Alessandro Reato - Razor Side Mount System Instructor

Official Razor Side Mount System Instructor

Nationality:
Italy
Place of Residence:
Chemuyil, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Alessandro Reato, nicknamed "Alex", has been a diver since 1993 and PADI Open Water Instructor since 1997.

He has worked as a diving instructor in many places: Italy, Mexico, Zanzibar, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Egypt and the Maldives, accumulating thousands of dives.

His first contact with caves was in 1998 and he become a Cave Diver in 2002 in the Mexican caves. Alessandro Reato side mount cave diving Since 2005 he resides in Mexico. In 2007 he became a IANTD certified Cavern Instructor, and in 2008 IANTD certified Cave Diving Instructor. As the owner of "Il filo di Arianna" he is principally involved in teaching and guiding in the Cave Systems of the Riviera Maya. Alex also works with the Quintana Roo Speleological Survey exploring and taking survey data of the caves.

Alex is one of the very few Survey and Cartography Instructor in the area who published maps of underwater caves and he received awards for his work. This allows him to teach with much more insight and a practical approach to surveying. Samples of his work can be seen in the cave section of this web page.

Samples of his work can be seen in the cave section of his web page.

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Amount of Dives:

	Total Nr of Dives: 5600+
	Dives that required the use of equipment over the recreational level: 2900+
	Dives in overhead environment: 2700+
	Sidemount dives: 1100+
	Longest dive time: 322 minutes (no deco)
	Longest distance from the closest exit autonomously: 6715 ft/ 2047 m
	Discovery of new cave passages: 36 miles+/ 58 km+
	Cartographed caves: 19 km+ (three maps)

Instructor Qualifications

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NITROX AND TECHNICAL DIVERS (IANTD):

	Open Water Instructor
	Advanced EANx Instructor
	Cavern Instructor
	EANx Instructor
	Introductory Cave Instructor
	Technical Cave Wreck Instructor
	Advanced Cave: SideMount / No Mount Instructor
	Advanced Cave: Survey Instructor

Survey & Exploration Projects:

	Sac Actun system: Pierre's P.H. Hidden World connection Sistema Caracol
	Dos Ojos system: El Toh Motz Hayà
	Koox Baal system: Mul Tun Lion Wa Baax Yan
	Xunaan Ha system: The Down Stream section The Up Stream section Palomita section Renzo section X'cacel section

Available Courses:

Basic SM Open Water Diver

Basic + Full Cave Diver

Basic Side Mount Cave Diver