OUR TEAM
One thing all our staff has in common, they are passionate about diving and making sure you have a great time. Our friendly attitude makes diving even more enjoyable. We all have plenty of dives under our belt and have dived all over the world.
Friendly & Professional
Our customer service is core to the success of Divinguru. We work hard to ensure the best quality of offered activities to our customers. However we are also crazy marine lovers with hearts under the sea. Friendly atmosphere and good mood you can expect on every dive with us.
Happy bubbles,
Divinguru Team
Meet Our Gurus
Hans & Renate
Owners
Together Hans & Renate opened their first diving centre in 1999 in Unawatuna in south of Sri Lanka. A few years later they left Germany and moved to Sri Lanka and started a new life. Through their hard work they build three successfully running diving centres. Hans is very motivated, cheerful and keeps the high standard of his work. The most of the time you can see Hans in his office, where he replies to your emails. If you are lucky you can see Hans time to time underwater where he likes to clear his mind.
Norbert
PADI Freediving Instructor / Specialty Instructor / IDC Staff Instructor
Meet Norbert from Slovakia! Norbert started diving in Greece and Spain before coming to Sri Lanka. He enjoys exploring caverns, swim-throughs, night dives, and wrecks. If you’d like to create some memorable underwater experiences, Norbert will ensure you get the best underwater photos. Ellie and Norbert have found a new home in Sri Lanka and have gained great experience diving in local areas. Norbert is a passionate diver, a patient PADI Scuba Instructor, and since 2024, also a PADI Freediving Instructor. You’ll always have fun while diving with Norbert. If you want to spend more time with Norbert, meet him at the surf point. 🏄♂️
Ellie
PADI Freediving Instructor / Specialty Instructor / IDC Staff Instructor
Ellie is our instructor from the Czech Republic and has been part of the team since 2019. She has experience diving throughout Europe and completed her PADI Instructor Course in the Maldives. Ellie enjoys diving with kids, as well as teaching entry-level scuba and freediving courses. She is very patient and loves sharing her passion for scuba diving with beginners. Going underwater with her for the first time is the right choice! If you have any inquiries, she will answer your calls and emails and is always there to help. If you’d like to surprise Ellie, be sure to pack some chocolate in your suitcase. 🍫
Patrick
OWSI / PADI Specialty Instructor
Meet our German dive instructor Patrick. After completing his divemaster with us he decided to become an Instructor and switching careers into the diving industry. For Patrick it is the most peaceful and amazing feeling to dive and this is what he will share with you.
He loves drift and wreck diving and his favorite underwater creatures are Octopuses 🐙
Because he is german he always will be down for a deco-beer after a day full of diving so you will meet him in a beachbar for a cold lion beer 🍺.
Geethanjali
OWSI / PADI Specialty Instructor
Lawyer by education, Geethanjali gradually shifted careers to become a PADI Instructor. She’s from Hyderabad, a land locked city in South India and found herself drawn to the ocean. She now made it her home and is happiest living by the beach!
Diving on walls is her favourite and you will hear her say “wall diving” at least once a day. When she’s not diving, she enjoys travelling and capturing people and places through photographs. She’s always on the look out for good food, quiet corners and dreams of swimming with whales some day.
Rob
PADI Divemaster
Originally from South Africa, Rob has been a PADI Divemaster since 2017 with experience diving in Malaysia, Thailand, and Cambodia. He has a deep love for ecology and finds great joy in introducing people to the underwater world for the first time. For Rob, diving offers a profound connection to nature and a chance to witness how every part of the reef ecosystem fits together. He describes diving as the closest feeling to flying—and probably the closest he’ll ever get to being an astronaut. 🤿
Sri Lankan Crew
Boatmen & Tuk-Tuk drivers
Meet Dinu, Nafrien, Selva, Prabu, Kayan, Niro, Siyan, Saren and Dilak
Meet our friendly team of locals. These guys are the power house of DIVINGURU and the backbone of our organisation. Be rest assured they will do the heavy lifting for you and manage all the equipment movement, boat driving and tuk tuk transport. Be sure to ask them about your next holiday plans as these guys have a wealth of local knowledge and recommendations to offer. One thing for certain, they will make sure to put a smile on your face! 😁 To reward their hard work, a small tip is always appreciated.