Diving Insructors:

 

All of our Instructors are also PADI certified and can teach and certify PADI courses from beginner to Divemaster, if desired. Instructor Continuing Education courses are possible, too. PADI certifications are also accepted around the world.

 

Meet the diving instructors

Chot Lucas
Dive Shop Manager and Operator

PADI Instructor

Languages: English, Tagalog

 

Randy B. Gaba

PADI Divemaster
26 Years of Diving Experience

Languages: Tagalog, English

Randy has been diving since the age of 12 and already started guiding as local dive guide at age of 16, when Sabang was still a unknow destination for tourist.

In 1986 Randy took his Divemaster in PADI and been working for several companies before he found his joy working at Sabang Inn in 1998. Until now he has made more than 20.000 dives, and is one of the most experienced and popular local dive masters.

 

 

 Jan Lorenz

Master Scuba Diver Trainer PADI
Technical Instructor TDI
15 Years of Diving Experience, PADI, SDI/TDI

Language: German, English

In 1993, Jan began his diver career with basic courses at Lake Senftenberg in Germany. He completed further training courses with different organizations, until he finally came to PADI in 1997.
Back again in Senftenberg, he achieved the Open water scuba instructor in September 1997. Later on and during the following year, he temporarily worked as Dive Instructor in Greece.
He trained numerous divers from beginner to dive master at his own diving school in Germany.
 
Since 2005, after one year driving experience in the tropical waters of the Philippines, he is working as guide and dive instructor at Sabang Inn Dive Resort, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, and he achieved his crossover in SDI/TDI.
In 2007 he attended further dive instructor courses, among others Decompression Procedure and re-breather.

 

John Abel

PADI Open Water Instructor
50 Years diving experience

Language: English

John began diving in 1958 in southern California. So hes been diving for 50years now. He got his instructors license from PADI in 1984, so have been teaching for 24years.
He has dived and worked, in many different countries, and on several live-aboard dive boats.

He began visiting the Philippines in the early 90’s and kept coming back and staying longer and longer. He has worked for 5 different companies here in Sabang, both guiding and teaching.
He moved here to live full time in 2005 and have worked fairly steadily since then.