About Fins 'n' Flukes

About us

Fins 'n' Flukes is owned and operated by Sabine Frank and Brian Heagney.

Sabine is a certified PADI Divemaster and as a professional translator can assist you in German, English, Spanish and French (très petit). She has been diving in Ha'apai since 2007 and is an accomplished assistant with students and an experienced guide. Her favourite dive site is Blake's Reef with its overwhelmingly pristine corals and a great abundance of colourful reef fish and pelagics.

Brian is a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer who holds a degree in marine biology, a further professional qualification in tropical habitat conservation and a Master Engineer boat captain license. Diving since 1995 he has spent the last three years here in Ha'apai. Brian is always eager to share his passion for diving and says, "The joy I get from diving is learning something new on each dive and sharing my knowledge of the underwater world with anyone who expresses an interest."

For the 2011 season, Kaitlin and Tom have joined our little team and we're happy to have them on board.

Kaitlin is a certified PADI Specialty Instructor and has also worked as a lifeguard. She grew up on the central coast of California and loves being in, on and around the ocean. Kaitlin started diving at the age of 16 and enjoys both cold and warm water diving, although it can’t be denied that the warmth of the tropics brings beautiful corals and fish. Her favourite fish is the lovely Orange Spine Unicornfish and she loves slow, lazy dives.

Tom is a certified Specialty Instructor, RYA Sailing Instructor and holds his International Certificate of Competence in both power and sailboats. He grew up around boats and began diving in 2007 off the coast of Scotland and has been diving in Fiji, California, Greece, Honduras, Indonesia and Tonga. He loves the ocean and enjoys showing people the wonders it has to offer as well as how to look after it. By far, his favourite fish is the slingjaw wrasse which, luckily, is in abundance in Ha’apai.

Micky is our very own scuba dog and due to her entertaining character very popular with our guests. Being a real island dog, she loves the beach and sometimes even joins us on the boat to get some time off from the office. She mastered the "Sleeping in any environment" skill and is currently in training for the "How not to bite a car tire" specialty.

Brian and Sabine run Fins 'n' Flukes in an environmentally responsible way to try and protect the marine environment they love so much in the best possible way. To find out more about the way we operate, please see our Environmental policy page.

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