Committee
Image by Wayne Chandra
The UWA Underwater Club is run by a committee of dedicated members who are elected each year at the Annual General Meeting. The AGM is the biggest club gathering in the whole year and celebrates the achievements of the recent dive season. All members and non-members are welcome to the AGM and it is a great way to see how the club operates. The club is always looking for more volunteer facilitators and you don’t need to be at the AGM to put your hand up. If you are keen to help out the club or require to speak to any of the committee members simply get in touch with us via the contact button below.
Dave Berry
President
Dave is a seasoned cave diver who’s explored everything from the Nullarbor plains to the mysterious depths of Bikini Atoll. When he’s not exploring underwater caves, you’ll likely find him on the boat, always ready for a beer and a hearty chat about diving adventures.
Coen Arrow
Vice President
Coen has been with the club since 2020 and quickly found himself more involved than he initially planned. He’s a reef aficionado who prefers the colorful company of fish over the solitude of wrecks. Just don’t invite him on a cold-water dive; he’s not a fan.
Alec McGregor
Treasurer
Alec is a recent Dive Master who’s keen to practice his underwater photography and videography skills. He’s the club’s resident subsea robotics enthusiast, happiest when he’s submerged and exploring the ocean.
Huw Porter
Secretary
Huw learnt to dive in the English Channel in 1999, and amazingly this didn’t put him off forever. Since then he has dived in every continent apart from Antarctica, dived reefs, wrecks and caves and spent far too much on Helium.
Sebastien Roocke
Large Equipment Officer & Shed Coordinator
Seb is a bit of a bogan but incredibly reliable. He’s often seen diving with a set of twin tanks so heavy they could anchor a ship. A cave diver and explorer at heart, Seb is always up for an underwater adventure.
Jenn Hare
Social Media & Large Equipment Officer
Aren Leishman
Small Equipment Officer
Aren is the club’s tech guru, always tinkering with equipment to keep everything running smoothly. His knowledge of diving is so comprehensive, you’d think he wrote the manual. If something technical goes awry, Aren is your go-to fixer.
Jack Langoulant
Small Equipment Officer
Andrew Currie
Small Equipment Officer
Hope Berry
Social Coordinator
Hope is the club’s social dynamo, always wearing a smile and ready to lend a hand. She’s a tech diving enthusiast who’s also rumored to be an excellent underwater photographer and a connoisseur of dive spots.
Joe Laundy
Membership Officer
Bernie Riegler
Dive Coordinator
Bernie started diving when his hair was dark, and mullets were cool (the first time). Soon after joining the UWA Underwater Club in 2020, he jumped onto the committee taking on the coordination roles for the Skipper roster and away trips. If you’re with him when he’s skippering, he’ll usually drop you at one of his many favourite spots at the west end of Rotto providing directions that usually end with “…or somewhere around there”. Having now retired his cray loop to the corner of the shed, he much prefers taking nothing but pictures because “they last longer and remind me of places I’d rather be”.
Galen Townson
Skipper Training & Shed Coordinator
Galen coordinates our gear-hire shed volunteers and supports apprentice skippers as they learn the ropes. He first learned to dive with his wife in 2007 in Phi Phi, and returned to the water in 2024 to dive with his daughters in the Maldives. He’s a divemaster who loves helping others explore and develop confidence underwater, and looks forward to becoming an instructor in 2026. While learning to contribute to marine conservation science for Reef Life Survey, he found he enjoys going slow and appreciating the beauty of all marine life underwater.
Wei Luo
Student Council Rep
Wayne Chandra
Website Officer
Wayne has been a club member for over a decade and is an experienced diver and phenomenal photographer. He also happens to be a web developer, ensuring our online presence is as sleek as a dolphin.
Alistair Cook
Shore Dive Coordinator
Dylan Walker
Projects Officer
Dylan can normally be found scrounging in the bilge of Doris or planning the next big spend within the club. Always happy for a yarn about diving and the après dive scene. Favourite dive locations in WA include the Abrolhos and Opera House.
Lara Parata
Projects Officer
Kimberly Morrissey
General Committee
I studied chemistry and German at UWA. I am half Australian half American and spent a gap year backpacking Australia. My first ever dive was with my family in the Galapagos and my parents met diving in the Seychelles.
Georgina Henderson
General Committee
Georgina is an experienced diver who’s always looking out for you, whether it’s offering tips or sharing her cave diving experiences in Mexico. She’s the friend you’d want by your side during any dive.
Patrick Morrison
General Committee
Patrick is a maritime archaeologist and a master photographer. Known for his over-achieving nature, he’s one of the most genuinely lovely people you’ll ever meet in or out of the water.
Nik Johnson
General Committee
Pia Claudius
General Committee
Emma Gaschk
General Committee
A good friend of Emma’s convinced her to do (and taught) her open water in 2022 and she hasn’t looked back since. Currently working towards getting cave certified, she loves exploring new dive sites and finding little nooks and crannies to swim through. When she’s not diving she’s completing her PhD in chemistry, although a lot of her friends say she takes her diving more seriously than her actual degree…
Cam Ferrier
General Committee
Matthew Aisbett
General Committee
Kai Kreuger
General Committee
Océane Attlan
General Committee
Oceane, whose name is just a letter away from ‘ocean,’ is a bubbly enthusiast from France. She’s always brimming with energy, whether it’s for her marine studies or the next club outing.
Grant Pretorious
General Committee
Grant learned to dive in the cold water of New Zealand in 2004. He is an experienced instructor and a keen tech diver. Grant is a lover of deep wrecks and reefs alike and is always planning the next underwater adventure.
Honorary Life Members
- Paul Rigby
- Paul Sparrow
- Neil Taylor
- Peter Morrison
- Hugh Richards
- Pia Claudius
- Shane Colley
- Richard Chapman
- Julian Holmes
- Gerald “Mark” Cliff
- Simon Lockwood
