MEET THE TEAM Meet the Scuba Dream Team

I have owned and managed Scuba Dream and Eight Acre Lake for over 10 years now! I have seen so many new divers come through our door! You will often find me in the shop and I am full of advice and information about any diving equpiment you may need! I’d love to hear some of your diving stories!

Course Director / EFR Instructor Trainer

My first experience of diving was in Mexico back in 2006 when I did a try dive and boy was this an experience. Ask me about it and I will tell you about it over a coffee sometime!

I came back from this holiday and booked my PADI Open Water course. Immediately I knew this was for me and continued for my training.

My whole life revolves around scuba diving, be it teaching, pleasure diving or working around the dive site. Scuba diving to me is not just a sport or hobby, it is a passion and I love spreading the word and introducing new divers to the amazing underwater world we have the priviledge of sharing. I am equally as passionate about protecting our oceans and marine life and believe we all have a part to play as responsible divers. 

I get enormous satisfaction seeing divers develop over the years I have seen many open water students turn Pro and become great friends.

I have recently achieved a Course Director status and have the pleasure of working with a huge team of like minded professionals, our ultimate objective being to give you the best experience possible whether it be training or professional.

Staff Instructor/EFR Instructor

After a try dive in Turkey in 2013 I instantly knew that scuba diving was my thing. I signed up for my Open Water course with my girlfriend Laura as soon as I got home and we have worked our way up to instructor together. I enjoy doing both reef and wreck diving, aslong as there is marine life I am happy. There is a great sense of acheivement for both me and student divers seeing progression through the PADI journey, I look forward to seeing you at Scuba Dream.

Open Water Scuba Intructor/EFR Instuctor

I have always loved the water, but it was not until a trip to Mexico that I was inspired to take my open water course with Scuba Dream.  Over the years I have continued to progress my diving and became an instructor in 2018.  Diving has become more than a hobby for me and now every chance I get I am in the water or around the lake ready to lend a hand.   I love helping people take their first steps into the underwater world or  go to that next level.  When I get some time to myself you will usually find me in the Red Sea or in Lanzarote with camera and wife in tow!

I look forward to seeing you either start or continue your underwater adventure!

Open Water Scuba Intructor/EFR Instuctor

Since taking a PADI Open Water course in 2010 at a local PADI centre I quickly became involved with their club and soon progressed to Advanced Open Water and then Rescue diver. I then came to Scuba Dream to complete my Divemaster course and when the opportunity arose to become a PADI Instructor I jumped at it! 

I like any kind of diving, either in the UK or in more tropical climates but I particularly like deeper dives and wreck dives, although sometimes just the novility of hovering weighless looking down into the blue is enough.

Being part of the Scuba Dream team makes diving even more enjoyable  and gives you the opportunity to travel and visit places you wouldn't normally think of going.

Open Water Scuba Intructor/EFR Instuctor

My passion for diving started after overcoming a fear of water in Mexico whilst on my honeymoon.  Ever since I have been progressing my diving through Scuba Dream and became an instructor in 2018.  I love assisting people in exploring the underwater world and I am passionate about protecting our oceans.  I have a special affection for sharks so when I am not at 8 Acre you will often find me with camera in hand trying to get as many pictures of marine life as possible.

I look forward to seeing you either start or continue your underwater adventure!

Open Water Scuba Intructor/EFR Instuctor

As a native of “The Land of wood and water”Jamaica,I have always loved and cared for nature and I have been fascinated from an early age especially by the flora and fauna of water,be it sea ,river lake,pond even puddle according to my Mother.At university  I initially did zoology hoping to become a marine zoologist.I eventually ended up in another career but still kept my love of water and nature in general.I started scuba diving in 2012 and even though my career “got in the way of diving “ I moved through the  ranks and eventually became a Padi instructor in 2018.I enjoy being in the company of the diving community,And I love both the cool waters of the north as well as the warm clear waters of the carribean.Summing it all up,”love and care for nature,love water, love diving,love the dive community, love sharing and passing on the experience of diving”.

Instructor

Having grown up watching the Jaws films and Blue planet, I have always had the ambition of becoming a marine biologist, to start that journey I was introduced to Scuba Diving. I first began in March 2016, when I did my PADI Open Water Course and I loved it so much that I went straight to my Advanced. I have been with Scuba Dream since 2017, where I completed my Dive master, AI and have recently become an OWSI with a bachelor’s degree in Marine Biology. Over this time, my experience has widened into research and scientific diving. After diving in the UK, Mediterranean, and Malaysia, I am hoping to venture to the Americas to broaden my horizons.

Master Scuba Diver Trainer/EFR Instructor

I learnt to dive here with Scuba Dream in 2013 after completing a DSD in Turkey, I instantly fell in love with the underwater world. After completing my PADI Open Water I worked my way through other courses that interested me and developed my skills as a diver, I found diving such a great hobby as I have been able to dive in some amazing places with amazing people, diving has given me the chance to meet so many people that I get to share my passion of diving with.

 I completed my instructor training in 2017 and I love introducing people to the underwater world. My favourite part about diving has to be the marine life! I love everything from sharks to dolphins and clown fish to seals, all which I have been lucky enough to observe in the wild.

I am now qualified to Master Scuba Diver Trainer.

I am passionate about looking after our world and our oceans and try my hardest to support this, I believe every diver should do their best to look after our oceans so that the next generation of divers are able to enjoy the beautiful corals and marine life as much as we do.

Assistant Instructor/EFR Insructor

A confirmed diveaholic, my passion with the amazing underwater world began in 2016. Kath and I decided we wanted to do a diving holiday to Malta so we enrolled at Scuba Dream and achieved our Advanced Open Water in time for the holiday in September.

I was instantly hooked - that first dive in the lovely blue Mediterranean observing all the fantastic fish, corals and wrecks meant I just had to sign up for more PADI speciality courses there and then. We intended doing 4 dives on the holiday and ended up doing 10! 

Back home and the journey continued, achieving Master Scuba Diver rating in 2017 and then Divemaster in 2018 interspersed with multiple trips to the Red Sea and the North Sea!

Helping our fabulous team of instructors with students inspired me to go further and I am now an Assistant Instructor because I  love helping people enjoy and experience what has to be the most rewarding sport in the world!

I’ve always been a water baby for as long as I can remember, swimming competitively and dabbling with scuba as a teenager, and I’ve always had a vast interest in the sea, especially sharks. I bought my first book on sharks from the school book club when I was 6 and my favourite dinosaur has always been the Megaladon! My husband bought me my open water course for my birthday in 2017, and we learned and progressed together. Diving, for me, is my happy tranquil place, the place where I can really clear my mind, and escape to one of the most beautiful aspects of our world. I have been really lucky to enjoy some amazing dive sites, from wrecks and reefs in the Red Sea, spectacular reefs and pelagic life in the Maldives, to diving with seals off the coast of Northumberland in the North Sea. My ultimate destinations to dive would have to be French Polynesia, Guadalupe (one of the best Great White sites in the world), and Galapagos. Diving is so much more than a hobby to me, it’s a way of life. It is breathtaking, it is life-changing and to be able to share it with my best friend, and meet some of the best people in the world, are some of the many benefits of diving.

But don’t take my word for it, come and find out for yourself at Scuba Dream.

I started my underwater life in 2004, before a bucket list trip to the Great Barrier Reef that summer, I had some try dives whilst at uni just to make sure I would be ok.

Fast forward 13 years and had found Scuba Dream; after popping over for a coffee and a chat signed up me and Gem to our OpenWater, we progressed through the courses and have enjoyed many trips along the way, in the UK, Red Sea, and Maldives, diving with Seals, Sharks, Mantas & Eels!

The welcoming family at Scuba Dream have been great and always there with support for the many questions I’ve had over the years!

Come over for a chat and coffee, you’ll be surprised where it can take you!

Assistant Instructor

Assistant Instructor

Started scuba diving in 2005 and did my open water in Ochos Rios in Jamaica. Over the next 5 years I only did warm water diving (holidays). I discovered Scuba Dream and Eight Acre Lake in 2011 and after working my way through the PADI courses, I started my Divemaster internship and became a member of staff in 2015 and progressing to my current status of Assistant Instructor. 

Divemaster/DSD Leader

I have been diving since 2008 after completing my PADI Open Water course, my favourite type of diving is recreational diving in cold water between 10-30metres, I enjoy diving at Eight Acre Lake with all levels of divers as well as diving off the coast of the UK.

Outside of diving my hobbies include, photography - which I also get to do while diving! I also enjoy wildlife, swimming and tai chi. 

Divemaster/DSD Leader

Diving was a natural progression for me from swimming and my love of water.

I learnt to dive with my husband in preperation for a scuba diving holiday in Malta, we achieved our objective and our holiday in Malta was a fabulous experience.

On our return we both agreed that we wanted to do more diving and completed various specialities and the PADI Rescue diver course to attain our Master Scuba Diver rating. These courses took place over an 18month period.

I really enjoyed the interaction with other divers and supporting those with less experience, with this in mind I progressed to become a Divemaster.

I now enjoy dive trips abroad and around the UK and I am always looking to develop my experience and knowledge. I also love assisting the instructors at Scuba Dream.

I thoroughly enjoy seeing new divers of all ages starting out and developing so that they become more confident divers.

Divemaster

My first experience of the underwater world was in Cyprus when I did a Discover Scuba Dive, I loved it that much I booked a holiday to Mexico in 2017 and completed my PADI Open Water Diver course. It was on my return to the UK I felt unsure of which direction or where I could continue and progress my diving. I came across Scuba Dream and from the moment I first visited I knew this was where I wanted to develop my diving further. The team and atmosphere were instantly welcoming, friendly and supportive which has made me want to progress to professional diving that I am so passionate about. I am lucky enough to now be part of this amazing team!

I am enthusiastic to use my love of diving to help others experience this amazing hobby and all the adventures it brings.

I look forward to seeing you in the water!

Divemaster

After doing a Discover Scuba Dive on my honeymoon in Zanzibar I was determined to become a qualified Scuba Diver. On holiday in Mexico I completed my PADI Open Water DIver course. Since then I have dived in the cenotes in Mexico, wrecks in Cyprus, reefs in the red sea and with seals off the coast of Northumberland. Most of my diving has been at Eight Acre Lake with the friendly staff and customers of Scuba Dream. It's a huge priviledge to now be a certified PADI Divemaster and help other students and divers to get the most out of this great sport.