Cedric Verdier

Cedric Verdier is a PADI Course Director and a Trimix Open Circuit or Rebreather Instructor Trainer for IANTD, PSAI, ANDI, DSAT and TDI. He spends most of his time teaching cave and mixed-gas rebreather courses at the diver and instructor level. He has written 9 books and more than 150 articles about diving. Amongst other dive "Firsts" he pushed the limits of the Sra Keow cave in Thailand and explored the japanese Battleship HIJMS Yamashiro in the Philippines.

For 17 years, I have trained Diving Instructors. As an Instructor Trainer or Instructor Examiner for most of the dive training agencies, I have trained more than 1500 Scuba Diving Instructors all over Europe, the Middle-East and Asia.

7500+ logged dives with :

* more than 1500 Instructors trained
* 950+ Wreck dives (deepest wreck: 196m - HIJMS Yamashiro)
* 850+ Trimix dives (deepest dive: 226m/ 740ft)
* 720 Cave dives (Mexico, Florida, France, Thailand, Greece)
* 1100+ hours of bottom time with various Rebreathers
* Dives all over the world (Europe, Mexico, Thailand,

U.S.A., Red Sea, Tunisia, Philippines, Caribbean islands, Vanuatu, Malta, French Polynesia, Malaysia, Indian Ocean, Greece, Cyprus, Hong-Kong, etc.)

See also: www.x-ray-mag.com/CedricVerdier for articles posted in X-Ray Magazine