INSTRUCTOR BIOS

Danny Riordan
PO Box 62
Puerto Aventuras, 77750
Q.Roo, Mexico
52 984 80 79210

danny@dir-mexico.com


Professional

  • Co-Owner Zero Gravity Dive Center
  • Cave Instructor for DIR-Mexico
  • Languages - English, Spanish

Dive Community Involvement

  • Founding Member of Mexico Cave Exploration Project (MCEP)
  • Founding Member - Grupo de Exploración Ox Bel Ha
  • Exploration Diver for Sistema Ox Bel Ha
  • Cave exploration and survey of Systems: Minotauro, Sac Actun, Cubera, Tortuga, Nuhuch Actun, Nohoch Nah Chich, Dos Ojos, Chikin Ha, Taj Mahal, Ayim, Vaca Ha, Naranjal, Maya, Yax Chen, Caa
  • Pechen

  • Established Connection of Ox Bel Hacave system with the Caribbean Sea
  • Production of Cave Maps
  • GUE Safety Officer for Quintana Roo
  • Member of the Quintana Roo Safety Officers
  • Frequent contributor to Quest magazine
  • Developed "cookie" (non-directional marker)

Diving Qualifications

  • Cave Instructor, GUE and NACD Specialty Instructor, NACD
  • Openwater Instructor, PADI
Diving Experience Summary
  • 17 years of diving
  • experience
  • Over ten years diving instructor experience
  • 4500+ logged dives
  • 2500+ cave dives
  • 1900+ openwater dives
  • 350+ cave dives using Diver Propulsion Vehicles
  • 400+ cave dives using stage diving techniques
  • 200+ sidemount dives
  • Longest Penetration - 20,000 ft
  • Cave Passage Explored and Surveyed - +70,000 ft
Special Interests
  • Cave Photography
  • Exploration, Survey and Mapping
  • Geology and Hydrology
  • Local Flora and Fauna
  • Mayan Culture and Language
   

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