Most of our staff are all in-house trained from Open Water to Instructor status, and if their background is from elsewhere, they have been put through a rigorous indoctrination and training procedure to ensure that our values are reflected in their approach to their work.

Xavier has been diving since the age of 8, Xavier's love of diving and the sea comes from his father, whom as well was a diving instructor in the 60's in France. Xavier is a NAUI Course Director, an NASDS Instructor Trainer, SSI Instructor certifier, and is a DAN Oxygen Provider and First Aid Instructor.
Xavier has taught Scuba extensively both in Australia and overseas. With well over 3000 certified Open Water divers trained in his career, Xavier is arguably one of the most experienced instructors of Scuba in Australia.

Melissa is a keen diver with both work and academic accreditations and experience in the tourism, travel, and communications industries.

She is perfectly poised to assist you in your dive travel planning.

 

Andrew began his diving career by being trained at an Open Water level by Xavier, he since has completed all the rest of his training with Scuba Culture up to Instructor level. Since achieving Instructor status, Andrew has concentrated on specialty training and is now credited with the title of Dive Control Specialist Instructor. Andrew was one of the Dive Supervisors in charge of the diving operations on FALIE 2003, and has received many excellent reports from club members on his professionalism and leadership qualities. Andrew has led various International trips including the Solomon Islands and Truk Lagoon. Andrew is another multi-talented individual who can fix your car for you!

Jess is currently studying to become a vet and is combining her love of animals with her enthusiasm for all things underwater. As a Dive Control Specialist and 2 time winner of the Scuba Culture Dive Skills Competition, she is the ideal person to update your diving skills with our one on one refresher course or to guide you through Victoria's marine parks. As a native Columbian, she is the perfect person to practice your Spanish language skills with. "Cerveza anyone?"

Marco computer nerd by trade, Instructor by nature!! Marco's hard work and love of the underwater environment has seen him come all the way through his training to Instructor. His passion for technical diving has seen him progress further into the depths of cave diving and into GUE training. Marco has graced our parties dressing at both ends of the spectrum, recently as Jesus Christ, prior to that as Ozzie Osborne Marco began diving in 2003, taught by Xavier, Marco's air consumption resembled somewhat of a human vacuum cleaner, now days Marco has curbed his air greed based upon a recent study revealing that the rest of the human population on the planet also needs to breathe air to survive. To his fellow dive crew members, Marco is occasionally known as Phat JC, you'll need to ask Andrew about that one!

A graduate of our Diploma in Outdoor Receation partner program with the Gordon Institute of TAFE, Brenda in fact came through our very first class back in 2002. Brenda has recently spent some time overseas working as an Outdoor Coordinator on school camps gaining valuable experience in activity management and coordination, she plays a pivotal role in our kids snorkeling programs. At the dizzying height of an entire 5 feet, this fabulous member of our staff is only dwarfed by 1 single thing on the face of the earth... Her appetite!

Brad learnt to dive with us in early 2007 and straight away the bug of diving bit him... bit him very hard in fact, so much so that within months of doing his Open Water course, Brad was taking his dive education further and further, as well as gaining valuable diving experience by partaking on numerous club dives and trips including our 2008 trip to Vanuatu, 2 dive trips to South Australia's Ewen Ponds, several trips to Queensland, as well as locking himself into our Kangaroo Island dive extravaganza in January 2009. Brad is now active with SCUBA CULTURE in a leadership and Instructional capacity running regular club dives as well as teaching dive courses, and being part of our Careflight Helicopter Rescue Training Support Dive Team.