Team – Simply Diving

Simon Bell

PADI Elite Course Director / Dive Operations Manager

Simon is the only PADI Course Director on Spain’s Costa del Sol. He began teaching in Mexico in 2004 and has more than 3,500 dives logged from all the corners of the world. He’s lucky to have taught hundreds of people, not only how to dive, but how to teach how to teach diving! A former journalist for BBC national radio, his passions are studying marine life and capturing it on camera.

Simon says: “I have the best job in the world. Every time I take a beginner underwater, I get to enjoy the experience for the first time all over again.”

In 2016, Simon also became a PADI Freediver Instructor. Want to dive on one breath? Email us!

Carl Lambert

PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer / Elite Instructor 2016

Carl is originally from England but has lived for well over a decade in Spain and is Simply Diving’s longest serving crew member. A very popular Instructor who is well known for his patience and laid back teaching style, Carl is happy to teach any PADI course, as long as it’s in the water.

Carl says: “Who could ask for something better to call your job? I get to meet new and very different people every day… and get to take them diving!”

Shani Brown

PADI Divemaster / Centre Manager

Shani has spent many years in tourism, finding herself in such diverse places as Germany and Egypt. At one time, she managed one of the busiest dive centres in the Red Sea and elsewhere turned her hand to hotel work in the snowy Alps. Shani now calls Spain home and is our Torremolinos centre manager. She’ll be there to greet you in the morning to make sure you’re relaxed and ready for the best day of your holiday.

Shani says: “Book a course or diving with us and I’ll be one of the your first ports of call. I’ll be in charge to see that all the boring (and very important!) stuff is taken care of, but also to do my best to make your diving day one to remember.”