From: Philippines
Profession: professional diver
Speciality:
Alex is a professional diver who has his own company wich is active in recovery of bodies after boat-disasters.
Alex first experienced scuba diving in a pool when he was 9 years old. In 1991 he reached the top Naui level when he became a recreational diving instructor trainer at the Guam U.S Naval Base. On the same year he started technical diving. In 1992 he was certified technical diver in Guam . Alex is currently an Iantd cave instructor.
He is also the founder and CEO for Philippine technical divers ( www.philtech.net).
With this company he is doing recovery work from shipwrecks. This can be recovery of valuable objects or victims of drowning. He was involved in many disasters at sea and awarded by the governement for his work. Alex is also a practioner of hyperbaric chamber therapy. He has also used oxygen in-water treatment to save a number of divers from DCS.
Presentations
2019
| The dive that nobody wants to make |
| Alex Santos will give us information and show footage of real underwater rescue activities. He will explain the dangers and the problems for recovering boddies from wrecks. The wreckdivers among us see wrecks, most of the time, who are on the bottom of the sea for many years. This presentation gives you a look on the timescale between ‘ship’ & ‘wreck’. |
