Diving qualifications:

1 NAUI Instructor Trainer #17544
2 PADI Instructor #625148
3 IANTD Advanced Nitrox Instructor #1499

John Pears started diving in 1982 with the completion of his entry level qualification with British Sub Aqua. He became a NAUI dive master in 1992 and at that time purchased a Scuba diving resort in Margate, on the lower South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

In 1993 he qualified as a NAUI instructor (#17544) and in 1994 he qualified as an IANTD Advanced Nitrox Instructor (#1499) and mixer blender.

In 1995 John completed his Department of Transport Commercial Skipper ticket and for 5 years he ran a successful dive charter on Protea Banks, specializing in shark diving. He also hosted a number of film crews on the annual South Coast sardine run.