About Us

Berlinda is one of IDP’s in-house Platinum Course Directors as well as IDC Coordinator. Originally from the Netherlands she first came to Liquid in 2012 during her trip around the world to complete her Divemaster Course. After a stint working as a Divemaster in other areas around the country and a brief return visit to the Netherlands she then came back and completed her Instructor Course with us in 2013 and spent the following years working towards her Course Director.

We are extremely proud of Berlinda who successfully grew within the company and ended up completing her Course Director Training and joining our IDP team as our 3rd in-house CD in 2017! B, as she is referred to, offers courses in Dutch and English and especially enjoys teaching Divemaster Courses, Project AWARE programs and of course IDC’s. Outside of diving she enjoys spending time on her motorcycle touring around the island.

Tim first learned to dive when he was 16 on a school trip to the Bahamas. Since then he has tried his hand at carpentry, social work, managing coffee shops, bank manager and generally spending time travelling and trying to figure it all out. Finally he decided to stick with the thing he fell in love with at 16. In 2002 he settled in Utila, Honduras and became a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

Making good use of his new cool job to pick up girls, he promptly met Zoe who he married a year later!! He also reads comic books so most of his cool cred went out the window with that one. Tim is now the in-house multi-award winning Course Director for Liquid, now a PADI 5* CDC dive resort, working together with Atmosphere Resorts to provide IDC’s to people looking to make diving their career, through Instructor Development Philippines.

Gabrielle is the alumni Course Director and owner of Atmosphere Resorts. Originally from the UK, Gabrielle has been living in Asia for over 30 years. After working for the Hong Kong Police for 11 years, a change of occupation came about when she learnt to dive in 1995 and fell in love with it. Diving her way round South East Asia for two years, Gabrielle settled in the Philippines and became a PADI Diving Instructor and Manager of a Dive Centre in Boracay.

She met her husband Matthew when he signed up for her Open Water course in 2001, they were married in 2006 and have two children. Gabrielle truly believes this is the best job in the world and became a PADI Course Director in 2003, her career didn't stop there and together with her husband Matthew, they decided to start their own dive centre and resort. Atmosphere Resorts, now a PADI 5 Star Career Development Centre was opened in 2008. Gabrielle's true passion is teaching diving, with no greater job satisfaction, but living on the Dauin coastline, it has to be said that critters are her favorite thing to see underwater.

Now that Atmosphere has grown into a beautiful and successful resort Gabrielle has retired her active Course Director but is still onsite and more than happy to help you answer any questions you may have.

Tracy is from Hong Kong, fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. She is a Silver Course Director and Chinese Regional Sales Manager at Atmosphere Resorts. Diving was her love at first sight and Tracy loves teaching students from all levels. Tracy has an extensive experience teaching in Thailand but has now made the Philippines her home. After passing her PADI Course Director Training in September 2017 Tracy has been busy teaching IDC's to our Cantonese and Mandarin speaking candidates as our 4th CD!

Tracy来自香港，懂流利英语,粤语和普通话, 以前是精算师。 Tracy是Atmosphere Resorts的PADI CD课程总监和中国区域销售经理. 一见钟情水下世界, 因此不断学习潜水,2017年9月通过PADI CDTC培训。现在,主要在Instructor Development Philippines教授中文IDC. Tracy 有多年丰富的教学经验, 也是杜马唯一的中文CD, 爱潜水的风险管理，因为之前她担任精算师…

Ulrika is a Master Instructor and has been staffing on PADI IDC’s since 2005 and works as the Marketing & Branding Manager at Atmosphere Resorts & Spa. Originally from Sweden, she started her career in cold water as a diving journalist and took all the courses she could, including ice diving, to write insightful articles about them.

Eventually she ended up a PADI Instructor and relocated to the Philippines. She is a dedicated underwater photographer and can teach in Swedish, French and English.

Rae started diving as the result of a personal challenge more so than because of any innate desire; that was twenty years ago and whilst it took her a number of dives to gain confidence and passion she was persistent. Travelling around the world, diving, gaining experience and continuing her education she found herself settled and teaching diving in the Bay Islands of Honduras.

Now the Resort Manager at Atmosphere Resorts, she keeps herself very busy and therefore doesn't teach the IDC anymore. She however has held onto one of her passions: teaching the EFR Instructor Course. Rae proclaims to be a warm water diver who dives mainly to meditate. However she also loves wrecks and is happy to see any and all marine critters.

Vasily is from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. He is IDC staff instructor and Regional Sales Manager at Atmosphere resorts (Russia, Eastern Europe and Middle East).
He started diving in 2011 and even took up specialties like Dry Suit and Ice Diver. Diving is his passion. In 2016 he came to Instructor Development Philippines and become a PADI OWSI. Later on he joined Atmosphere Resorts and in 2018 he became the eight member of the IDP team after his IDC Staff Instructor Course. Vasily offers support for Russian speaking students and IDC candidates.

Василий из Санкт-Петербурга. PADI IDC staff инструктор и региональный менеджер по продажам курортного спа-отеля Атмосфера (по России, Восточной Европе и Ближнему Востоку).
В 2016 году прошёл курс обучения инструкторов Instructor Development Philippines (IDP). Обучает русскоговорящих кандидатов IDP.