Rebreathers. Having logged over 10,000 dives in various locations in the world, Paul has also developed a passion for Cave diving becoming an IANTD Advanced Cave, Multi-Stage DPV Diver and IANTD Technical Cave Instructor.
During his career as an Instructor Paul has certified over 2000 divers in all levels including 12 divers and 10 Technicians from the Chinese Navy to Trimix level on the Inspiration Rebreather and 6 divers from the Vietnamese Navy to Trimix level on the Shadow Pak III Closed Circuit Rebreather. He was also instrumental in setting up Trimix Gas Blending stations in the Chinese Navies three main bases and also trained divers from the The Hong Kong Special Duties Unit in Technical Diving.
Closed Circuit Rebreather and Wreck diving are two of Paul’s main interests with Expedition Trimix dives to the Princess of the Orient, DD Kuwa, USS Cooper, HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse just some of the dives listed amongst Paul’s adventures.
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| Paul Neilsen Manager/Owner at Extreme Technical Diving Philippines |
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Y.Zin Kim
Photographer & Art Director |
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Y.Zin is the first “National Geographic’s professional underwater photographer” in Korea, brings in a high quality underwater skill and an education for models working underwater. And she is already famous overseas as commercial photographer. In Korea she shoots posters for movies and TV dramas, takes advertisement pictures and works magazine’s pictorials.
Last year in Asia she was the first woman received credit for side-mounted cave diver, preparing documentary about underwater cave expedition with channel “Nat Geo”. And also she plans on launching “Shark Savers Campaign” as an official Korean leader.
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In digging into the life of Chris Simanjuntak, he is not only a prolific shooter, but a musician, an athlete, a restorer of classic cars, and, well, a dog lover. Combining an outward expression of being a man’s man with an apparently inward sensitivity towards elegance, grace, and emotion that he reveals through his work, Chris is most certainly a delightfully enigmatic underwater photographer.
In 2004, he became a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer followed by an SSI Advanced Instructor rating, and have certified hundreds of divers ever since, equipped him more with the ability to cope and handle difficulties in the water, which later contributes to his line of commercial underwater works. About five years ago, Chris left his “before underwater photographer” life of working in hospitality in Jakarta, and moved to Bali in order to be in the heart of the Indonesian diving action. Since he committed to photography full time, much of his work has included commercial and underwater production for print ads and television commercials. But in both his personal and commercial work, there is an apparent awareness of conceptualism, a profound expression of human beauty, and at times, an ethereal quality blended within his surreal landscapes.
And as an example of someone who took a leap of making his passion his profession, his appreciation for his craft percolates through his photographs, revealing a body of images that draw the audience in to the world as he views it through his lens.
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Chris Simanjuntak
Commercial Underwater Photographer & Diving Instructor |
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 Mike Bartick
Marine Wildlife Photographer
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Mike is a Marine Wildlife Photographer and Photo Pro based in Anilao Philippines at Crystal Blue Resort. He has an insatiable love for finding special critters, shooting photos and sharing his insight and knowledge with others. His curiosity and drive for first- hand experience has lead him across the globe in search of that special critter encounter.
Mike is widely published with work appearing monthly in international magazines, websites and internet publications. He also hosts photo clinics and seminars concentrating on the different aspects of Underwater Photography and the natural history of the Indo-Pacific.
Publications include but are not limited to:Alert Diver Magazine ,Action Asia, UWphotographyguide.com, Undersea Journal, ,X-Ray Magazine
Mike is regarded as an expert in his field and enjoys being in the water as much as possible and agrees that the next best thing to being there, is talking about it.Workshop Topics include: Macro, Super Macro, Lighting, Wide Angel, Wrecks, Shooting with a Model,Long lenses, Behavior, Fluoro, Photography and more. See some of his work at www.Saltwaterphoto.com or look him up on Facebook! |
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William Tan has been fascinated with the creatures of the sea since childhood. While studying at the Johns Hopkins University (USA), much of his spare time was spent gazing at the extensive marine collection of the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
A violinist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, William earned his scuba diving certification in 1994. Thereafter, without his prized antique Italian violin, he travels extensively between concert seasons throughout the Pacific region photographing marine life for scientific institutions, camera manufacturers, tourism organisms, dive magazines and resorts.
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William Tan
Underwater Photographer
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Lt.Col.Dr.Hakimi Abdullah
Occupational Physician (Hyperbaric Medicine)
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I’m an occupational physician, I possessed the following academic qualifications and 13 years of working experience with the Malaysian Armed Forces and had served in the 3 services, namely the Royal Malaysian Army, Navy and the Air Force.
Head of Department;
I am currently the Head of Department for the Hyperbaric Medicine Department in the Tuanku Mizan Military Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, the biggest and the most well-equipped military hospital in the country primarily taking care of wounds of various nature in our wound clinic, receiving diving cases from both the military and civilian hospitals and providing medical examinations and care to divers from the military, police and the fire brigade search and rescue team.
Provision of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment;
I had 10 years of extensive experience in making diagnoses and provision of hyperbaric oxygen treatment for decompression illnesses for international tourist divers from England, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Australia and so on in Sabah since 2003 until recent years when I started working in KL. Treatments were provided using the facilities in Labuan Naval Base and Sepangar Naval base in Kota Kinabalu when I was the head of Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine Department in Kota Kinabalu.
Submarine Operational Experience;
I was the first Malaysian military doctor to provide medical cover during the maiden voyage of our first Submarine of Scorpene class from France all the way returning home in Malaysia. I was appointed the first Chief Medical Officer for the Royal Malaysian Submarine Force since October 2010 until August 2012
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Graduated from the University of Malaya and the University of London. He taught geology, petroleum and marine geology at the department of Geology, University of Malaya for 34 years. He also held the post of deputy director, Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya.
His research interest is on sedimentary geology, both modern sediments and sedimentary systems, and ancient sedimentary rocks, wherever they are found: from the top of the mountains to the bottom of the sea. He is especially interested in exploring geology of the unexplored marine realms.
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Prof.Dr.Azhar Hussin
Independent Researcher |
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Jason Lim
SDI/TDI Instructor trainer |
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Jason Lim is an SDI/TDI Instructor trainer and a keen explorer. He started the Asia Chapter of IDREO in 2014 and is currently training IDREO explorers and leading exploration projects in various parts of SE Asia. |
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