Team Member: Mark ChowdhryEmail Mark
DIVE HISTORY
I started diving aged 16 on an introductory dive in Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef. From then I returned to the UK to complete my PADI Open Water Diver Course in the following year. Diving was always an additional extra to the various water sports experienced with family and friends. In 2004 I embarked on a travelling expedition which lasted 15 months diving through Africa, Asia, south east Asia, Australasia & the Americas. In 2005 I worked for Quicksilver on an instructor internship and worked for 7 months on the Great Barrier Reef, teaching Introductory dives and the PADI Courses. Since returning from completing an Instructor Internship in Australia, I have now completed between 450-500 dives to date.
- UK - Stoney Cove, West Wales & South Coast
- Eastern Australia - (Sydney- Cape Tribulation) Hayman Islands, Blue Pearl Bay & Cave Diving- Hook Island, Luncheon Bay- Manta Ray Bay- Langford Reef- Dog's Bommie, Thetford Reef- Saxon Reef- Norman Reef- Hasting's Reef- Michalmas Cay- Bait Reef & Romance Bommie. Agincourt Reef- Outer Barrier Reef- Coral Sea- Osprey Reef. SS Yongala, HMAS Brisbane (wrecks).
- Western Australia - Blizard Ridge & Gulivers Foot Print, Ningaloo Reef (dived with Whale Sharks)
- Thailand - SW Pinnicle, Koh Tao- Sail Rock, Koh Similan & Various locations in the Andaman Sea
- Mexico - Cuevas de Ariston (Cave diving)- Punta Negra- Cozomel
- Tanzania - Pemba Island & Zanzibar Island
- Kenya - Watamu Marine Park
- Malaysia - Layang Layang, Spratly Islands & Pulau Payar
- South Africa - Gansbai- (Cage Diving with Great White Sharks)
- USA - Florida
- Canada - Montreal, St Lawrence's Seaway
- Indonesia- sites in Sumatra & Menjangen Marine Park, Bali
- Cook Islands - locations off Raratonga
- French Polynesia - South Sea Islands- Morea & Tahiti
- New Zealand - Bay of Islands
- St Lucia & Barbados - Wreck & Reef diving
- Fiji - Savusavu Bay, Vanua Levu & Wilkes Passage, Mamanuca, Viti Levu
- UAE - Dubai
- Oct 2005 Quicksilver Connections Port Douglas QLD, AU PADI Open Water Instructor # 484469
- Jun 2005 Quicksilver Connections Port Douglas QLD, AU PADI Divemaster #484469
- Jun 2002 Nottingham Diving Centre, UK PADI Rescue Diver
- Jul 2000 Oceania Dive, AUS PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
- April 1999 Under Pressure Dive, UK PADI Open Water Diver