Qualifications
PADI Master Instructor, BSAC Instructor and EFR Instructor
Marian
Marian de Jongh Swemer is owner of Safari Diving together with Bart Prinsen. Marian is the manager here while Bart is at their other joint dive centre Dive College Lanzarote.
Marian learned to dive in the Netherlands and has visited many dive sites as a recreational diver. Since 2002 she is a PADI instructor and works full time as an instuctor at Lanzarote. She enjoys introducing new divers to the fascinating underwater world. She also enjoys teaching and seeing divers transform from total beginners to competent divers. She combines her passion for diving with a lot of enthusiasm with running the dive centre.
Languages
Dutch, English, German, French and Spanish
Qualifications
PADI and BSAC Open water instructor, EFR Instructor
Debora
Debora comes from Italy (Milan). Next to being a diving instructor she is also the manager of the dive centre.
She is PADI, BSAC and SSI instructor and speaks 5 languages. At the centre she is known as the sea horse whisperer because she always knows where the find these well camouflaged underwater creatures.
Her favourite hobbies are travelling and diving around the world and underwater photography.
Languages
Italian, English, Spanish, German and French
Qualifications
PADI Instructor, EFR instructor
Marcín
Marcín graduated from law school but soon found that working in a suit was not for him. During his first diving course 25 years ago, he fell in love with diving despite the cold Polish water. After having done over 500 dives on 5 continents, he arrived in Lanzarote in 2019 and started working as a diving instructor. His special gift is finding large marine animals which he will gladly show to you.
Languages
Polish, Spanish and English
Qualifications
PADI Open water instructor, EFR Instructor
Victor
Victor is Spanish and started diving when the world came to a standstill with Covid. This experience was so incredible that he ended up leaving his job to dedicate his life to diving. He loves teaching people how wonderful it is to discover the underwater world.
Languages
Spanish and English
Qualifications
Instructor/Divemaster
Marta
Marta is Spanish, from Madrid, and although there is no sea there, she started diving when she was 8 years old, right here in Lanzarote. Despite having studied a double degree in Early Childhood and Primary Education, she decided to follow her true passion and dedicate herself completely to diving. By combining diving and pedagogy, she manages to share her knowledge and her passion for the ocean, its care and protection in a unique and personal way. She has had the opportunity to work in incredible places such as Indonesia and Thailand which enables her to pass on her love for the sea, especially for angel sharks and seahorses.
Languages
Spanish and English
Qualifications
PADI Open water instructor, EFR Instructor
Eva
Eva is Spanish, she comes from the north of the peninsula where she learned to dive in the cold waters of the Cantabrian Sea. Since her first dive in the Philippines in 2015 she knew that she wanted to continue learning and sharing her passion for diving and marine life. In 2021 she got her PADI instructor qualification and moved to Lanzarote to further develop and continue learning. Eva is also a Yoga teacher and loves to combine the two beautiful disciplines of yoga and diving. She loves to teach people to breathe underwater and to perceive diving not only as a form of recreation but also from a meditative and self knowledge approach.
Languages
Spanish and English