Michal Kosut

He started diving in 1996 at a diving club in Poland, and has been an instructor since 2001. Since then, he has been permanently involved in the diving industry and has been active as a diver and instructor.

Diving credentials:

• PADI Course Director
• PADI TecRec Trimix Instructor Trainer.
• Emergency First Response (EFR) Instructor Trainer.
• Divers Alert Network (DAN) Instructor Trainer
• IMCA Diver Medic Technican

Experience:

• 2021 – now – director of Deepspot
• 2015 – now – PADI instructor examiner
• 2015 – 2022 – PADI EMEA Regional Manager (Adriatic, Central Europe, Greece).
• 2009 – 2015 – instructor trainer and co-owner at School of Diving Instructors & DAN Training Coordinator (Poland).
• 2007 – 2009 – DAN Europe Assistant Training Manager
• 2005 – 2007 – manager at the Diving Center
• 2000 – 2005 – divemaster & instructor (Croatia, Egypt, Corsica, Poland, UK).

Michael in the media:

• articles
• Spodwody podcast on the quality of dive training:
• YouTube channel

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Robert Jacek Smolinski
Robert is a man of many passions and a lot of energy. Diver, amateur athlete and traveler. He successfully pursues his passions and still has an appetite for more. He dives, walks in the mountains (Mont Blanc, Kilimanjaro, Kazbek), runs (marathons, ultrama – CCC 100 km around Mont Blanc), triathlete – Ironman, Sea Skipper. He took his first diving course in 2001 in Lake Łańskie in CMAS. He has worked in diving bases in Poland, Egypt, Norway and Croatia. He loves diving as a form of spending time, but also infecting others with it. On a daily basis, Robert combines his passion for diving with the world of the corporation where he works.

Yan Sevin He started diving from the age of 14 (1998…). He dives in France, Poland and when possible while traveling. In addition to teaching Padi and SSI courses, Yan specializes in Scuba training and coaching to improve air consumption, buoyancy, underwater stress management as well as bubble blowing (horizontal-vertical… any kind 😀 )  

Diving credentials:

• PADI Staff Instructor
• SSI Instructor
• Emergency First Response / React Right Instructor.
• CMAS P3
• Freediver lvl 2
• 1998 – First OWD/P1 certificate
• 2013 – Diving instructor
• 2021 – Deepspots Instructor

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Jakub Cieślak

He did the OWD course in 2003 already with a firm determination that this adventure would end with him becoming a certified diving instructor. It took ten years for this dream to come true. Since then, Cuba has remained very much connected with the diving world. He has worked for equipment manufacturers such as Ammonite System, Tusa, Poseidon. He has also been involved with the diving press for years. He writes articles, contributes to various groups and events promoting diving and water-environmental activities, organizes diving festivals, takes underwater photographs, and organizes diving expeditions to various non-obvious destinations around the world. A week is the longest period it can last without water. A great lover of wreck diving, especially in our native Baltic Sea. Kuba, is a Passionate diver with a capital “P”.

  When not diving, he remains very active. Still on the move, he ventures into the woods by bicycle and loves to explore new wilderness. When he’s not driving, he’s hiking in the mountains. If it doesn’t ride or roam, it means it’s sitting underwater.  

Diving credentials:

• PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer.
• SSI Advanced Open Water Instructor
• Specialty Instructor: Dry Suit, Deep Diver, DPV (Scooter), Nitrox, Wreck.

Videos about yourself: YouTube channel

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Magda Witkowska

Our best man for diving with bubblers, explorers and all kinds of underwater urchins. She has been diving for more than 15 years and became an instructor in 2011. She worked in dive centers and on boats abroad for almost 10 years before returning to Poland and joining the ranks of our team.

Eligibility:

• PADI Master Instructor
• SSI Instructor
• Emergency First Response Instructor
• Basic Freediving Instructor

She loves to eat, which you can’t see from her at all, because if she’s not diving she’s probably doing crossfit. He even has some sports successes to his credit there.

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  Walid Mohamed Ali, often called Karim by us (don’t ask why, it’s a strange thing). He was born in Hurghada. He made his first dive in 1998 and just 3 years later, as Divemaster, he worked on safari boats in the southern Red Sea. Diving instructor since 2003. He worked at various dive centers in Sharm el-sheik , Taba and Dahab, and also ran his own dive center. In 2011, following his love, he moved to Poland, no less continued to fly to Egypt to work on diving trips. He joined Deepspot in 2022 and can finally do what he loves here. He is a PADI and SSI instructor, and is infecting new students of the art of diving with his passion. In 2024, we awarded him Educator of the year, for his commitment and the quality of his training of students.   He is married to a polka and has 4 children, the oldest you can already sometimes meet in Deepspot. He likes Poland, our greenery, tranquility, stuffed cabbage and pierogi. He has been playing soccer since childhood, and also goes hiking in the mountains in his free time. He is graduating next year and, in addition to diving, will also teach Arabic at our university.

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Marta Żabik

Martha managed to get her first diving certification back in the past millennium. A throwback to 1999, admittedly. It was CMAS-s first star, and the diving course changed her life for good.

She gained her first diving experience by diving in Polish lakes, the Baltic Sea and Corsica. Since then, she has received a number of training courses from organizations such as PADI and SSI. Her passion for recreational diving turned into something more and she became a PADI Divemaster in 2022. When not at Deepspot and working, she dives in various remote corners of the world, combining diving with her passion for travel. Her dive top has invariably remained for years Raja Ampat and Egypt, which she tries to visit at least once a year. He has been freediving recreationally since 2021. The love of longer fins took her by surprise, so she has been consistently developing in this area as well. She manages to combine the diving world with her work as a manager in a corporation in the automotive sector.

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Jerzy A. Truszkowski

He scuba dived for the first time while on holidays in Egypt back in 2008 and was immediately hooked. In the same year he completed the Open Water Diver course. He finds beauty and silence underwater; the underwater world allows him to understand that we are an inseparable part of nature and we must protect it.

Instructor since 2023. He takes great joy in watching new students gradually become great, mature divers with his humble contribution to the process. He finds great pleasure in imparting knowledge and sharing experience calmly and objectively.

Jerry loves beaches, palm trees and warm waters, and that is where you will find him on his holidays.

She enrolled in a diving course in 2005 only because she was enthralled by the footage she saw of Croatia. No, it was not about wrecks and other underwater wonders. These were the dives of people with disabilities.

In her three years with the Nautica Association, she has gained a lot of experience in accompanying underwater people who require exceptional support. She also developed her knowledge and diving credentials. After taking a few years off for other life challenges, she returned to her great passion of teaching diving. She is certified as a PADI DSD Leader, so you can meet her on your first dives at Deepspot. Privately, he has two sons who have also already joined the diving path. Zuza also runs a consulting company in the field of pharmaceutical quality assurance.

Franklin Alcantra Dive Instructor straight from the Dominican Republic. He first took the plunge more than twenty years ago, and his love for the sport culminated in an instructor course. In the Deepspot team since 2022. Month after month he wins the poll for the most smiling instructor. What Franklin can’t yet say in Polish, he makes up for with enthusiasm, enthusiasm, professionalism and incredible joie de vivre.   After diving, he is happiest listening to bachata and merengue, which you can often hear on our “beach” during his shifts. Sometimes he also teaches these dances. As befits a Dominican, he is a lover of dumplings, black pudding, herring and fresh snow.

Franek Przeradzki

He started diving from a young age, and took his first CMAS course in 2000, in a Polish lake, of course. The next few years were mainly dives in the Baltic and Mediterranean.

Experience:

• In 2005, he completed a PADI divemaster internship and worked at Dublin’s Oceandivers dive center, in Ireland.
• Since 2006, he has worked regularly with Nautica (on Vis, Hvar, trips and in Warsaw) and Hel Dive Base.
• NAUI instructor since 2007, season at Dive Key West base in Florida.
• He has been a Scuba SSI instructor since 2018 and a Freediving instructor since 2020.
• 2023 – SSI Freediving Assistant Instructor Trainer.
• 2024 – SSI Scuba Assistant Instructor Trainer.

In addition, an instructor for HSA (Handicapped Scuba Association), diving first aid (React Right), and technical diving instructor (SSI XR).

I’ve been working with Deepspot since it opened, actually a few months longer.

  In addition to diving, he is a lover of skiing, climbing and travel, having already happened to circumnavigate the globe and visited more than 50 countries.  

Videos about myself: YouTube channel Franek in the media:How to become a good diver? What’s cool about Freediving?

Tom “Nitas” Nitka

The dinosaur of freediving in our country. He has been diving on a stopped breath since the late 1990s. millennium. In the past, he was a three-time Polish record holder. Author of the book “Pressure equalization in freediving and equipment diving.”

Diving credentials:

• SSI Freediving Trainer Instructor
• CMAS freediving judge
• AIDA Class C freediving judge
• Instructor Trainer React Right
• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
• IANTD Nitrox Diver

Experience:

• SSI Feed Trainer Instructor as of 2021.
• Head of freediving instructors at Deepspot from 2020
• PADI freediving instructor 2016.
• SSI freediving instructor 2012.
• Apnea Academy 2008 freediving instructor.
• Co-founder of the Freediving Poland Association and its long-time vice president

Privately, he plays (baaavery amateurishly) the clarinet and saxophones. At home, he is managed by two cats – Colored and Red.

Videos about myself: YouTube channel Nitas in the media: Pressure equalization podcast

Paul is the beating heart of our Freediving team.

His first contact with Deepspot was while he was still designing it, and since the day it opened, he has been constantly working in Mszczonow with passion and commitment! He enjoys challenges and specializes in working with “uncut diamonds,” i.e. people who are coming up on their First Dive or doing their first course. His inner calm and professionalism make him an excellent choice for anyone who wants to explore diving in tranquility, step by step, tiny by tiny, without fear. All this made us award him the distinction of our 2023 Instructor of the Year! We don’t know when he does it, but he has a rich palette of passions beyond diving and successfully pursues them. Traveling on a motorcycle, hiking in high mountains – fast and without unnecessary baggage. He loves irrational Scandinavian cinema. Paul’s diving resume is impressive! Experience:

• 1987: First diving and freediving course.
• 2005: PADI MSDT.
• 2010: Apnea Academy Instructor.
• 2012: PADI Freediving Instructor.
• 2020: SSI Freediving Instructor and AOWI.
• And that’s not all! He has many other diving and freediving specialties that make him an indispensable expert in the field.

In addition, an instructor for HSA (Handicapped Scuba Association), diving first aid (React Right), and technical diving instructor (SSI XR).

I’ve been working with Deepspot since it opened, actually a few months longer.

  You are welcome to dive with Paul at any level!

Videos about yourself: YouTube channel

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Videos about yourself: YouTube channel

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Filip Jakubiak Freediving instructor at the highest possible level. Both practically, as all of Philip’s students invariably attest, and formally (SSI Performance Freediving Instructor, formerly Level 3 Instructor). From birth, he wanted to become a diver. The very origin of this passion is a mystery, and no one knows where the idea came from in little Philip’s head. However, the matter was so serious that his mother even changed his bedtime story. The well-known story featured a Red Riding Hood Diver and a Sea Wolf. He discovered a passion for freediving in 2004 and has since participated in numerous competitions and cups as a competitor. In 2017, he obtained his first instructor’s license and now takes great pleasure in passing on his knowledge and passion to others. Recently, he has also been fulfilling his role as a belayer at freediving competitions. In addition, Philip has been a saturation diver for more than 15 years, and when he is not at Deepspot, you can be sure that I am working somewhere deep underwater.  Videos about himself: YouTube channel

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Tom Uflewski Tom has been diving since 2000. He is a PADI instructor, both in equipment and freediving. Since 2016, definitely more on the Freediving side, both as an Instructor and competitor. Multiple Polish Champion in pool and depth competitions. Representative of the Polish Team at the Depth World Championships. OWSI Instructor Dive Against Debris Instructor AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Instructor Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor AWARE Instructor, Peak Performance Buoyancy Instructor, Care for Children w/AED Instructor EFR Instructor Freediver Core Instructor Diving is his passion, but professionally he is involved in sales management in the High Tech industry. Other non-work activities include sailing, rock climbing, rollerblading, swimming and yoga. Educated in management, psychology, pedagogy, physiotherapy, industrial automation. https://www.facebook.com/tomasz.uflewski https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomasz-uflewski-975a9b/

Paul is the beating heart of our Freediving team.

His first contact with Deepspot was while he was still designing it, and since the day it opened, he has been constantly working in Mszczonow with passion and commitment!

He enjoys challenges and specializes in working with “uncut diamonds,” i.e. people who are coming up on their First Dive or doing their first course. His inner calm and professionalism make him an excellent choice for anyone who wants to explore diving in tranquility, step by step, tiny by tiny, without fear. All this made us award him the distinction of our 2023 Instructor of the Year! We don’t know when he does it, but he has a rich palette of passions beyond diving and successfully pursues them. Traveling on a motorcycle, hiking in high mountains – fast and without unnecessary baggage. He loves irrational Scandinavian cinema.

Paul’s diving resume is impressive!

Experience:

• 1987: First diving and freediving course.
• 2005: PADI MSDT.
• 2010: Apnea Academy Instructor.
• 2012: PADI Freediving Instructor.
• 2020: SSI Freediving Instructor and AOWI.
• And that’s not all! He has many other diving and freediving specialties that make him an indispensable expert in the field.

In addition, an instructor for HSA (Handicapped Scuba Association), diving first aid (React Right), and technical diving instructor (SSI XR).

I’ve been working with Deepspot since it opened, actually a few months longer.

You are welcome to dive with Paul at any level!

Damian Zawadzki

His thoughts turned to freediving after watching the film One Breath Around the World.

The first time he “seriously” held his breath was with a gift of a voucher for Try Freediving, just at Deepspot. He fell like a freediver into the water.

At the end of 2023, he completed the instructor course, immediately at the advanced level, and joined our team.

He is a dancer by profession, which resonates perfectly with the movement of the ton. He experiments with movement and many dance styles testing how the body behaves in a familiar style, but in an unusual environment trying to find unity in it.

He approaches freediving from the side of relaxation, meditation and tranquility. No less, he also does not shy away from competitions in which he achieves impressive results. He can hold his breath for more than seven minutes and just get going! His goal is to spread underwater dancing and acting in film to show the beauty of the underwater world to a wider audience. Full-time dancer at the Musical Theatre in Gdynia

Instagram:luur3dancer

Franek Przeradzki

He started diving from a young age, and took his first CMAS course in 2000, in a Polish lake, of course. The next few years were mainly dives in the Baltic and Mediterranean.

Experience:

• In 2005, he completed a PADI divemaster internship and worked at Dublin’s Oceandivers dive center, in Ireland.
• Since 2006, he has worked regularly with Nautica (on Vis, Hvar, trips and in Warsaw) and Hel Dive Base.
• NAUI instructor since 2007, season at Dive Key West base in Florida.
• He has been a Scuba SSI instructor since 2018 and a Freediving instructor since 2020.
• 2023 – SSI Freediving Assistant Instructor Trainer.
• 2024 – SSI Scuba Assistant Instructor Trainer.

In addition, an instructor for HSA (Handicapped Scuba Association), diving first aid (React Right), and technical diving instructor (SSI XR).

I’ve been working with Deepspot since it opened, actually a few months longer.

  In addition to diving, he is a lover of skiing, climbing and travel, having already happened to circumnavigate the globe and visited more than 50 countries.  

Videos about myself: YouTube channel Franek in the media:How to become a good diver? What’s cool about Freediving?

Szymon Wzorek
Szymon can be found at the front of DEEPSPOT – he is the one who greets you at the reception desk. He makes sure everything goes smoothly and everyone feels taken care of.

But it doesn’t stop there – as a B2B Account Supervisor, he takes care of our relationships with External Instructors. In short, if we are organizing something together, it is Simon who makes sure that everything works as it should.

After hours? Well, he is not a person who sits still. He likes to feel the power under the hood of his orange Mustang (you can almost always find it in our parking lot ). Motoring is his passion, but traveling and learning about new cultures also have an important place in his heart.

New technology enthusiast, investment enthusiast and knowledge seeker with a childlike curiosity for anything new and inspiring.

Phone: +48 532 758 011
Email:[email protected]