
Tim Lawrence is a technical diving instructor trainer with ANDI PADI BSAC at the highest levels possible for technical diving in caves and wrecks.
Tim also has technical instructor ratings with all the major technical diving agencies. Involved with the evolution of technical diving since his first technical instructor rating in 1995.
He has a passion for exploration and is a member of the Explorers Club in New York. He proudly carried the pennant on an expedition in Brunei during the 2023 season. he has vast experience in different environments, both temperate and tropical.
He has owned and founded diving centres in Spain / Gran Canaria / Koh Tao (CDC Award-winning) / Koh Lipe and Paulo Moyo. He also built and founded liveaboards in Komodo and has worked during his career in diverse locations such as Sipadan / Solomons islands / Gibraltar / Malaysia and Philippines; also leading technical diving expeditions to look for shipwrecks and caves in Brunei / Cambodia / Lao / Indo / Malaysia / Spain / Gibraltar and Gran Canaria.
He has experience diving in areas stretching from England to Australia/New Zealand and many other locations.
He is also a respected and published author with articles in Diver magazine / Diver Net / Undersea Journal and Untamed Travel.
He has many firsts under his belt, having led expeditions to locate shipwrecks such as the Burma Maru / Akita Maru / INJ HATSUTAKA / Italian transport Ortella / Ancient junks / Roman shipwrecks / DC3 aeroplanes and over 50 less well known but equally important wrecks from antiquity, founding the SEA EXPLORERS CLUB, his most recent acclaim is his involvement with the team writing the outline for the new PADI tech 40-50 courses.
He has extensive knowledge of salvage diving and, in his spare time, he custom builds his CCR units based on the AP Valves inspiration. Through all of this, he is a proud Cockney and husband.
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KARISHMA GOENKA
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ANDAMANS, India
Karishma Goenka is a PADI IDC Staff Instructor with over eight years of experience teaching and leading dives in the Andaman Islands. Having completed her professional training on the islands in 2017, she has since trained countless divers and contributed to coral restoration and marine research projects. Known for her sharp species-spotting skills and engaging teaching style, Karishma brings contagious curiosity and calm confidence to every dive. Alongside teaching with Scubalov, she also leads marine education programs, blending her passion for dive education with her deep love for ocean ecology.
With 15 years of teaching experience in scuba diving across the Asia Pacific region, Rubi stands as one of the most decorated and acknowledged PADI Course Directors within this vast territory. Beyond the numerous accolades, Rubi is deeply passionate about teaching and marine conservation.
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