Ian and Gemma chat to Shafraz Naeem. He is known to everyone as Shaff, started his diving career in 1994 and as a PADI Instructor and an ex-military dive instructor he has extensive knowledge of diving all over the Maldives. He trained the Maldivian Special Forces in diving, and he has explored deep cave systems and exploring the deep reefs and caves in the Maldives.
In the past 14 years he has built a successful career in underwater photography and is an award winning underwater photographer. His photographs have been published in various international magazines. And he is a regular speaker at the Tek Conference of the Asian Dive Expo every year in Singapore.
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The BiG Scuba PodcastThe BiG Scuba Podcast is a UK based podcast, discussing everything to do with diving, other underwater and on the water activities and the ocean. Our hope is to promote scuba diving to more people including women. Ian Last and Gemma Kemp are the “I” and the “G” of The BiG Scuba Podcast. Ian is a PADI Divemaster, with about 300 dives from diving in the UK, Mexico and Red Sea. He works with our local PADI Dive Centre in Norwich, Norfolk and also teaches in the water. Gemma Kemp is a very positive person and makes a good ambassador for new women divers in the sport of scuba. Gemma began her scuba journey in January and continued studying through lockdown and then got some experience in our local rivers snorkelling. Gemma completed her PADI Open Water qualification in July 2020 and now has completed just short of 20 dives. We actively encourage interaction with our listeners and have a Patron page so that anyone with an interest in scuba diving can have a voice at The BiG Scuba Podcast. Take your first breaths with The BiG Scuba at thebigscubapodcast.com
