Congratulations to Thomas, Olly, Nok, Micaela, Jon, Alkis, Juan!  100% pass on exam.  Leigh became PADI IDC Staff Instrictor.

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Technical features:Compared to Open Circuit, rebreathers have 2 big advantages: Triple actual dive time, Far less disturbing to marine life

Two great days in the pool with Jay Selway from Poseidon. Thanks so much from all of us here at Mermaids Dive Center for your time. Thanks also to Stefan and Dive Supply and everyone attended.

Well done guys! Congrats to Simon and Martin! Happy Birthday to Desi!

Buy any Mask, Fins and Snorkel together – receive 30% off.  Actual set and colors may be different from this image

This is happening at Mermaids Dive Center Jomtien at 18:00

Being an Master Scuba Diver allows the young interns to reach a high and safe standard of diving whilst waiting to become old enough to “go pro”. For those wishing to achieve this training certification for satisfaction it affords them the maximum amount of safety in the water as they are now Rescue diver level with specialty diving skills under their belts.

The intern training will take place along side the professional internships also allowing for the candidate to see and learn a lot more than in an ordinary, everyday dive course. The training is at Pattaya, Jomtien, Sattahip and Samesan, Chonburi in Thailand.

The Package includes:

• ALL Dive Courses:
  • PADI Open Water Diver Course
  • PADI National Geographic Diver
  • PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
  • PADI EFR (Emergency First Response)
  • *NEW* – PADI CFC – Care For Children
  • PADI Rescue Diver Course
  • MSD Master Scuba Diver Certification
  • *NEW* – DAN O2 – Oxygen First Aid for Diving Incidents

• FULL set of scuba diving equipment (yours to keep) – complete set Including Suunto Gecko Computer.
• 10 PADI of your choice (from 23) making you a “Master Scuba Diver”. (A list of diver specs to choose from including the Dry Suit Diver Course).
• 3 months accommodation. (Comfortable Hotel Style).
• ALL Manuals and training aids to Master Scuba Diver rating.
• ALL Fees to PADI.
• Minimum of 60 dives (Un-limited diving).
• International Dive Job Placement Service – The most successful diver jobs assistance available. Mermaids 4 year exclusive partnership with Diversjobs.com has been highly successful in assisting divers to work.
• Transfer from Bangkok Airport to Mermaids.
• Internships guarantee you the adventure of a life time.

This course is held in Pattaya (Jomtien), Chonburi, Thailand. Once qualified as a dive master you will be eligible to assist instructors with student training, conduct open ocean dive tours for certified divers and assist with the day to day operation of a functional dive shop.

This is the first professional “internationally recognized” rating on the PADI ladder but can be used as a passport to work in most countries world wide.

The Mermaids Diving Life Dive Master Internship is the original, most comprehensive and complete package available.

The Package includes:

• ALL dive courses:
  • PADI Open Water Diver Course
  • The PADI National Geographic diver
  • PADI Advanced O/W Diver Course
  • EFR Emergency First Response
  • *NEW* – EFR CFC – Care for Children (Including all manuals and fees)
  • PADI Rescue Diver Course
  • 10 PADI Specialty courses:
    • PADI Enriched Air Diver
    • PADI Deep Diver
    • PADI Wreck Diver
    • PADI underwater Photography Specialty
    • PADI Drift Diver
    • PADI Night Diver
    • PADI Multi-level Diver
    • PADI Search And Recovery Diver
    • PADI Navigation Diver
    • PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Diver
  • MSD – Master Scuba Diver Certification
  • PADI Divemaster Course
• PADI EFRI (Emergency First Response Instructor) rating – (Including Instructor manual and fees).
• DAN (Divers Alert Network) – 02 Oxygen First Aid for Diving Accidents
• PADI Full-Face Mask Divers Course
• FULL set of scuba diving equipment (yours to keep) – complete set.
• 4 months accommodation. (Very comfortable Hotel style accommodation).
• ALL Manuals, tables and training aids to Dive Master rating.
• ALL Fees to PADI and other agencies (DAN).
• Minimum of 80 dives. (Most complete the training with around 100 dives but UN-limited diving is offered).
• International Dive Job Placement Service – Exclusive membership to Mermaids dive jobs partnership with Diversjobs.com – the most complete scuba diving jobs service available only through Mermaids. Train and find dive work – enter the scuba diving industry a very employable diver.
• Transfer from Bangkok Airport to Mermaids.
• Visa Assistance (Paperwork to support a student visa application).
• Internships guarantee you the adventure of a life time.

Congratulations on being a PADI dive professional already at the PADI dive master level. If you have come this far you’ll know the sense of achievement you get from this level and if you have worked in the dive industry already then you’ll know how rewarding this is also.

As a divemaster (from any dive certifying agency) you’ll know that you can be of assistance to dive instructors, lead tours, assist in the shop and help with diving academics etc. The next stage to make you very employable is obviously the OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor) level – allowing you to perform many additional dive duties and hence being more desirable to a dive employer.

You can take an IDC anywhere that is an IDC center – you’ll be trained over a 2 week period in instruction and then let loose to find work. You’ll be able to find dive centers aplenty that will offer this. We however do not like to work this way. We have gained through hard work and dedication to the dive training that our internship academy gives a great reputation for producing highly employable dive professionals. Attending Mermaids (LIA – Jomtien – Thailand) dive training academy is like attending Harvard, Cambridge or Oxford within the dive industry – we have earned this reputation very well indeed through our PADI CDC (Career Development Center) status and special internships.

If you are a divemaster and wish to upgrade to instructor then we have a great pro-dive package that interns you as a DM through to instructor over a 3 month period. (This time can be reduced on request). The training will allow you to be the very best instructor with all of the following included within the package:

• 3 months accommodation – Comfortable hotel style accommodation
• Unlimited diving. (Usually netting 80+ dives).
• ALL Manuals for the IDC i.e. the Instructor Manual, work books and business of diving material – to keep.
• ALL Fees to PADI paid for the IDC and the IE.
• IDC Preparation course.
• AI (Assistant Instructor) course.
• IE – Instructor Examination and OWSI certification.
• 5 PADI Instructor Specialty Courses:
  • PADI Enriched Air Instructor
  • PADI Night Dive Instructor
  • PADI Deep Dive Instructor
  • PADI Wreck Diver Instructor
  • PADI Multi-Level Diver Instructor
• PADI EFRI (Emergency First Response Instructor) rating. (Including Instructor manual and fees)
• EFR CFC – Care for Children (Including manual – As standard with all Mermaids Pro-packages).
• DAN (Divers Alert Network) – 02 Oxygen First Aid for Diving Accidents. (As standard with all Mermaids Pro-packages)
• International Dive Job placements service. Mermaids 4 year exclusive Partnership with Diversjobs.com allows the strongest and most successful diver job program on the market. Allow yourself the very best opportunity to enter the scuba diving industry. (After all you are training to become scuba employable right?).
• Visa assistance.
• Transfer from Bangkok Airport to Mermaids.
• The most fun and adventure that you have in a lifetime! Check the photos for a little of our history, trips and experience – we are not a fly by night stating that we have great experience – we REALLY do!

If you’re a scuba diver, you obviously already have a passion for the adventurous lifestyle – if you’re not, you must be looking to change and start living life to the fullest…

PADI scuba dive instructors spend their work days scuba diving. We lead dive trips, teach diving courses and see things most people can only be envious and dream about! Make the picture here an everyday waking sight for you. Make a career scuba diving!

Mermaid’s CDC Pattaya, Thailand, offers you our “Diving Life” internship training course program (operated since 1999 – the longest in it’s field by 5 years). From open water diver to open water scuba instructor in approximately 6 months (experience dependant). The diver internships include all the PADI dive courses required, PADI Course Fees, unlimited scuba dives, your own full set of BRAND NEW professional scuba dive equipment and lodgings (accommodation) for up to 7 months in one of the most exciting cities in the world – Pattaya, (Jomtien) Thailand.

Sound like a lot of money? Let me spell that out for you again!!! Mermaids OWSI (Dive Instructor) is the original, longest running and most complete Dive Career Development Program for dive jobs available – you get:

Full course training from beginner to instructor (Full dive education)…

• PADI Open Water Course
• PADI National Geographic Diver
• PADI Advanced Course
• PADI EFR Course
• EFR CFC – Care for Children
• PADI EFRI (Emergency First Response Instructor) rating. (Including Instructor manual and fees) – (As standard with all Mermaids Pro-packages)
• PADI Rescue Diver
• 5 PADI Diver Specialty Courses:
  • PADI Enriched Air Diver
  • PADI Deep Diver
  • PADI Wreck Diver
  • PADI Multilevel Diver
  • PADI Underwater Photography certification
• PADI MSD (Master Scuba Diver) certification
• PADI Dive Master Course
• PADI IDC Preparation course
• PADI IDC (PADI Instructor Development Course)
• PADI I E (PADI Instructor Examination) – ALL fees paid
• DAN (Divers Alert Network) – 02 Oxygen First Aid
• PADI Full-Face Mask Divers Course
• 5 PADI Instructor Specialty Ratings:
  • PADI Enriched Air Instructor
  • PADI Deep Dive Instructor
  • PADI Wreck Dive Instructor
  • PADI Multilevel Dive Instructor
  • PADI Underwater Photography Instructor
• ALL Fees to PADI and DAN paid. (VALUE almost – $1500)
• ALL Course manuals and materials to keep. (VALUE – over $1100)
• UN-limited Diving. (Usually 200++ Dives) – All air paid for and included. (VALUE – $10,000++ based on daily diving as a regular diver)
• FULL set of Brand NEW Scuba diving equipment from Regulators to diving knife and fins and Suunto Computer to BCD. Everything (yours to keep after training). We kit you up with your very OWN dive gear on the first day that you start. This dive equipment is yours forever! (Value – over $1500). The equipment is all branded and good quality – mainly Apeks, Scubapro, Seacsub and Suunto
• Accommodation (Comfortable Hotel Style) – fully included for up to 7 months. (VALUE – 40,000 Thai baht)
• Membership to our Exclusive Diver Job Assistance Program. Mermaids holds the strongest and most successful diving jobs placement program. Train at Mermaids and receive exclusive access to Mermaids partnership with Diversjobs.com
• Transfer from Bangkok Airport to Mermaids
• Visa assistance for your training period
• The most fun and adventure that you have in a lifetime!

Specialty courses offered can be exchanged for other PADI specialty courses that are of interest to the diver – there are plenty to choose from.

Mermaids Dive Career Development Center (the original Dive Internship programs since 1999) will give you the experience of a lifetime for 6 months, AND scuba training that will be useful for the rest of your life. At the end of the dive trainee program the best dive job placement service in existence will help the successful “Diving Lifers” find their first scuba job in the rapidly growing dive industry! Life really can be a beach! Get a scuba diving career by joining our dive training placements!