Asia Pacific Region

The Asia Pacific region is immense geographically...

with diverse, spectacular diving and scattered BSAC clubs, some of which are quite isolated. In taking the role of Regional Coach, I wish to establish a team to help co-ordinate and share training opportunities across the region as they arise and organise regional coaching events to support the various clubs.

Your regional coach

About Gareth Morris, Europe Region Coach

Gareth

I started diving in North Wales back in the early 90’s, before moving to Peterborough and joining the BSAC branch there, a fantastic club, where I completed a lot of my early training through to Dive Leader, diving on the great ship wrecks scattered along the Norfolk coast.

I moved to Hong Kong in 2001, joined a local BSAC branch and made some great friends including my partner Angela Cogman. In Hong Kong I completed my Advanced Diver, Open Water Instructor and Advanced Instructor, enjoying the local diving and taking the opportunity to dive widely through South East Asia.

In 2011, we moved to Adelaide, Australia, where the local BSAC club offered a circle of friends and an introduction to the excellent local diving where Leafy Seadragons abound and thousands of Giant Cuttlefish congregate annually to breed.

With amazing support from National Instructor, Mike Thomas, Angela and I completed the Instructor Training and Development Course in 2016, and have subsequently instructed on several Instructor Foundation Courses, Open Water Instructor Courses and the associated exams. With Mike’s support I also completed my First Class Diver in 2019.

In 2024 I joined the regional coaching team, to help support the training and development of the next generation of divers and instructors for the Asia Pacific region. To achieve this we need to facilitate inter-club co-operation, improve the utilisation of the resources we already have in the region and improve the coordination of regional training opportunities as and when they arise.