Tim Lawrence
ExplorerWebsite goes to Tech Dive Thailand (Davy Jones' Locker), the dive centre they teach at.
Owner of Davy Jones' Locker (DJL) Diving on Koh Tao and a technical wreck and cave explorer, elected a member of The Explorers Club, New York. He is a PADI/DSAT Technical Instructor Trainer and holds ANDI Cavern, Intro to Cave, Cave Explorer and Wreck Explorer certifications, and completed the ANDI Level 4 CCR instructor course. He runs technical and wreck training on Koh Tao and cave expeditions to the Thai mainland.
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Lawrence owns Davy Jones' Locker on Koh Tao and runs its technical arm, Tech Dive Thailand. He is an elected member of The Explorers Club in New York. The teaching is split between technical and wreck training on Koh Tao and cave expeditions to the Thai mainland, which is an unusual combination in a country whose technical diving is overwhelmingly ocean-based. When ScubaBoard asks where to do technical training in Thailand, his is one of the operations named — "contact Tim Lawrence at JDL Technical on Koh Tao". The other forum record is about his own training rather than his students': a thread documents him completing ANDI full cave instructor training with Bruce Konefe, alongside full cave diver Takashi Ishii. Thailand's cave diving community is very small and largely mainland-based, so an instructor on Koh Tao holding full cave instructor status is a meaningful detail for anyone trying to find overhead training in the country. Few students have written about his courses publicly, so ask for references.
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