Meet The Staff

Jo Onslow – Owner & Instructor
•    PADI Master Instructor 
•    PADI Specialty Instructor
•    Emergency First Response Instructor (EFRI)
•    DAN Instructor (DAN)

Hi I am British and have been working in the Algarve for 8 years as an PADI Instructor, teaching in various areas of the Algarve, thus knowing the Underwater Algarve more than above.  I have registered more then 1500 dives here and certified more than 700 people to dive in various courses.  I understand and have Level 2 in British Sign Language – I believe this is the ideal sport for the hard of hearing as we all use sign language underwater!!

Cláudia Soares – Owner, Manager
•    PADI Assistant Instructor
•    PADI Specialty Instructor DUP
•    Emergency First Response Instructor (EFRI)

Hi I’m from here in Portugal – up north in Espinho, but I came down south to a sunnier climate.  I studied originally in Marketing Management and took up diving as a hobby in 2004 – building up my dives more & more every year – realizing that it’s very relaxing underwater with the variety of life & I also love taking photos underwater ( when I have time!!).  I’m presently a Assistant Instructor helping teach people to discover the underwater world – it’s more colourful than above. My passion is Photography, come learn how to take great digital photos underwater with me.  I speak Portuguese, English, German and Spanish.

Tiago Silva - Divemaster
Tiago is from Albufeira working as an Electrician, he started diving in 2006, then after getting the diving bug decided to do a Internship with us (summer 2007) diving everyday, helping with students as he trained.  He is now a Divemaster helping us with Students and divers - know knowing the underwater world indepth here in the Algarve.


Gina Spencer - Instructor
Gina is British and has been living in Portugal for 11years now!  She learned to dive in 2007 then gained alot of dives and experenice doing the Internship programme in 2008 with us completing her Divemaster in October and is now a PADI Instructor & EFR Instructor. Diving in as many places and as offen as possible!