Diving Matrix is owned and run by Paul Toomer.
Paul started diving in 1996 under the instruction of PADI Course Director Steve Axtell and then Master Instructor Phil Short. Having such extraordinary trainers and a passion for the underwater world it was not long till he decided that this was the career he had been looking for.
In May 1997 he opened Diving Leisure London Limited and qualified as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. By 1999 he had achieved the rating of Master Instructor and in 2001 he completed his PADI Course Director programme. By 2006 Diving Leisure London had achieved PADI's highest rating of 5 Star Career Development Centre, London's first and only CDC Centre.
In 2002 Paul decided that he wanted to pursue his technical diving interests. He began his training with TDI and is now at the forefront of technical diver training offering technical diver training through IANTD, TDI and PADI (DSAT).
Paul is also an Emergency First Response (EFR) Instructor Trainer, a Divers Alert Network (DAN) Instructor Trainer and an International Association of Handicapped Divers (IAHD) Instructor.
He holds PADI Instructor Trainer status in all PADI specialties including, Wreck, Cavern, Semi Closed Rebreather and Ice. He has written his own Distinctive Specialty Instructor Courses in Oxygen First Aid, Shark Diving and Azimuth Semi Closed Rebreather.
After ten years of running Diving Leisure he decided to concentrate purely on Technical Diver Training, Expeditions and Instructor Development Courses (technical and recreational) and Diving Matrix Tec Lab was born. Tec Lab is a Malta based company with partnerships worldwide including, England, Gozo, Malta, Mexico, Sardinia and South Africa.
He has dived caves and wrecks all over the world and also safely planned and executed many sub 100 metre ocean dives with a maximum depth of 150 metres.
Paul regularly contributes to various dive magazines including London Diver and has worked with Film and TV Companies as a diver, supplier and advisor. He has given many diving related presentations for the British Scuba Industry Trade Association, PADI, DSAT and DEMA in the USA.
Motorcycles, Tattoos, Drums and Diving are the essence of Paul's life.
Paul thanks his sponsors, O' Three for drysuits, wetsuits, hoods, undersuits; and Custom Divers for harness, wing, dive lights, reels and spools, pee valve ha ha and stainless accessories and VR Technology for the best computer and the finest rebreather the world has ever seen.
QUALIFICATIONS:
IANTD Instructor # 7196
Nitrox
Advanced Nitrox
Advanced Recreational Trimix
Technical Diver
Normoxic Trimix
Trimix
Sentinel Closed Circuit Rebreather Mod 1, 2 and 3
Inspiration Closed Circuit Rebreather Mod 1, 2 and 3
Evolution Closed Circuit Rebreather Mod 1, 2 and 3
Cavern
Intro Cave
Blender - Nitrox and Trimix
IANTD Instructor Trainer # 590
Sports Diver/Recreational Instructor
Nitrox Instructor
Advanced Nitrox Instructor
Advanced Recreational Trimix Instructor
Technical Diver Instructor
Normoxic Diver Instructor
Trimix Instructor
TDI Instructor #7770
Nitrox
Advanced Nitrox
Decompression Procedures
Helitrox
Extended Range (55m Air Diving)
Advanced Trimix (100m Trimix Diving)
Semi Closed Rebreather
Sentinel Closed Circuit Rebreather Mod 1
Inspiration Closed Circuit Rebreather Mod 1
Evolution Closed Circuit Rebreather Mod 1
Advanced Wreck
Cavern
Intro Cave
Solo Diver
Gas Blender
Advanced Gas Blender
TDI Instructor Trainer #7770
Nitrox
Advanced Nitrox
Decompression Procedures
Extended Range (55m Air Diving)
Advanced Trimix (100m Trimix Diving)
Gas Blender
Advanced Gas Blender
DSAT Instructor #605705
Gas Blender
Tec 40
Tec 45
Tec 50
Tec 65
Tec Trimix
DSAT Instructor Trainer #605705
Gas Blender
Tec 40
Tec 45
Tec 50
Tec 65
Tec Trimix
PADI Instructor and Course Director # 605705
Instructor Trainer for the following:
All Specialty programmes including; Ice, Deep,
Wreck, Nitrox, Diver Propulsion Vehicle,
Semi Closed Rebreather and Shark Diver
RAID Instructor
Poseidon MK6 Instructor
Sentinel Instructor
Evo Inspiration Vision Instructor
Inspiration Classic Instructor
DAN Instructor Trainer #36162
Basic life Support
Pool Side Oxygen
Diver Oxygen Provider
Advanced Oxygen Provider
Hazardous Marine Life First Aid
Automated external Defibrillator
EFR Instructor #605705
Primary and Secondary Care
Care for Children
EFR Instructor Trainer #605705
Primary and Secondary Care
Care for Children
PSA Instructor #330 (non teaching status)
Nitrox
Advanced Nitrox
Decompression Procedures
Extended Range
Entry Level Trimix
Trimix
Gas Blender
Semi Closed Rebreather