Meet the Team

Nick
SSI Instructor Trainer
Sea School Instructor
CERT IV Trainer and Assessor

I started my dive journey over 20 years ago, completing my Open Water Course back home in New Zealand. Inspired by my instructor and recognizing the benefits of the SSI system I continued my training through to instructor level and enjoyed many years working all around the world in both recreational and semi-commercial roles.

The last 12 years have been spent training and developing new dive professionals through the SSI system and I now get to see them enjoying the lifestyle and experiences that becoming a dive professional brings.

As a Cert IV Trainer I am able to teach government accredited courses including Workplace First Aid, Recreational Boat and PWC Licensing, Marine Radio, Shipboard Safety, Coxswains, Master <24m and Marine Engine Driver.

Jo
SSI Assistant Instructor Trainer,
PADI MSDT Instructor,
CERT IV Trainer and Assessor

After getting bitten badly by the SCUBA bug I decided to quit the rat-race in London and have spent the last 10 years working as a Dive Instructor!

Since then I have been lucky enough to work on the Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Harbour and managed dive operations in the Fiji Islands.

Despite having completed over 2,500 dives all over the world, I am still blown away every time I visit the Great Barrier Reef!

I love everything about diving and am so grateful I get to share that passion with people from all over the world.

Gemma
Divemaster Instructor

I did my open water course in 2016 in Melbourne and it was on the first day of my course I realised that I wanted to do this as a job. But with the Melbourne weather being so cold I decided to move to tropical Queensland where I started an Instructor Internship with Pro Dive. Since becoming an instructor not only do I get to work in an unreal office but it has also opened up so many other opportunities like getting my commercial boat tickets.

For me every dive is just as amazing as the last even if I have been to that dive site many times before. I don’t think being able to breathe underwater will ever get old!

I love seeing my students faces after diving for the first time and remembering that same feeling.

Roan
Divemaster

I first learned to dive while backpacking around Thailand in Koh Tao. Having signed up only for a single fun dive originally. I think it was around 2 minutes into the dive that I realised I wanted to do more. I immediately signed up for the Open Water Course once back to shore and then my Advanced Open Water Course after that.

Diving has opened an entirely new world to me, and after completing my Divemaster Internship with Pro Dive Magnetic Island I’m so excited to be able to share my passion with others.

Natalie
Divemaster Trainee

Originally from Melbourne having spent time working on the coast down south I just fell in love with the ocean environment. I moved up north earlier this year to start my degree in Marine Biology.

After completing my open water course I realised I loved being in the water much more than I did a lecture hall, so I have taken a semester off to complete my dive masters with pro dive. Once I’ve completed I can’t wait to get out and volunteer putting my skills to good use on research trips and whatever else I can.

Scarlet
Divemaster Trainee

In 2019 on a school excursion I achieved my open water dive certificate on the Ningaloo Reef in Coral Bay, WA. Two years later I moved to the town & fell in love all over again with having fringing reefs quite literally on my doorstep. The reef was my backyard and it made me realise how much I wanted to be involved with the oceans as much as I could.

Already being a lover of the ocean, once I got a taste of scuba diving and the underwater world, it gave me more reasons to kickstart my career In Marine tourism.After seeing what Pro Dive had to offer I thought I would be crazy not to apply for their Divemaster internship. I am now on my path to competing a Divemaster with Pro Dive and have had the warmest welcome and most fun dives so far.

Caleb
Divemaster Trainee

I completed my Open Water course back in 2016 near Mackay, Queensland. I fell in love with diving within the first few moments and always new I wanted a career in marine tourism.

I’ve been lucky enough to have dived in some unique and cool places over the last five years and I’m always blown away with the diversity of the marine ecosystem. Some of the cool places I have dived include Port Phillip Bay (Melbourne), Sydney, Ningaloo Reef, the Great Barrier Reef and Hawaii and cannot wait to continue and find amazing dive sites around Australia and abroad.

I cannot wait to complete my Divemaster here at Prodive Magnetic Island and begin my career in the marine tourism.

Max
‘The Boss’ aka ‘The Doorbell’

Everyone’s favourite team member.

This pup may not have the best sea legs but she will be there to welcome you at the Pro Dive store and make your experience even more memorable.

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