After discovering the amazing underwater world on a holiday, I decided in 1999 to get out of Holland. Although it is a great country, it was not the environment I was looking for as a full time diver.

After completing a career development program till Instructor I started my journey as a dive professional which brought me to the most exciting places in the world, and I could not believe that I got paid for it too, I just wished I discovered it earlier.
What gives me the most satisfaction are not only the most beautiful places in Asia and especially the Caribbean that I visited, but the joy of my students through the years when I introduced them to the world down under.

After 7 years full time in the Dive Industry I still enjoy to teach and show the miracles of diving to as much people as possible. Since 2 years I settled in the Dominican Republic and found another passion in helping other people to live the great life as a scuba educator. I started the Caribbean Dive College and we created a great team over here to give our students all the tools they need to succeed in the Dive Industry.

At the end we all want the same: living your dream with a lot of friends around you, and go to work with a big smile every day. I found in the DR the perfect combination of reef diving and cave diving, and with 2 complete different environments within reach (the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea) this is the place for me to enjoy the diving life.

At this moment we are exploring the cave systems here in the Dominican Republic and offer all these aspects of diving to our students including technical diving. In the Instructor Development Courses we put a lot of attention on the real life teaching after your course.
When I hired Instructors for several companies in the past, I found a lot not really comfortable in teaching their students.

In our job placement program we give the change to team teach, with one of our experienced Instructors in your first courses, so you will feel comfortable starting your career.We have 6 different dive bases in our operation in the Dom Rep and a wide network of related centers in the Caribbean to help you with a job.

Therefore our motto here in the Dive College is “You will not only get certified, you also leave qualified”.