Diving since: Since around 2000, and I was 13 years old!

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Working at Aqua Windie's since: I'm part of the Aqua Windie's family my whole life since I'm the son of owners Windie and Rene. I've been helping them out since i was 8 years old.

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Favorite dive site on Aruba: My favorite dive spot on Aruba is Arashi reef because of many turtles, sting rays and beautiful sea life.

Nickname: Rosh / The Octopus Whisperer

Diving since: A loooong time! :)

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Working at Aqua Windie's since: More then 6 years already! Time flies!

 

Favorite Specialty to teach: It is too difficult to choose just one! I like the Peak Performance Specialty because it really helps a diver improve their skills and comfort underwater. I like the Wreck Specialty because it is challenging and can give the diver an opportunity to penetrate a wreck!

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Favorite dive site on Aruba: Malmok (Tres Trapi), because the're so much to see!

Fish, corals, octopus and turtles.

Nick name: Pollo

 

Diving since: Got certified in 1993 and diving at a professional level since 2004.

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Working at Aqua Windie's since: November 2018

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Favorite dive site on Aruba: If I have to make a choice: Pedernales! The perfect example that shallow doesn't equal boring.

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Favorite part of my job: Teaching, that was and is the reason I became an instructor.

Diving since: Diving since 2009 for fun and later professionally

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Working at Aqua Windie's since: Beginning of 2018

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Favorite dive site on Aruba: When visibility is good i love all of them, especially Fingers reef

Favorite part of my job: Seeing happy costumers when coming up after diving!

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Diving since: My dad got me into diving more than 15 years ago.

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Working at Aqua Windie's since: 2021, but started as a guest in 2015!

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Favorite dive site on Aruba: I really enjoy Hole in the Wall! There is a nice variety of corals and marine life and it is a shore dive, which makes it fairly unique in Aruba! I also love the shallows of Palm Slope.

Favorite specialty to teach: My favorite specialty to teach for fun is the Night Diver Specialty because it really is a different experience diving at night! My overall favorite specialty to teach is the Reef Rescue Specialty because it teaches a lot about corals and provides the opportunity to volunteer in a coral 'nursery'!

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Diving since: Diving since 2021

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Working at Aqua Windie's since: Summer of 2021

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Favorite dive site on Aruba: I really like Skalahein Reef, it has a nice slope and you see so much impressive reef, even at shallow depths!

Favorite specialty: Definitely the Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty because it helps students to be better, more relaxed divers. 

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