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Classes I teach:
Discover Diving
Scuba Diver
Open Water Diver
Advanced Open Water Diver
GUE Fundamentals
Performance Diver
GUE Basic Fundamentals
GUE Technical Fundamentals
Doubles Diver
Drysuit Diver
Deep Primer
Navigation Primer
Rescue Primer
DPV Diver 1
DPV Cave
Documentation Diver
Cave Diver 1
Cave Diver 2

Daniel Riordan Araujo

Quintana Roo / Baja California, Mexico
San Diego, United States

52 984 873 54 76
52 984 807 92 10
dannyr@gue.com
danielriordanaraujo@gmail.com
dannyriordan@mac.com

Professional

  • Held multiple instructor ratings for several diving agencies (not current)
  • Started Zero Gravity dive shop as a co-owner (not current)

Diving Qualifications

  • GUE T2 Diver
  • GUE RB80 Diver
  • GUE Instructor: Fundamentals, Recreational, Cave, DPV, Documentation
  • Served as GUE Safety Officer (not current)
  • Served as a member of the GUE Training Council (not current)
  • GUE Instructor Trainer and Evaluator

Diving Experience

  • 34 years diving experience
  • 30 years as a SCUBA instructor
  • 23 years as a cave diving instructor
  • 8000+ logged dives
  • 7000+ cave dives
  • 150+ sidemount dives
  • Longest Penetration - 20,000+ ft / 6,000+ m
  • Cave Passage Explored and Surveyed - 70,000+ ft / 21,000+ m
  • Experience in cave systems in Mexico, US, Spain, Italy, Russia, Portugal, China and France

Community Involvement

  • Founding Member - Grupo de Exploracion Ox Bel Ha
  • Founding Member - Mexico Cave Exploration Project (MCEP)

Special interests

  • Cave Photography
  • Exploration, Survey and Mapping
  • Geology and Hydrology
  • Local Flora and Fauna
  • Mayan Culture and Language

Publications

  • Multiple articles on diving magazines
  • Multiple publication of Photographs in magazines and books

Additional languages

  • English, Spanish