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Skanda Coffield

Skanda Coffield-Feith is a cave and rebreather diving instructor, and cave explorer. He is based in Tulum, Mexico; ten minutes drive from the worlds longest underwater cave systems. Originally from Melbourne, Australia, he learned to dive in Koh Tao, Thailand in 2006 and was immediately hooked. He spent some years diving some of the best locations around South East Asia as a recreational diver, before discovering that he could dive in Melbourne. Diving in Melbourne he was introduced to technical diving and heard about cave diving. During a trip to Mount Gambier, he was introduced to the famous Australian caves and became a cave diver. Skanda now spends most of his time teaching at ProTec Dive Centers Tulum. Focusing on training divers in cave diving specialty courses like cave survey and stage cave, as well as teaching the KISS Sidewinder Closed Circuit Rebreather. When he is not teaching, he is out in the jungle exploring new cave systems. He has been involved in some remarkable exploration projects in Mexico, and is always looking for the next project! Bio photo courtesy of Alvaro Herero / Mekan Photography.