Wade Doak

Wade Doak, an internationally known marine biologist, dolphin researcher, and explorer, with his wife, Jan, have over one hundred years of underwater exploration and photography between them. Their generation was the first to scuba dive and document the undersea world. "It was better than first-footing the moon. We were flying in an unknown world." In 1963, they moved from New Zealand's South Island to the Tutukaka Coast to explore the Poor Knights Islands. Wade has written eighteen books and...See more

Wade Doak, an internationally known marine biologist, dolphin researcher, and explorer, with his wife, Jan, have over one hundred years of underwater exploration and photography between them. Their generation was the first to scuba dive and document the undersea world. "It was better than first-footing the moon. We were flying in an unknown world." In 1963, they moved from New Zealand's South Island to the Tutukaka Coast to explore the Poor Knights Islands. Wade has written eighteen books and has been involved with multiple TV films on fish, marine life, and South Seas exploration. For sixteen years, the diving couple edited and published Dive Magazine. More at ... See less