Owner/PADI IDC Staff Instructor
Belize is not just a country with one of the lowest population densities in the world but it is also a country with an excellent environmental strategy. Twenty five percent of Belize’s land area is protected by law. We have the 2nd largest Barrier Reef in the world and the most diverse ethnic melting pot in Central America. This is what brought Ralph Capeling to adopt Belize as his home in 2005. He retired to Belize from Canada after a very successful 40 year career in the oil business that has taken him to all the continents in the world except Antarctica. He learned to dive in Indonesia, did the Rescue Diver course in Canada, Dive Master Certification in Belize, and became a PADI Instructor and Staff Instructor in Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras.
Ralph is an avid diver who became acquainted with Splash through Patty’s Splash Junior Club that teaches and certifies local children whose parents cannot afford diving lessons. Ralph was so impressed with the community, environmental commitment and ethics of Splash that he became an investor in Splash. One thing led to another, and now Ralph and Patty are man and wife – there goes Ralph’s retirement plan! Ralph is now focused on helping Patty move the Splash Team to become the top diving operation in Belize and the Caribbean.