SILENCE
SOLO / FAMILY / CHALLENGING
Training people is one of the best things there is.
You get to see people grow and enjoy their hobby.
However, it does require a lot of time and focus.
As an instructor, you not only have to follow a training schedule, but you also bear a lot of responsibility.
Diving with a club is a social event.
You’re surrounded by all kinds of people.
The activities before and after the dive are just as important as the dive itself. It’s often a bustling affair.
On trips, you quickly find yourself taking on responsibility by looking after the beginners and the youngest members.
Sometimes I feel the need to leave the hustle and bustle behind for a while and get into the water without a set curriculum.
On this page, I’ll take you along on those moments when I seek out the silence.
This is the place for the serene tranquility of a solo dive, a relaxed family dive, or...
to push my own limits in a technically challenging adventure with like-minded, highly qualified buddies.
Welcome to my world of diving in its purest form.
CHALLENGING
Mexico is home to the largest concentration of accessible, expansive, and beautifully decorated underwater caves.
The Yucatán Peninsula consists of a gigantic platform of porous limestone. Rainwater has seeped through it for millions of years, creating an immense network of underground rivers and chambers. Localized collapses of the ceiling gave rise to hundreds of natural sinkholes (cenotes). These pools in the jungle provide the perfect access to the deeper cave system.
During the ice ages, these caves lay dry for thousands of years. During that period, incredible limestone formations took shape. Now that the caves are submerged once again, you literally dive through a sunken museum filled with millions of stalactites, stalagmites, and enormous stone pillars.
The water is filtered extremely well by the limestone floor. Visibility is often dozens of meters, making it feel as if you’re floating through the air.
The water maintains a constant, comfortable temperature of 24°C to 26°C year-round.
Due to an irreversible computer crash, I lost all the photos from my 2024 trip to Mexico.
I had no choice but to go back 😊.
I did so in 2026, together with my diving buddies Tom Decalluwe and Renaat Lebon.
Below are a few of the first snapshots.
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