Chloe Jowett
where my mum works and when she told him about me, he said I should do a try dive. I loved it and started learning in my summer holidays.”
The second youngest scuba member in her club is 18 years older than Chloe. However, she has established great friendships and does not view age as a barrier.
“ We go to the pool every week,” she explains.“ It doesn’ t seem that different to having friends at school really. We all get along because we all like diving.”
Chloe’ s training has taken her from her local pool in Manchester to Capernwray inland site to diving with seals in the Farne Islands, Northumberland, and Anglesey, North Wales.
“ If I felt uncomfortable about anything, there were so many experienced divers always there to encourage me to keep going,” she explains.“ Capernwray was the first place I did my open water dives. I’ ve also been to the Farne Islands and to Anglesey. The seals came all around us in the Farne Islands. It was amazing. I love nudibranchs [ a small sea slug ] too – we’ ve seen a few of them now.”
Sharks have always been Chloe’ s passion. She says her fingers are crossed for a club trip to the Red Sea.
“ Sharks would be excellent,” she says.“ We’ re going to the Red Sea soon on a liveaboard for seven days. Hopefully we’ ll get to see hammerheads, but I’ d be happy to see any shark.”
Having nearly completed her second phase in training to become a qualified Sports Diver, Chloe has also encouraged her dad to join.
“ My dad has just started diving,” she says.“ He’ ll be qualified before we go to Egypt. I’ ve just started the Sports Diver course, so I’ ll be able to go to 20 metres until I’ m old enough to dive deeper.”
To complete the depth progression of her Sports Diver, Chloe will have to wait until she is 14.
“ Sports Diver is harder, because everything is more complicated, but I’ ve progressed a lot. Leading a dive in Anglesey was a challenge as I hadn’ t dived there before but I felt really proud of myself. I think it takes a little bit of getting used to. When I’ m older I’ d like to be an instructor as well.” »
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