Meet The Team

1. Name: Elizabeth (Liz) Pirie

2. Years working in diving: 5 years

3. Favorite Dive Site: Stavronikita - I love deep dives, and I love wrecks

4. Coolest Encounter in Barbados: I love how playful the stingrays in Carlisle Bay are. I could spend an entire dive hanging out with them.

5. How you got into diving: I took a marine biology course in high school that included scuba certification. I became a dive pro when I moved to Barbados and discovered how amazing the diving is here.

6. Biggest pet peeve in diving: People who claim they don't pee in their wetsuits.

7. Favourite thing about guiding/teaching: Sharing my love for the underwater world with others.

1. Name: Ellie

2. Years working in diving: 16 years of fun diving and then 3 years pro.

3. Favourite Dive Site: The Stav!

4. Coolest Encounter in Barbados: There was at one point a biiig grouper who lived deep inside the Stav, I saw him a couple of times and I started to think I was imagining him until I got someone else to see him as well! 

5. How you got into diving: I was travelling in Tanzania and a friend of mine and I thought, why not try it!  

6. Biggest pet peeve: People who don't listen to briefings.

7. Favourite thing about guiding/teaching: Helping people break through any fears they may have of the "big unknown."

1. Name: Kiera

2. Years working in diving: 10

3. Favorite Dive Site: Carlisle Bay

4. Coolest Encounter (in Barbados): Humpback Whale, mum and calf. 

5. How you got into diving: Former competitive synchronized (artistic) swimmer, lifeguard and swim instructor. I've been trying to live underwater my whole life.

6. Biggest pet peeve (dive related): divers who touch/kick/trample on coral.

7. Favourite thing about guiding/teaching: The look in a new diver's eyes when they finally feel comfortable and their energy shifts from nervous to excited.

1. Name: Pierre

2. Years working in diving: 16

3. Favorite Dive Site: Carlisle Bay

4. Coolest Encounter (in Barbados): Manta Ray

5. How you got into diving: My Uncle taught me to swim and I'd see scuba divers at the beach all the time. I learned how to drive a boat and started working for a dive shop.

6. Biggest pet peeve (dive related): Divers who preach but don't practise [safe diving].

7. Favourite thing about guiding/teaching: I love meeting new people with like-minded interests.

1. Name: Tian McPherson

2. Years working in diving: 1 year

3. Favourite Dive Site: Carlisle Bay

4. Coolest Encounter in Barbados: I saw a giant sea turtle under a wreck in Carlisle bay. It was so still and quiet that we would have swam right past it, if not for our very observant dive master!

5. How you got into diving: When I was really young, my sister and I spent our summers at the local neighborhood pool. The manager there was a diver, and he would do pool dives to keep his equipment well calibrated. When I saw him suited up, I thought it looked so cool! So that experience stayed with me until many years later when I decided to get my first certification 

6. Biggest pet peeve: When divers hit or kick corals

7. Favourite thing about guiding/teaching: Seeing how excited people are to dive, and showing them something really cool like an eagle ray.

1. Name: Roger (aka Bajan Aquaman!)

2. Years working in diving: 26 years

3. Favourite Dive Site: Northern Coast of Barbados

4. Coolest Encounter in Barbados: Whale shark, Tiger Shark, & Manta Rays

5. How you got into diving: I was snorkeling and saw a friend of mine diving and decided I need to try it!

6. Biggest pet peeve: Divers who talk to talk but can't walk the walk.

7. Favourite thing about guiding/teaching: Helping individuals conquer their fears of going underwater.

1. Name: Shivanand (Shiv)

2. Years working in diving: 13 years

3. Favorite Dive Site: I do not have a favorite dive site however I do enjoy  doing dives that are off-the-beaten-track , I live for the rugged, remote spots that the average diver never sees!

4. Coolest Encounter in Barbados: My most memorable moment was encountering a Manta Ray that had some fishing line with hooks that was cutting into its right wing/fin. Luckily when we encounterd the creature it was swimming in loops feeding on plankton. I was able to get close a cut the line off while it fed, freeing the animal and watching it swim away unencumbered, was a powerful reminder of why we do what we do.

5. How you got into diving: I fell in love with the ocean as a young child, completely captivated by National Geographic. Watching those explorers on screen sparked a lifelong obsession with the unknown, eventually leading me to master the breathing techniques and skills needed to explore the deep myself.

6. Biggest pet peeve in diving: I don't really have one but. However I have seen some questionable decisions. For example divers trying to get a selfie with a barracuda, seemingly forgetting that barracudas don't always appreciate the "good side."

7. Favourite thing about guiding/teaching: Helping nervous students overcome their fears by teaching them the techniques and skills necessary to help them relax and find comfort to allow them to enjoy ou amazing underwater world.

1. Name: Mac

2. Years working in diving: 1

3. Favorite Dive Site: Stavronikita

4. Coolest Encounter in Barbados: All the Turtles!

5. How you got into diving: Love of being under the water. Former Marine Reconnaissance Officer.  Tech Diver.

6. Biggest pet peeve (dive related): no pre dive buddy checks.

7. Favourite thing about guiding/teaching: Giving new divers the tools to explore 2/3rds of the planet.

1. Name: Aaron

2. Years working in the dive industry: 3

3. Favorite Dive Site: Fork Reef 

4. Coolest Encounter in Barbados: Sleepy hiding nurse sharks 

5. How you got into diving: Forced to by Liz! 

6. Biggest pet peeve (dive related): People who dont follow the boat captains instructions on the boat.  Safety first!