Scobby and Jolien Heelan 

Growing up on the islands of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, this Tasmanian devil could dive before he could walk. As a child he spent his days spear fishing with his little tank and improvised regulator.  Eighteen years and hundreds of dives later he finally obtained his open water license back in Australia. After years of traveling and diving the Pacific he finally settled in Thailand and started teaching people how to dive.

One of his courses included his future wife Jolien. “Jolien did her open water course with me and never left”, he laughs. “She was as impressed with me as I was with her. She speaks five languages and has a degree in international economics.”

Working for one of the biggest dive schools in the world, together they have inspired thousands of students about the underwaterworld of Thailand throughout the last decade.