Hello there and welcome to my site!

I'm a small independent publisher and scuba diver, having started the PADI scuba diving journey all the way back in 2008.

I've journeyed throughout the four corners of this beautiful blue planet of ours and been privileged to dive many fantastic sites. Although what I write about is fiction, a lot is based on experience and I've been party to a lot of belly laughs in my career as a scuba instructor.

So follow my journey. It's been a wild ride! 


Read the books in this order and for a description click on the title. Check out the reviews in the reviews section.

232 Bars

Produce Another Dumb Instructor

One Atmosphere

Red Sea Diving

Eat Sleep Dive Repeat


If you want to save some cash, the first three are available as an ebook

called The Triggerfish Trilogy, which you can buy for GBP £10.00 


You can support my writing by buying me a coffee at

www.ko-fi.com/johntriggerfish

I'm also saving up for a second hand 28-33ft sailboat to take people of all abilities scuba diving.

You can gofundme here -

gofundme.com/f/johntriggerfish


And I would absolutely love it if you follow me on TWITTER @johntriggerfish


Happy diving.

JT.

Produce Another Dumb Instructor on Goodreads.com Christopher L Ducote rated it 5/5 "it was amazing As Diver I absolutely loved this book A very good read for divers, talks about the ups and downs of trying to live life in paradise as a professional diver."

232 Bars "Great memories Done my PADI IDC in Phuket so lots of similarities with my diving journey, this is one amazing trip and looking forward to the next book." - James B Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2019 Verified Purchase 5* on Amazon.com

Michael Ryan 4.0 out of 5 stars Fun read Reviewed in Australia on December 29, 2016 Verified Purchase "Nice and light adventure full of twists and turns in the quest for completion of the PADI DM course in Thailand. Loved the internal monologue provided by John."

From idc-guide.com 232 Bars – John Triggerfish "Read this in three nights, its a very very funny story of how you can learn to dive while playing in Thailand ‘land of smiles’ with some very ‘interesting’ stories of what one lad got up to when let loose in Phuket while doing all his Dive training (OW, AOW, Rescue and Divemaster) . From a Dive Education perspective it gives you some ‘insights’ into the very many PADI acronyms that we use daily and also gives easy to digest information about dive theory topics including Physics, Physiology and RDP which certainly makes even an experienced Instructor re-think about how working ‘under pressure’ affects us. A great no-nonsense approach to learning some of the basics that we need to know / learn / practice and the reasons why they are important. John gives really great / honest advice about healthcare while working and diving regularly that should be known to all working dive Professionals and regular fun divers alike (these bits of advice could easily help you avoid ear infections) that I personally suffered from, that should be followed by all budding DMs / Instructors. It actually makes me think that Course Directors should offer this among other ‘real world’ advice when running their very popular add-on courses to the IDC which are normally taken once you complete the IE. Get this book you will love it (but you should be open minded and not easily offended / of a sensitive nature) and don’t believe everything you read, or perhaps you should. Cant wait to read the next one ‘Produce Another Dumb Instructor’ which rather conveniently could be an acronym of PADI, which I have never heard of but have heard ‘Put another Dollar In’ a few thousand times." Produce Another Dumb Instructor – John Triggerfish After his near Fatal Dive Accident in Thailand on the last dive of his PADI Divemaster course / adventures in Thailand John goes back to the UK and saves up enough money to do his PADI IDC in order to become a Scuba Dive Instructor in Mexico. For anyone that has done their PADI IDC / IE you will be captivated to hear how someone else sees their course / exams and you will be amazed at how similar (probably) your experiences are. For anyone yet to do their PADI IDC / IE in a far flug ‘Dive Resort’ you will get a big head start by reading this and hearing the ‘real’ experiences of a student trying their hardest to have pass the PADI IDC / IE. The actual PADI IDC / Dive Journey is a collection of all the best and worst. most interesting and most controversial elements you have ever heard of or seen as a PADI IDC Student / Dive Instructor. If only half of them actually happened then this was the most interesting IDC / First Job ever experienced by any Instructor. I personally have saved a couple of accidents / students lives (or potentially saved serious injury at best) so can imagine if you recall everything that happens to you / happens to your fellow Dive Instructors you may end up with a list of ‘unbelievable’ occurrences which has prompted myself to start thinking about documenting my personal adventures just for my own amusement, who knows I may share them on the IDC Guide website at some point in the future for everyone’s amusement. A quick journey into my memory of my own Thailand / Mexico journey gives me Naked Russian Lady Instructors / Spear Fishing / Thai Ladies wearing snorkels and masks / Mad Thai Ladies on Motorbikes / Corruption / Incompetence / Students doing ‘impossible’ things) / Drug Dealing Expats / Drunken Instructors / Police Corruption and Jails. John’s journey post PADI IDC takes him to a paradise beach with his comrades that ends rapidly making him take a unplanned road trip leading him onto many more adventures. The more I read these books the more I want them to be made into a film.

S. Lovell 5.0 out of 5 stars Good read for a diving holiday Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2018 Verified Purchase "I suspect there was a lot of poetic licence involved in the writing of this book. However, it is very funny, enjoyable and highly readable. If you happen to be going on a diving holiday, this will be a good read between dives."

Julie Gill 5.0 out of 5 stars Really entertaining bought his other books This author kept me entertained throughout I enjoyed it so much I ventured off to Thailand my self ...ps I had a shot at taxi driving." Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 13, 2019 Verified Purchase

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The Triggerfish Trilogy: Kickstarting the Dream.

Price: £10.00

John Triggerfish starts an adventure to find meaningful employment in the scuba diving industry. This is the first three books of his sub aqua story. From Burnley to Thailand and back via the paradise of the Yucatan and the utopia of Hartlepool, among some other very very special places. Meet ladyboys, gangsters, terrorists, dolphins and a monkey. There's also sharks, because every book about scuba should have some sharks in it.

This is his first three books in eBook form: 232 bars, Produce another Dumb Instructor, and One atmosphere.

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232 Bars

John Triggerfish lost everything and decided to start a new life in paradise. It didn't quite work out that way, although the ladyboys were pretty interesting. This is his story about becoming a Padi diving professional and meeting all manner of characters on his travels around the wonderful Kingdom of Thailand. Then of course there's his relationship with all the women that he meets whist cruising around the beaches and bars. That's pretty interesting/disturbing. Add in a few nutters from Blighty and some of the best diving on the planet, and you've probably got the funniest book about scuba ever written.

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For more info visit http://www.phuket.com/nightlife/patong-tips_BK.htm


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Produce Another Dumb Instructor.
John Triggerfish nearly wound up dead at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. Unfortunately for many women and large succulent fruit he survived, and decided to further his diving education. This is a story about doing the dreaded instructor development course in the wild Yucatan peninsular. This is a story about valiance, integrity, true diving grit, and downing vast quantities of cheap tequila while being taught all the diving skills one could ever wish to know by the demi gods of the diving world. This is a story about Bull sharks and life in Sin City, Playa del Carmen, Mexico. This is a story about eventually gaining meaningful employment in the diving industry and finally Living the Dream. And no matter where you finally end up working, you must always watch out for the terrorists. Or is that the tourists? ...

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Check out the bull shark dives here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eYkkoETmL8


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One Atmosphere.
My name's John Triggerfish and I'm a scuba diving legend.
Jacques Cousteau has nothing on me. He might have been the pioneer of underwater exploration but I'm the sub aqua king; and what I don't know about diving and adventure isn't worth knowing. I've come a long way in a big way. Especially in a few Thai bar girls; but that was yesteryear and this is now.

I'm currently at the top of my game with hundreds of diving hours under my weight belt and this time it's as close to a true tale as you can get, nearly. There's a monkey involved in this story. Everybody loves a cheeky monkey. There's sharks too. Everybody loathes sharks because sharks are sharp toothed evil motherfuckers that cause unnecessary chunky chum filled limb losing watery death. There's a dolphin. There's a beautiful dolphin straight out of a fairytale, because every good book has to have a dolphin in it. This is a story about returning from Mexico and continuing to live the PADI dream.

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More info here: http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Hanging-of-the-Hartlepool-Monkey/


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John motorsails into the Red Sea via the Suez canal to eventually find more gainful employment in the scuba diving industry.
Meet a host of characters including Belinda the Butt Lift diver.
There's also Lester from Chester and Chester from Leicester.

Meet Portuguese man o'war and whitetip reef sharks.
Enjoy tales from diving the SS Thistlegorm, the most dived site on the planet.
Enjoy a tale of true liveaboard lifestyle as John teaches the world more breathtaking scuba skills.

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More info on the SS THISTLEGORM here:

https://thethistlegormproject.com
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Our PADI instructor hero extraordinaire John manages to endorse his reputation once more in this thrilling continuation of his diving escapades throughout Africa.
Egypt didn't work out too well, and the Thistlegorm was far too busy anyway, so he sails south onboard Freya towards Tanzania accompanied as always by his pet dolphin Deapha. Lo and behold he comes across Mafia Island and the chance to dive with whale sharks and other large pelagic unicorns.
And when you take a couple of punks diving one day, you just know its all gonna go tits up.
And then there's the singeli hardcore festival in the excellently named Stone Town.
What could possibly go wrong?

Available on lulu.com here from October 2021

I'd like to  thank a few sites for their dedication to the scuba lifestyle, in particular idc-guide.com which provides essential tutorials and tips for divers of all skill levels. This site is really worth a visit.


Also I'd like a big shout out to innerspace dive center and Chris Ducote for his excellent correspondence.


Also check out divemagazine.com

the excellent PADI blog.

Top ten dive sites at Divein.com

And have a look at Jacques Cousteau's wikipedia profile here because the guy's nearly as cool as me.

As always, happy diving!

JT

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