PADI Course Directors Jari and Nanne

PADI Course Director Jari started diving in Finland almost 20 years ago. He then did most of his courses there, even his IDC in a frozen lake! Diving was first a hobby but then slowly became a passion and his life was filled with the search of new diving destinations.

Before PADI Course Director Nanne started his diving career, he was working as a logistics planner. Enjoyable job for him but mainly because it paid for his traveling. In 2014 he decided to change the combination and started working in the places where he would normally travel to.

Jari and Satu started Liquid 2014 and already then Jari had a vision of starting IDC’s in Tofo. In his mind it’s always been the perfect place for it; challenging but rewarding diving, awesome little community, enough things to keep you busy but not too much to distract you on your course.

After years of determination, Jari did his Course Director course in Punta Cana in 2018 and is super excited to teach courses in his own dive centre.

When doing your Instructor course with Jari you’ll truly learn hands on, how it is to teach diving and run a dive centre in a remote place. His special skills also include fixing anything, he’s definitely the guy to do your Equipment specialist with! He’s also passionate about sharks and conservation and can teach several AWARE specialties that you can impress your future students and employers.

In 2014 Nanne decided that he needed a change, so he moved to Malta to become a PADI Divemaster. To secure his first diving job he became a PADI Instructor, and he thoroughly loved teaching dive courses. The following 10 years he has been living and teaching in different corners of the world. Every place has taught him something different and no place is the same for diving and teaching.

In 2023 Nanne visited Jari and Satu at Liquid Dive Adventures to staff on the IDC and do some diving in Tofo. This worked out so well that we decided to work together in the future and the year after Nanne achieved the Course Director certification.

Nanne is looking forward to train the future PADI Instructors with Jari and share his experience and passion with all of you!