Team

Both coming from the world of marketing and management. Loic, Swiss, and Cynthia, French, both decided to throw away the business suits and dive into the world of scuba. As a passionate dive traveller, Loic discovered the Maldives, Indonesia and the Red Sea before heading to Thailand to complete his dive instructor qualifications. It was at this time Loic met Cynthia, who had been diving since 1995, and they chose to make diving their careers. Cynthia became a Divemaster in the Maldives and completed her Instructor course in Switzerland. Both are avid lake divers and also love ice diving.
With several specialities in the pocket (Nitrox and Digital photography), Loic and Cynthia returned to the Maldives and worked as Instructors at different dive centres. It is with great enthusiasm that they joined Team Abyss in 2009 to welcome divers aboard the Manta Cruise.
When they are not diving, Loic is an avid photographer, and Cynthia puts on the ballerina shoes, an art she has been practicing for over 20 years.

Originally from the UK and fascinated by nature, Guy Stevens discovered diving at the age of 11. This was when he decided to devote his life to the study and protection of the marine environment. He has a degree in marine biology at the University of Plymouth, and traveled around the Caribbean, Asia and Africa before settling in the Maldives. After many dives amongst manta rays, he founded the Maldivian Manta Ray Project (MMRP) in 2005 to identify and protect the species through education and awareness programs. In 2011, he founded the Manta Trust in order to extend his activities worldwide and allow mantas and whale sharks to thrive in a healthy environment. His work has been the subject of several articles, including National Geographic and the Asian Geographic. Over and above his commitment, Guy is an exciting and generous character, who never misses an opportunity to share his knowledge.
Guy Stevens will accompany our 8 day/ 7 night cruise in November: From 4^th to 12^th November 2011 & from 13^th to 20^th November 2011

Of Italian origin, David has spent his entire life in Switzerland, not far from the lakes and mountains, which are his favorite playgrounds. Working first as a heating designer, he then specialized in renewable energy. In 2005 he discovered diving while on holiday in the Maldives, an eye opener that led him to obtain all the necessary dive qualifications and discover dive sites all over the world: Sardinia, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Kenya, South America ... He became an instructor in 2010 and joined the ABYSS Team as a guide in training in the Maldives and Bali in 2011. After a stop over in the Maldives, he will fly to the Philippines towards the end of 2011 and become a full time ABYSS guide. David also loves skiing, mountain trekking, fly fishing and playing the guitar.