Meet the Shark Dive Team

Adam is the Dive Officer at Blue Planet Aquarium and the UK Compliance Officer for Aspro UK, responsible for leading the dive team and ensuring duties are carried out to the highest standard, including feeding and maintenance of exhibits. Adam also works across other UK sites to ensure dive teams remain up to scratch. He’s closely involved in hand and target feeding, especially for the sharks.

Fergus is a PADI Instructor at Blue Planet Aquarium, playing a key role in the feeding and maintenance of the aquarium’s exhibits. With a strong focus on animal care and diver safety, Fergus helps ensure the tanks are kept in excellent condition while delivering consistent, high-quality husbandry both above and below the water.

Hannah is one of the divers at Blue Planet Aquarium with experience of teaching diving in different countries. She loves working with the animals, taking care of their wellbeing, and ensuring the tanks are kept in excellent condition. Passionate about teaching, Hannah enjoys sharing her knowledge while helping to maintain the aquarium’s underwater habitats.

Fiona is a PADI Instructor and helps deliver unforgettable shark dive experiences by sharing the underwater world with guests. She enjoys introducing divers to some of the aquarium’s most impressive residents, particularly the blacktip reef shark who she finds incredibly inspiring and are, not surprisingly, her favourite animal at Blue Planet Aquarium.

Sean’s passion for diving shines through every time he’s in the water. He loves finding shark teeth left behind by the big sand tiger sharks, reminding him just how special the environment is. Sean loves to give yellow-blue groupers a gentle exfoliation by sprinkling sand onto them – something the fish love too as they’re known for loving diver attention!

Debbie is a diver here at Blue Planet Aquarium and loves every moment of diving there. Her favourite animals are the incredible variety of sharks in the exhibits, but with such a wide range of other species to care for, she finds it impossible to choose just one. She truly loves them all.

Carl is one of Blue Planet Aquarium’s longest-serving divers, bringing a wealth of diving experience to the team. Alongside his main role within the NHS, Carl has built an extensive diving history and is passionate about sharing the fun of diving with both adults and children. He loves working with animals and caring for their environments.

Michael is one of the resident divers at Blue Planet Aquarium, responsible for feeding in the Reef and Main Tank and maintaining the cleanliness of smaller exhibits. A qualified PADI Instructor with over 2.5 years of teaching experience, Michael brings a wealth of international diving expertise from the Middle East, Central America and the Caribbean to the aquarium.

Jamie is a diver at Blue Planet Aquarium with a varied role that covers a number of different responsibilities, including tank maintenance and feeding across the exhibits. His dedication helps keep the habitats clean, healthy, and thriving, ensuring the animals are well cared for so that they’re content and happy during visitors’ dives.

Charlie is a diver at Blue Planet Aquarium, with a varied role that has a particular focus on tank maintenance and feeding across the exhibits. His main roles include keeping the habitats clean and healthy to make sure the animals are well cared for, and enhancing the experience for all visitors, whether you’re diving or simply observing through the glass.

Donovan is a diver at Blue Planet Aquarium with an incredibly varied role that includes both tank maintenance and feeding across the exhibits. His work helps ensure the habitats remain clean, healthy, and well cared for. With that in mind, Donovan is responsible for supporting the wellbeing of the animals and ensuring visitors have a positive experience.

Sophie is one of Blue Planet Aquarium’s weekend divers and loves working at the aquarium. She enjoys sharing her skills and experience with people who have an interesting learning to dive, helping them to discover the underwater world and being up close to the amazing animals that call it home, in a compassionate and considerate way.