Scuba Instructor Martin Ruhoff - Dansk - Svenska - Norsk

Scuba Instructor Martin Ruhoff – Dansk – Svenska – Norsk – English

Hailing from Denmark in the cold north of Europe, Scuba Instructor Martin Ruhoff began his love of scuba diving more than a decade ago in Ao Nang Thailand. As with most of us he caught the scuba diving bug and has never looked back. He has now been scuba diving instructor in Phuket Thailand for almost ten years. He has been a loved member of the Aussie Divers Phuket team for more than seven years now.

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Martin’s easy going and relaxed Scandinavian persona makes him an excellent and well respected instructor and we are proud to have him on our books at Aussie Divers Phuket. He is also an avid underwater photographer and talking about underwater photos with customers and students.

His experience spans many countries of the world including Mexico, Philippines, Sweden, Palau, Indonesia, Turkey and many others. So Martin has a wealth of knowledge pertaining to different diving conditions and temperatures.

Also Technical Diving

If you are interested in Technical Diving then Martin is our Tech guru and the one to speak to about anything regarding the PADI Tech courses, going deeper and lasting longer. He is currently getting his dive hours up on CCR systems, and exploring for new Tec dive sites here in Phuket.

Martin is one of our most experienced instructors with a wide range of specialties including,

Enriched Air
Night Diver Specialty course
Search and Recovery
Diver Propulsion Vehicle
Wreck Diver
Dry Suit
Digital Underwater Photography
EFR
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Project Aware
Emergency Oxygen Provider
Aware Coral Conservation
Care for Children
Deep Diver
Sidemount
Underwater Navigation
Tec 40
Tech 45
Tec 50

PADI Materials in Danish

Aussie Divers Phuket has most PADI training materials in Danish. Martin has been previously know to translate materials that PADI do not have in Danish. Martin has translated the whole PADI Divemaster presentations from English to Danish.

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By Darren Gaspari

Proud owner and active PADI Gold Course Director of Aussie Divers Phuket, a professional and awarded PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Scuba Diving Centre. Member of the PADI Advisory Board for the eLearning modules 2019 and 2020.

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Posted in Everything Else on August 5, 2019.

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