My name is Dirk-Jan Wisse van der Zalm (calling name Wisse), born and raised in the Netherlands. I have studied Environmental Science and I am a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (#334458) since 2014, in 2017 I became a RAID Instructor Open Circuit. I speak Dutch and English, and I have a basic proficiency in French and German.

Since I graduated as Environmental Scientist in 2009 I have worked for several years in the field of sustainability. But in 2013 I decided to change my career and I took the opportunity to live my passion on a daily basis. Thats why I decided in June 2014 to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor and a Reef Check Eco Diver. In 2017 I also became a RAID Instructor Open Circuit. Since 2005 I have been diving in many places: Aruba, Australia, Borneo, Crete, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Sint-Maarten, Tenerife and Zanzibar.

My Career

• from July 2015 – PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer and RAID Instructor Open Circuit at Rising Sun Dive Center in Zanzibar, Tanzania.
• 2014 – 2015 PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor at Dive Safaris in Sint-Maarten.
• 2014 – Instructor Developement Course (IDC) Internship at Coral Point Diving in the Dominican Republic.
• 2013 – Divemaster Internship at Evelin Divers in Crete, Greece.

In 2015 I got awarded with PADI Elite Instructor rating for teaching at least 100 students in that year.

My Certifications

• PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (#334458).
• PADI Specialty Instructor Night Diver.
• PADI Specialty Instructor Deep Diver.
• PADI Specialty Instructor Wreck Diver.
• PADI Specialty Instructor Digital Underwater Photography.
• PADI Specialty Enriched Air.

• RAID Divemaster Instructor
• RAID Instructor Open Circuit
• RAID Ecological Instructor
• RAID Deep 40 Instructor
• RAID Basic Wreck Instructor
• RAID Photographic Speciality Instructor
• RAID Nitrox Instructor

• Emergency First Response (EFR) Instructor.
• Reef Check Eco Diver.
• SCUBAPRO Resort Tec Servicing Course.