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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