{"id":494,"date":"2025-05-08T17:28:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seaspirit.it\/?page_id=494"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:17:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:17:43","slug":"mark-soworka","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/seaspirit.it\/en\/about-us\/mark-soworka\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Soworka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"translation-block\"><b>Mark Soworka<\/b> is internationally recognized as one of the most experienced and successful <b>PADI Course Directors<\/b>.\nActive since <b>1997<\/b>, he has maintained the highest global success rate in <b>PADI Instructor Examinations (IE)<\/b> and has helped train thousands of scuba instructors who now work with great satisfaction around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">He started diving at the age of <b>12<\/b> and has built an extensive portfolio of experience, ranging from the <b>eastern coast of Australia<\/b> to <b>Africa<\/b>, <b>South America<\/b>, and <b>Europe<\/b>, even spending several months in the <b>Arctic Circle<\/b>.\nBefore becoming a Course Director, he issued nearly <b>2,000 scuba certifications<\/b> and held roles as a <b>manager and training manager<\/b> in international dive centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His global perspective and teaching style \u2014 adaptable to very different environments \u2014 make Mark a unique figure in the world of scuba education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Since <b>1997<\/b>, Mark has conducted <b>IDCs in Koh Tao and Koh Samui, Thailand<\/b>, where he has trained generations of instructors.\nTo date, he has issued over <b>5,000 professional certifications<\/b>, confirming his status as a key figure for those looking to build a solid and international career in diving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">In <b>2015<\/b>, Mark joined the team at <b>Sea Spirit Diving Resort<\/b> in Sicily, where he launched the <b>Dive-Careers Europe<\/b> project together with <b>Master Instructor Carmelo Sgroi<\/b>.\nThanks to this collaboration, he has brought to <a href=\"https:\/\/seaspirit.it\/en\/diving-in-taormina\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"204\" title=\"Diving in Taormina\" target=\"_self\">diving in Taormina<\/a> the quality, structure, and proven success of a global training method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Soworka \u00e8 riconosciuto a livello internazionale come uno dei PADI Course Director pi\u00f9 esperti e di successo. Attivo dal 1997, ha mantenuto nel tempo il pi\u00f9 alto tasso di successo negli Instructor Examination (IE) PADI a livello globale, contribuendo alla formazione di migliaia di istruttori subacquei che oggi lavorano con soddisfazione in tutto il [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":319,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-494","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seaspirit.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seaspirit.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seaspirit.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seaspirit.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seaspirit.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/seaspirit.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1520,"href":"https:\/\/seaspirit.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/494\/revisions\/1520"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seaspirit.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seaspirit.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}