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The
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Sander
den Haring: Buccaneer Voyager Base Manager and Marine Biologist.
Sander is the Voyager Buccaneer base manager,
he also oversees the bases at Reef Hotel and Nyali Beach Hotel. As
a qualified Marine Biologist Sander is keen on environmental conservation,
he is instrumental in many of Buccaneers projects as well as being
keen to persuade all around him to join in many other local projects.
He is very involved with the Schools to the Sea program and has created
a PADI approved distinctive specialty to increase diver awareness
about Sea Turtles. Sander is also the Staff Instructor that assists
Bruce on the Instructor Development courses.
Sander set up the digital underwater photography lab at the voyager
base as he is a keen photographer, in fact many of his photographs
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'Junior'
Twalac Karim: Buccaneer Whitesands Base Manager and Master Mechanic.
Junior was born in Mombasa and comes from
an ocean loving family, as such he knows the oceans in this part of
the world well. Junior trained to be an Instructor with Buccaneer
Diving after which he worked as a dive Instructor in Zanzibar before
returning to Mombasa to work with Buccaneer. He is a Padi Open Water
Scuba Instructor who Specialty Instructor Ratings include the teaching
of Padi Enriched Air (Nitrox) and Deep Diver Specialty. Junior is
also an Emergency First Response Instructor. He speaks fluent Italian,
Arabic, Swahili and also English. |
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Claire
Barker : Buccaneer Sun and Sands Base Manager.
Claire is one of Buccaneer Diving's female
Padi Open Water Scuba Instructors as well as being a Padi Emergency
First Response Instructor. Her love of the sea and diving on this
coast were instrumental in her leaving her job in London to move out
here and become a full-time scuba instructor. Claire is also responsible
for the Buccaneer shop, designing new products and Buccaneer clothing. |
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The
other Buccaneer Diving Instructors.
All Buccaneer Diving Instructors are Padi
Open Water Scuba Instructors. Most also have further training so are
also Padi Emergency First Response Instructors with Specialty Instructor
qualifications. All our Instructors are passionate about the sea and
are very experienced in diving the sites along the Mombasa Coastline.
All our Instructors are fluent in English and if we include all the
languages spoken fluently by our Instructors we can also teach diving
in French, Italian, German, Dutch, Arabic and Swahili. |
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The
Buccaneer Divemasters (all our dive guides are qualified Padi Divemasters).
Buccaneer Diving only uses qualified Padi
Divemasters as dive guides. All our divemasters have experience diving
the sites along the Mombasa coastline. They know the names of, and
where to find, all the most exciting marine life at each site and
will happily point it out to everyone diving with them. Nearly all
of our Divemasters have trained with us for all the Padi courses from
Open Water through to the Divemaster qualification. |
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The Buccaneer Diving Boat Captains |
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