PADI OWSI and EFR instructor 

Pauliina Ahti - King of the Finnish Ocean. 

Born and raised in northern Finland next door to Santa Claus, this instructor left Finland in 2003 and has been travelling and diving all over Europe, Asia and Australia . She has over 500 certs and around 2500 logged dives. Currently holds a BSAC extended range tech diver, PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, SSI instructor and gas mixing and compressor operator qualifications. This multilingual expert speak Finnish, English, Swedish and basic German.

Currently studying marine and fresh water biology. If this instructor is not diving she’s training for marathons or in some local watering hole like a true Finn quenching her thirst for beer. 

The latest marathon is the Graz Marathon in October 2012 and she is raising money for Project AWARE. The website she set up to sponsor her can be found here: http://www.justgiving.com/Pauliina-Ahti . Every little donation is greatly appreciated. It all goes to Project AWARE.