Dive Master Trainees and new Instructors

At the end of August we signed up three new 'victims' for our Dive Master Trainee course and I am glad to report they are all coming along strong.



Julie Chauvier is 25 years old and is one of our two French speaking staff. She has been with us now for 3 months having given up a career in tourism to join her boyfriend, Sebastien. Julie was a complete non-diver when she arrived in June and has powered her way through the Open water, Advanced Open Water and Rescue courses. She is our resident fish and has a wicked sense of humour as well as being a hard worker, bringing much to the team.

Daniel Martin is our ' you should never be without one' Australian Dive Master Trainee. As well as learning the ropes for a new career as a professional diver Daniel has also become our chief Tuk Tuk driver. He can be seen most days whizzing around Sihanoukville in The Dive Shop limosine tuk tuk terrorising the local moto drivers. Daniel is a self confessed adrenaline junk. In his past life he could be found hanging off the sides of buildings attached only by a thin rope (the technical term apparently is an industrial abseiler!).

Daniel Schmitt, 24 years old, from Germany is a CAD programmer who fell in love with the island of Koh Rong and never wanted to leave. The Dive Master Trainee course was the perfect choice for him to stay, work and play in paradise! He can be found at the end of most days in a hammock, unwinding from the day with a cold beer in hand watching the sun go down over the horizon.


We would also like to welcome Hannah Lusby and Sebastien Herbillon our two new instructors.


Hannah is from the UK and is a Padi MSDT who has been working for the past 2 years in Thailand. She is a keen DTEC diver and hopes to introduce this side of diving here in Cambodia. Hannah has a great sense of customer service and with her fun but no nonsense attitude is respected by both staff and customers alike. In her past life she was an advertising account manager, a fact that The Dive Shop will be making full use of!

Sebastien is newly qualified French instructor is is keen to add to his diving and teaching experience. He has tried several different careers before settling for that of a nomadic dive instructor. Although is biggest secret is his desire to one day have his own dive shop. Oooops sorry, Sebastien I hope I haven't let the cat out of the bag!