zerobar.org is one dive instructor, two dive masters, two English teachers, two travel industry professionals, one techie, three writers and translators, amongst other talents and professional qualifications - but we are only four people -- four very experienced adventure travelers who have visited all corners of the globe remote and beautiful. And that is the important part. That changed our lives to share zerobar.org, a different kind of dive travel service.
Founders
Contact Brenda brenda_at_zerobar.org
Brenda Semrow - PADI Dive Master
Brenda Semrow is an all-around travel geek and underwater freak living in San Francisco, CA. An 18-year relationship with airfare and adventure travel ensures expert consultation for zerobar.org members. Brenda's organized everything from multi-country private escorted tours to mountain climbing expeditions to a med evac out of remote Chile. She knows how to deal with travel operations in remote places so you don't have to.
Dive experience include Northern California and Baja California; the Seattle area; Mexico; Southern Belize; Roatan; Dominica; Thailand; the Perhenthian Islands; Borneo; Oman; Australia; The Red Sea; Zanzibar; Lake Malawi; Zimbabwe; and South Africa. Cephalopods are her favorite animals. Dive longings include Papua New Guinea and the Galapagos. Dive mission is to save the seas of the world through education and experience, convincing you it is even fun to do so.
Besides diving and travel, Brenda loves diving and traveling; also science, all animals, and anything outside. Jacques Cousteau is her childhood hero. Paul Watson is a hero for today.
...also pictured above is Greg Smoody, a founder no longer of this earth but always with us in the ocean.
David Lowe - PADI Dive Master
David was born in New York City, and took his first underwater breaths in the icy waters of Monterey Bay, California, in 1989. Since then he has worked in the travel and hotel industry in Australia, the Maldives, California, Thailand, Vietnam, and elsewhere in Asia. Between work, adventure traveling and scuba diving he has had the opportunity to visit over seventy countries.
Dave is currently based in Southeast Asia.
Some of his best dive experiences include swimming with whale sharks in the South Ari Atoll, Maldives; diving with mantas on the Great Barrier Reef; and encountering basking sharks off the coast of central California.
Co-Founders
Kelly O'Connell- PADI Instructor and EFR
Aaron Morris is an international relations expert, living in Japan.