PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, EFR Instructor

Born and raised in the southern part of Germany, Andy spent most of his time hiking and skiing in the nearby Alps. When he was 14 years old a family vacation took him to Spain.

In the resort he saw an advertisement for Scuba Diving lessons and always being fascinated with water he begged his parents to sign him in. This was his first introduction to Scuba and ever since that time he was fascinated with the idea of diving and exploring the underwater world.

Moving to Hong Kong in 2002 finally gave him the perfect opportunity to follow his dream and properly learn Scuba diving. From the day he was certified Andy spend as much time in the water as he could traveling around Asia diving some the world’s best locations.

Before starting his professional training Andy got introduced to technical diving in 2006. He is now a certified IANTD Technical Wreck and Normoxic Trimix diver. His passion for wrecks brought him to remote locations diving some of the world’s best ship wrecks. He participated in Technical Diving expeditions from the USS Houston to the HMAS Perth and has scheduled a trip to Sri Lanka in 2011 exploring the WWII aircraft carrier HMS Hermes I.

To share his passion and love for diving and the underwater world Andy joined and started the professional training with Mandarin Divers in 2009. With help from Paul and Andrew, he became a PADI Divemaster, Open Water Scuba Instructor, Specialty Instructor and EFR Instructor.

Andy is now an active instructor and to further enhance his diving abilities Andy is currently scheduled to undertake the GUE Fundamentals and Tech 1 Course in 2011 as well as his PADI IDC Staff Instructor Course and DSAT Tec Deep Instructor Course.