When people come to us to learn to scuba dive, one of the most common responses to the question “what made you decide to learn to dive?” is often “I’ve done a bit of freediving or snorkeling and love the sea”. It was the same for me.
PADI Freediver Training at Dive Zone Whitianga
By Ryan Hansen
Image credit: Kathryn Hodgson
Ryan Hansen
Ryan has a great love for anything water - and his Mum told says he was a right pain around water from a very young age. Ryan qualified as a PADI Specialty Dive Instructor after undertaking his Wilderness Adventure Tourism Diploma here at Dive Zone and has a passion for free diving and underwater photography. Here at Dive Zone, Ryan is our lead Instructor teaching our Tertiary Programmes as well as assisting with our local Marine Academy programme for school kids from Mercury Bay Area School. Ryan is continuing his education in the industry and is now working towards his Skippers ticket.