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Paul Orphanidis

Dive Instructor / Caribbean / Indian Ocean

Preferred Name:
Paul
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Spanish, Greek
Qualifications:
SSI Divemaster Instructor, SSI Advanced Freediving Instructor

I started scuba diving with my Father when I was young.  We always spent as much time at the beach as possible and were always either snorkeling, scuba diving or windsurfing. I grew up in Africa, born in South Africa, then moved to Kenya and Egypt.

I have a Bachelors in Economics and a Masters in Hospitality Administration.  I became a Scuba Instructor in 1996 in Hurghada Egypt.  I have worked in Red Sea, Bahamas, Maldives and Greece.  In 2019 I took my first Freediving course and got hooked.  In 2020 I became a SSI Advanced Freediving Instructor.

Currently I  live in Paros, Greece, where I teach Freediving (courses and coaching sessions) and Surf Apnea (Apnea Training in Pools and beachside shallow water – 3-4mtr max) Sessions.

Career highlights:

  • Started working in the Scuba Industry in 1994 in Hurghada Egypt. Divemaster on the daily boats, then became an Instructor doing a few courses but preferred to work for a Photo/Video Company and worked on Aggressor Fleet vessel, M/Y Moondancer.
  • Moved to Maldives to manage a liveaboard, M/Y Barutheela for 2 years.  Then moved to land based island, Huvafen Fushi to manage a new opened dive center.
  • I had my own dive center in Greece, on the island of Paros which I ran for 5 years, then moved to a bigger dive center, still on Paros, not mine, but as Station Manager.
  • In between have done 6 trips with Dive Butler.

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