{{short description|Australian cave diver}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}} '''David Apperley''' is an Australian technical diver and cave explorer. Apperley holds instructor levels in cave diving, Deep Mixed Gas Diving and Deep Closed Circuit Rebreather Diving and was the expedition co-ordinator for the Pearse Resurgence Project 1996–2003.<ref>http://www.trimixdivers.com/Navigate.do?tableName=caves_reports&code=pearse_report_2001_dave{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was the project leader on the Royal Mail Ship Niagara 2003 Survey Project, which involved the organization and planning of putting some of the world's most experienced divers onto the 130-metre-deep Niagara wreck site, off the North Island of New Zealand.
In 2003 Tanya Streeter, world record free diver, employed Apperley to lead a group of safety divers to the British West Indies to act as support for the world record attempt. While support team Leader, Apperley also acted as deep-water support for Tanya on her 160m dive, diving in excess of 150 meters.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sydneyproject.com/team_roster/roster.asp |title=Welcome to the Sydney Project Dive Team Website – Team Members |access-date=23 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109172618/http://www.sydneyproject.com/team_roster/roster.asp |archive-date=9 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In the 2011, Apperley was Safety Diver and stunt double for the character Frank McGuire in the cave diving feature film ''Sanctum''.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
==Awards== Apperley was the recipient of the inaugural "OZTeK Diver of the Year" award in 2000 for his RMS Niagara and the Pearse River resurgence explorations. He is a founding member and one of the lead exploration divers with the Sydney Project<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.sydneyproject.com |title = Sydney Project | Exploring the Underwater Cultural Heritage of Australia}}</ref> and continues to explore the deep caves and wrecks of Australia & New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.divetheblue.net/pdf/ART%20CUMBERLAND.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723094936/http://www.divetheblue.net/pdf/ART%20CUMBERLAND.pdf |archive-date=23 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Along with Australian cave divers Paul Hosie and Paul Garske, he has been recognised as a member of the World Exploration Team of Divers in Advanced Diver Magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.advanceddivermagazine.com/WETdivers/WET/Apperley/apperley.html |title=Wetmember |access-date=23 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724183828/http://www.advanceddivermagazine.com/WETdivers/WET/Apperley/apperley.html |archive-date=24 July 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==See also== {{portal bar|Biography}}
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