Meet the Troop
Scubachimp isn't a staff list - it's a handful of friends who dive together and happen to run a brand while they're at it.
Dave
Founder & PADI Instructor
Dave started Scubachimp and still leads most of what the troop gets up to. He's been diving for 25 years and a PADI Open Water Instructor since 2007, which basically means he's seen every underwater nonsense imaginable and still comes back smiling. Deep, Wreck, Dry Suit, Nitrox, Underwater Photography and a PADI TecRec Tec 40 CCR diver - because apparently regular diving wasn't enough of a challenge. He also tinkers with the odd diving app when the weather's bad. If there's a dodgy situation, Dave's usually already spotted it, sorted it and casually moved on before anyone else has even clocked the problem.
Adam
Dive Operations & Logistics
Adam is the one keeping the troop moving: helping everyone kit up, making gear recommendations, carrying cylinders, loading the van and generally doing all the jobs that make Dave look brilliantly organised. If a trip happens on time and with all the right kit in it, that was Adam. When he's not hauling cylinders, lending a hand or solving logistics, you'll find him underwater getting stuck in with the actual diving too.
Elena
Head of Art & Branding
Elena is the creative heart of Scubachimp and the reason the chimp looks the way it does. She personally oversees the branding and the clothing range, from the artwork itself right through to the weight of the fabric and how a print survives its fortieth wash. If it carries the chimp, it got past Elena first - so the finished result is always top banana.
And everyone else
The rest of the troop is just people we dive with. No badges, no hierarchy, no upselling you a course you didn't ask for. If that sounds like your kind of diving, come and say hello.