Big Blue SCUBA Diving Shanghai of China - About Big Blue SCUBA Diving

About Big Blue

Introduction

BIG BLUE Diving is Shanghai's Premiere Dive Facility providing Diving training, Adventure tours, Retail dive Equipment and team-building services. Every Big Blue Instructor is fully accredited with either PADI and NAUI trained in Both Primary (CPR) and Secondary Care (First Aid) and members of China Underwater Association (CUA) we Promote Standard Safe Diving Practices, Environmental Awareness and Divers Alert Network (DAN).

Safety, Education and Fun is our goal with the foundation of our business built on Passion, Customer Service and Hard work. We are working hard to promote and publicize recreational Scuba Diving in China and help to cultivate this new and under-developed industry with our Experience and commitment to our goals. We offer private courses on request and also Courses in Homes/Offices and Schools for Groups. Big Blue promotes dive locations through travel and events to divers who want to experience dive sites around the world! We handle logistics and communication on request. There is nothing more fun than exploring the underwater world with everyone speaking the same language - SCUBA.

Big Blue has trained more than 150 students in mainland China sharing our Passion, eye for Safety and Quality Education that will only improve. Big Blue has over 500 members from all over the world, we offer up to date information via our newsletters and website. We have three language editions for BIG BLUE website, Chinese, Japanese and English. BIG BLUE distributes 2 email newsletters a month which covers updates, travel and courses with new members added daily.

Big Blue Instructors

Leigh Chan
Chinese

Leigh Chan was in Shanghai swimming team and had many champions in all kinds of swimming competition of China in 1990's, he began diving since 1995, and obtained his CMAS 1 star Instructor in the same year. In 1996, he passed the final exam of CMAS 2 stars Instructor and began teaching SCUBA diving. He's one of the first generation instructors in China.

Now he's become an excellent instructor by his hard work as a SCUBA diving instructor in the last 12 years. In 2007 under his own hard work, he earned his status as a NAUI instructor.

Leigh always takes his students diving in Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and China, he's very familiar with these dive sites. He loves to take underwater photos and videos, and love to share his happiness and experience with other divers.

NAUI Instructor (#47829)
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI-255357)
PADI Speciality Instructor
EFR Primary and Secondary Care Instructor
EFR Care For Children Instructor
Scubapro Authorised Technician
DSAT Gas Blender Instrutor

Joel Klammer
American

Joel grew up in the Great Lakes region of the USA and has been diving since he was 18 years old. He obtained his NAUI Divemaster and Assistant Instructor certifications at age 23 while living in Chicago, taking students diving in the cold and murky rock quarries of Wisconsin.

From there he moved to Hong Kong for the next 12 years where he obtained his PADI Assistant Instructor and NAUI Instructor certification. He's enjoyed taking groups of students to the Philippines, Thailand, and now China, for the past 15 years.

He's worked as a commercial diver, collects antique diving helmets, and enjoys technical diving and studying the physiological effects of diving.

In 2007, he obtained his PADI Open Water SCUBA Instructor, EFR Instructor and Speciality Instructor.

NAUI Instructor (#46749)
PADI IDC Staff Instructor (IDCS-465407)
PADI Speciality Instructor
EFR Primary and Secondary Care Instructor
EFR Care For Children Instructor
DAN O2 Provider Instructor

Eric Davis
American

Eric has been a scuba diver for almost twenty years. He has logged thousands of dives at sites in N. America, S. America, Asia and Europe. Diving is one of his great pleasures in life. He is often quoted as saying, "All it takes to brighten any bad day is a dive."

In addition to recreational diving, Eric also enjoys technical diving. He has been a cave diver for years and has extensively explored the cave systems of Mayan Mexico and Florida.

Eric has been a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor for more than ten years. His focus as an instructor is on safety and comprehensively teaching his students all they need to know to flourish as divers. He welcomes all to come and experience the wonderful world of diving.

PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI-156988)

Hanamura Naoko ( Hana )
Japanese

Hana was born in and grew up in Shizuoka of Japan, a beautiful city located between Fuji Mountain and Izu peninsula. Her first trip to China was in 1995 where she started studying Chinese from 1996 in Nankai University in Tianjin. Today Hana's Chinese is very fluent.

Her first Scuba experience was swimming with a school of big sharks, although she was surrounded by these 2/3 meter long sharks from the beginning to the end, she wasn't scared but these intrigued her. In 2005, Hana went back to Japan and became an Open water diver, where she has been diving on Japan's beautiful reefs, and later South East Asia.

Due to her love for Scuba diving and hope to share this happiness with friends, Hana went back to Japan once again and obtained her Divemaster rating in 2007. All she wants to do now is become an Instructor, and invite all her friends to explore and share this amazing underwater world with.

PADI Dive Master (DM-823147)
EFR Primary and Secondary Care Instructor
EFR Care For Children Instructor

Ming Chan
Chinese

Born in Hong Kong, Ming Chan has lived in Shanghai almost 12 years. He has travelled to many far places with his passion and sense for scuba diving. He was influenced by his brother to try Scuba Diving, at that time, he couldn't even swim, now some years later, he is a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor and would love to welcome everyone to come and dive so he can share his office view.

PADI Master Scuba Diving Trainer (MSDT-496013)
PADI Speciality Instructor
EFR Primary and Secondary Care Instructor
EFR Care For Children Instructor

John Stephens
British

John began his Scuba diver training in the temperate climes of the UK in 2003. Some of his fondest memories were of looking for King Arthurs Golden Challis on a muddy, farm pond dive in the Welsh mountains and diving in a slate quarry where it was rumoured that there was a fish.

This year he completed the DSAT Technical Deep Diver course in Pattaya, Thailand. And also recently enjoyed a close relationship with a friendly Dugong in Vanuatu, which involved much scratching and rubbing.

PADI Master Scuba Diving Trainer (MSDT-495472)
PADI Speciality Instructor
EFR Primary and Secondary Care Instructor
EFR Care For Children Instructor
ANDI Cavern Diver
DSAT Tec Rec Technical Deep Diver
BS-AC Sports Diver

Ryan S. Dourado
British

Ryan has been a SCUBA Diver since 2004 and had the (mis)fortune of doing his first Open Water dive in Thailand on the day of the Tsunami. Luckily he was in Koh Samui which had been unaffected. During his Advanced course that same week in Koh Tao he saw a whale shark. Based on these experiences he figured that whenever he went diving, that things would happen!

He obtained his Dive Master qualification in the beautiful island of Boracay and became a Speciality instructor after training in Phuket. His passions include underwater photography, mapping, and conservation.

PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI-498559)
PADI Speciality Instructor
EFR Primary and Secondary Care Instructor
EFR Care For Children Instructor

Siegfried Ruhland
German

Siegfried learnt swimming in the cold rivers of Germany when he was 6 years old. After working in several countries he discovered scuba diving in 2005. Year by year he continued his diving education and reached the level of open water scuba instructor in 2009.

Comparing diving in lakes or in the sea his favourite is clearly the Philippines, the water is warmer and he really enjoys to see the big varaities of aquatic life from macro to big. His hobby is therefore naturally under water photography.

Beside his job in a big German company in Shanghai he is looking forward to become a successful instructor by teaching people to enable them to be a SAFE diver and to respect the aquatic life.

PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI-498017)
PADI Speciality Instructor
EFR Primary and Secondary Care Instructor
EFR Care For Children Instructor

Angeline Douant
French

Angeline has Laos and Thai origins but she was born and grew up in Paris, France. She started diving in 1998 in Corsica, France when she was 16 and then obtained her first qualification: CMAS 1 star. Growing a real passion for diving, she set out to accumulate a wealth of experience before acquiring professional certification.

Angeline obtained her CMAS 2 Stars in Montpellier in 2002, France and CMAS 3 stars in French Polynesia in 2009. Angeline has lived in many European countries such as Spain and Italy, until in 2005 moving to Asia (Taiwan).

In 2006, she obtained her Divemaster in Boracay, Philippines. She enjoys both the great diving and life style of South-East Asia, especially Indonesia and Malaysia. Passionate of deep and drift diving, Angeline also has extensive experience in Rangiroa, French Polynesia. She is dynamic, open minded and knowledgeable of different cultures. A true international professional, Angeline finally settled in Shanghai in 2007.

In 2009, Angeline became EFR Instructor and PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, as well as the first French woman instructor at Big Blue. A very outgoing personality who enjoys meeting people from all walks of life and sharing her passion for diving while adhering to two key principles while down there: be safe and have fun!