About Us

Mark Murphy

Master Scuba Diver Trainer and Owner

Having worked as a Dive Instructor in the Virgin Islands, Thailand and Egypt, Mark returned to the UK in 2006 when he founded Oyster Diving. His principle aims for the new diving centre would be to appeal to the more discerning customer by offering the best facilities, having an integrated travel agency so customers can complete their dives abroad as well as in the UK. In 2010 Mark won Sport Diver magazines’ ‘Best Diving Instructor’.

Favourite destination?
Djibouti – On one dive I was surrounded by five Whale Sharks and ended up in the mouth of one of them. Thank goodness they only eat plankton!

Favourite Dive Site?
Shark Reef in Egypt – I was still fairly new to diving and it was the dive that changed my life forever. Being surrounded by a school of circling barracuda’s, I was only feet away from about three feeding 6 foot long Black Tip sharks. One of the sharks swam right passed me with a Barracuda hanging out of it’s mouth as if to show off it’s prize. I didn’t feel at all threatened and it made me appreciate the beauty and value of sharks in the wild.

Favourite marine life?
I’m a huge fan of sharks but I also love Turtles, Bat Fish and can spend hours playing with Clown Fish (Nemo).

Which countries have you dived in?
Australia, Portugal, Spain, UK, Egypt, Djibouti, Lanzarote, Menorca, France, Maldives, Cayman Islands, Malta & Gozo, Tobago, Mexico, Virgin Islands, Saudi Arabia, Aruba, Sudan, Galapagos, Thailand, Philippines and Barbados.

Equipment
TUSA Paragon mask, Apeks Black Ice BCD, Atomic T3 regulators, Apeks RK3 fins, Aqua Lung i770 computer, Ocean Reef full facemask, Aqua Lung Balance Comfort wetsuit, Aqua Lung Fusion Sport with SLT dry suit.

Diving Qualifications
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer and Emergency First Response Instructor. I also can teach the following specialty diving courses; Deep, Navigation, Search & Recovery, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Project Aware, Wreck, Drift, O2 provider, Digital underwater photography, Enriched Air, Night, Search & Recovery, AWARE Coral Reef UW communications and Ocean Reef Full Face Mask & Underwater Communications.

Cornelia Moy (Nelly)

Dive site manager and head instructor
PADI IDC Staff instructor

Nelly completed her open water course in Cambodia whilst traveling southeast Asia. This snowballed into working her way up to instructor, staff instructor and tripping into tec. Happiest in caves, sidemount and a stage, floating somewhere between the halocline.

Favourite Destination
Mexico, Mexico, Mexico. Clear water, caves and cookies.

Favourite Marine Life
Garden Eels

Which countries have you dive in?
Australia, Cambodia, Thailand, Tenerife, Mexico, Maldives, UK, Indonesia, Greece

Equipment
X-Deep Wing, Razor pouch;), XTX50s, M1 Mask and RK3s

Diving Qualifications
Staff instructor, adv trimix and full cave certified. Able to teach following specialities; Deep, Drysuit, Nitrox, Emergency O2, Full Face Mask

Pete Wells

PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor

Pete has recently completed his Masters degree in Marine Science and has goals to promote marine conservation in schools in the South of England. His love of diving mainly centres around alien encounters and he’s on a mission to meet the biggest monsters possible.

Countries you have dived in?

Pete has dived in Mauritius, Thailand, Spain, the Canary Islands and Egypt but will soon meet his biggest beasts yet on upcoming trips to the Maldives and Guadalupe. As much as he loves warm water diving, Pete tries to make an annual pilgrimage to the Farne Islands, where he’ll happily endure the North Sea to play with the local seals.

Equipment

Aqua Lung Rogue BCD, Apeks MTX-R regulators, Apeks RK3 fins and an Aqua Lung Fusion Bullet drysuit when diving in chiller climes