Weldon is a Bermudian SCUBA diver, freediver and closed-circuit rebreather diver, commercial diver and founder of community organization called Guardians of the Reef. Weldon is also the Communications Coordinator for the Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme which is led by the Government of Bermuda, in collaboration with the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science and the Waitt Institute. He is also an Ambassador for 5Gyres, Pathwater and Seahive and recently joined the 2020 PADI AmbassaDiver cohort.
Weldon is well known in Bermuda and beyond for his passion for the ocean, organizing beach clean ups, boat trips, expeditions, lionfish culling events and community outreach.
Weldon holds more than 10 years of diving experience, serves on numerous boards and committees of Bermuda's conservation and ocean organizations, and was a speaker at TEDxBermuda in 2014.
Career Highlights
• Founder of Guardians of the Reef, ocean advocacy NGO
• TEDx Bermuda speaker, “Diving with Purpose” (2014)
• Director at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration We talk about rebreathers, guardians of the Reef conservation, passion meeting purpose and what it means to be an ambassadiver! Tuck in! Thanks
• Deputy Chairman of the Bermuda Historic Wrecks Authority
• Featured on Smithsonian magazine online for ocean exploration (2019)
• Featured on the cover of Going Green magazine (2019)
• Best of Bermuda Award 2015 – Unsung Hero, for Ocean Advocacy
• The first and only Bermudian certified freediver/scuba diver/CCR diver
• KBB award recipient for Shore Savers Marine Debris Project (2014)
• Mission Director and Founder of sea survey project, “16 Fathoms”

Ambassador for 5Gyres.org, Seahive and Pathwater

We talk about rebreathers, guardians of the Reef conservation, passion meeting purpose and what it means to be an ambassadiver!

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