TEAM

Leo and Telea, our two employees from Safotu village,
are Dive Savaii's deck hands, snorkeling guides and safety look out.

DIVE SAVAII is owened and run by PADI Master Instructor -
Fabien Lebon (French) and Dive Master - Flavia Lebon (South African).

Qualifications:

Fabien Lebon PADI Master Instructor  Qualified to teach and train:   Discover Scuba Diving Open Water Course Advanced Course Emergency First Response Course Rescue Course Master Diver ( Rescue + 5 specialties) Dive Master Course Assistant Instructor  Specialty Instructor for:  Deep Diver Underwater Navigation Underwater Naturalist Underwater Photography Underwater Videography Wreck Diver Night Diver	Flavia Lebon PADI Dive Master  Qualified guide for certified divers    Diver Specialties: Deep diver Underwater Photography diver Underwater Videography diver Navigation diver
Experiences: Before Fabien and Flavia decided to move to Samoa in 2005 and open their diveshop, they lived and worked in the diving industry on Koh Tao, Thailand. Fabien: "By the time we left Thailand after our 4 year stay, I had worked as a freelance PADI Divemaster and then as a freelance PADI Instructor in various dive shops on Koh Tao. My last 2 years there I set up a dive shop on the island, from the boat, equipment, staff and the general organization of managing a diving resort. Safety and quality of diving has always been my main priority. After one year in business, Seashell Dive Resort became a 5 star PADI Resort. I have trained more than 20 Divemasters and have assisted in several IDC as a Staff Instructor and became a Master Instructor in 2004. I have instructed for more than 10 years, teaching more than 500 students (from DSD to Assistant Instructor) and spend the last 6 years creating, organizing and managing Dive Savaii together with Flavia." Flavia: "My introduction to the diving world was also on Koh Tao, Thailand. After my Open Water course, I became hooked to diving. Instead of going back to England, where I was living at the time, I got a job at 'Big Blue Divers' where I was a 'shop girl'/front desk and finally worked as PADI Divemaster. My one passion in diving is making underwater videos. For my next diving venture, I worked as an underwater videographer for 2 years, where each day I made edited videos of divers from various dive shops. Being part of the company for so long, I managed to train about 12 novice videographers, from filming to editing and selling. One year before leaving Koh Tao, I created my own videographing company. Our reason for leaving Koh Tao after such a long time ... needed a change of scenery. And we found beautiful Savai'i, where we can once again enjoy our diving and achieve our dream 'Dive Savaii'."