Meet the Team

We are a hand-selected team of outstanding professionals, united by excellence, precision, and passion for technical cave diving. Our instructors and trainees operate as a strong, trusted collective committed to world-class instruction and service.

Skanda Coffield-feith

The Founder

Background — CAVE, TECHNICAL, and REBREATHER diving instructor, originally from Melbourne, Australia.

Specialty — OPEN CIRCUIT CAVE COURSES up to CAVE DECOMPRESSION, CAVE SURVEY and CAVE DPV, as well as CCR TRAINING on the KISS SIDEWINDER.

”Understanding certification is just the beginning, I can guide certified divers to the limits of their certification. Mentoring and coaching days focusing on a particular skill or training area can also be arranged”

    • 2025 — CCR Cave, DPV Cave Instructor

    • 2023 — TDI instructor crossover

    • 2022 — KISS Sidewinder MOD 1 Instructor + Cave Decompression Instructor

    • 2021 — Stage Cave Workshop + Advanced Nitrox Instructor

    • 2020 — Cave Survey Workshop

    • 2019 — Full Cave Instructor

    • 2018 — Intro to Cave

    • [2017] — Cavern

    • [2016] — ABC/Open Water Sidemount Instructor

    • [2014] — Open Water Specialty Instructor

    • 2024 — DiveRite Choptima CCR + GUE Fundamentals

    • 2020 — KISS Sidewinder CCR + Normoxic and Hypoxic Trimix CCR Diver

    • 2019 — Cave CCR Diver

    • 2018 — Overhead DPV Diver

    • 2017 — Pelagian and JJ CCRs + Stage and Multistage

    • 2016 — Cave Survey

    • 2014 — IANTD /TDI Full Cave Diver + Sidemount Cave Diver

    • 2012 — TDI Advanced Nitrox & Deco Procedures

    • 2011/2012 — Cave Divers Association of Australia Deep Cavern and Cave Diver

ELLIOT SMITH

Cave Diving Instructor and Cave and Cavern Guide

Background — Started diving at age 11, originally from Bromley, United Kingdom.

Specialty — Cave Diving Instructor. Guided Cave and Cavern Diving

    • PSAI Full Cave Instructor

    • PSAI Overhead Sidemount Instructor 

    • PSAI Advanced Buoyancy Control Instructor

    • PSAI Open Water Sidemount Instructor

    • PADI OWSI & Speciality Instructor, Nitrox and Deep

    • EFR Instrutor

    • PSAI CCR Cave Diver 

    • TDI DPV Cave Diver

    • IANTD Sidemount Cave Diver

    • IANTD Full Cave Diver 

    • PSAI KISS Sidewinder User

    • IANTD Advanced Recreational Trimix Diver