BRUCE HENDERSON
Founder, skipper and diver

 Bruce has been diving and sailing since the mid 1980s. He is a SAMSA Category A Skipper Offshore for vessels over 9m and a SAS Yacht Master. He is a PADI Divemaster and an IANTD certified technical diver with trimix certifications for open and closed-circuit diving. An avid mariner and diver, Bruce founded Wreckless Marine in 2018 to further pursue these passions.

BEN HENDERSON
Hydrographic surveyor

Ben is a SAMSA Category B skipper and an IANTD technical diver. After completing his studies at the University of Stellenbosch and the University of Cape Town he joined Wreckless Marine and trained as a hydrographic surveyor. He is the lead hydrographic surveyor on the Wreckless team and is responsible for surveying and data management. He is a highly passionate mariner.

VICTOR OEBLOM
Survey Intern and  Diver

Victor is a survey trainee and the most recent addition to the team.  He has previously completed an internship with BlueFlash as a drysuit repair technician.  He is a qualified Divemaster and aspiring technical diver.  He has travelled extensively and worked in various part of the world, including Indonesia where he has done most of his diving.  He is fascinated with the world of seafloor mapping, shipwrecks, and technical diving.

GRANT WHITFORD
Skipper

Grant is a vastly experienced skipper and navigator. He qualified as an H1 hydrographic surveyor with the Royal Navy and served in the South African Navy as a senior survey officer and bridge watch keeper aboard the SAS Protea, holding the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Grant is a CMAS and IANTD certified instructor and technical diver. As a keen wreck diver, he found and documented several previously lost Western Cape shipwrecks.  Grant is also the owner of Blue Flash, a dive charter and dry suit services business, based in Cape Town.