Pete Mesley – great underwater photographer and member of many expeditions – Diving Talks 2023 speakers

Pete Mesley is another amazing figure that you will find as a speaker at the upcoming Diving Talks 2023 diving congress in Lisbon.

Pete Mesley began his adventure with scuba diving and exploration of the underwater world on the south coast of England in 1990. Then in 1994 he moved to a much warmer and more exotic region – New Zealand. In his underwater journey, which has lasted more than three decades, he took part in many expeditions and, with the help of his stunning photographs, showed the world many wonderful places, often never before seen by human eyes.

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He has been an instructor trainer and technical instructor teaching rebreather diving for over 25 years. Interestingly and worth noting, Pete is probably the most experienced technical diver, instructor and explorer based in the Southern Hemisphere.

Over the course of his extremely colourful and prolific diving career, Pete Mesley has been searching for, finding, exploring and documenting amazing wrecks, as well as caves. During this time, his passion has taken him as a participant in various expeditions to 29 countries, where he was discovering secrets hidden underwater. Not surprisingly, he has specialised in organising and leading expeditions for technical divers to the most remote and exotic locations around the world.

A not less interesting chapter in his life is the work as a Dive Safety Officer (DSO) on many underwater film sessions for some of the biggest TV stations in the world including Natural History, National Geographic and many others. With his numerous skills, he is always a great addition to the team for any expedition. He is a Dive Medical Technician (DMT) and a fully qualified hyperbaric chamber operator. Pete Mesley has also co-authored seven scientific studies that have been published in prestigious medical journals around the world.

However, most people in the diving community recognise Pete for his fantastic underwater photographs. After all, which wreck diving enthusiast hasn’t at least once come across the beautiful photographs of sunken ships bearing the characteristic ‘Lust4Rust‘ logo? His undoubted talent, enormous skills and more than two decades of experience help him to bring out the magic hidden in the underwater world and present it on the surface.

All the elements gathered above made it an easy choice to invite him to participate in Diving Talks 2023. Fortunately, Pete Mesley had no expedition planned at the time and we will be able to meet him in Lisbon!

Diving Talks 2023

If you are fascinated with wreck and cave exploration and underwater photography, you sure need to attend the lecture given by Pete Mesley. The Diving Talks 2023 diving congress will be a great opportunity to do so, so book your tickets and plan your stay in Lisbon today!

The organizers have announced that they expect 8 to 10 panels, talks and debates that will cover the most exciting topics. So it should come as no surprise that they expect more than 300 attendees from around the world and 25,000 online participants.

Diving talks 2023 is the international diving show, that will bring to Portugal the world’s leading divers, showing their best of the best recent achievements. It is definitely a unique opportunity to take part in one of the most important diving events of the year, and at the same time get to know beautiful Lisbon and dive in Portuguese waters.