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Scuba Diving Courses on Koh Tao Thailand
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Become a PADI Dive Master here on Koh Tao – DM
You are already an experienced diver so why not turn your passion into a career? Why not consider a change of profession or maybe just a break from it? Become a PADI professional and live the tropical life! Does the Koh Tao lifestyle appeal to you?
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Role of a Dive Master
Supervise both educational and non educational activities by planning, organising and conducting dives. Assist an instructor during confined and open water sessions for dive courses of all levels. Independently lead students on the Open Water Course on the excursion portion of open water dives 2, 3 and 4 of the course
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Become a PADI Assistant Instructor on Koh Tao – AI
You have worked hard to become a Divemaster and you are now ready to put even more effort and enthusiasm into becoming an Assistant Instructor
Role of a PADI Assistant Instructor
Conduct the theory portion of any PADI dive course, under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor. During confined water dives, conduct demonstrations, under the direct supervision of a PADI instructor
PADI – IDC Koh Tao: Become a Dive Instructor – OWSI
A job in the tropics…. Is that for me or not? Continuing training to instructor level gives you more options and strengthens your potential for employment. …… Read more
PADI – IDC Koh Tao: Become a Dive Instructor – OWSI
Be a certified PADI Dive Master or have an equivalent certification from another recreational dive training organisation, be 18 years old …….. Read more
Advanced
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Scuba Diving Review – Scuba Tune up
The Scuba Review program is primarily designed to help certified and non-certified divers to refresh their diving theory knowledge and their practical scuba diving skills in and out of the water. A scuba review or ‘Tune Up’ is particularly recommended after a long period of diving inactivity and/or after a significant gap during diving courses.
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Adventures in Diving – PADI Adventure Diver
The PADI Adventure Diver Course is the first step on the way to explore the different areas of scuba diving. The various specialty dives in the Adventure Diving Course are designed to reflect the peronal interests of a diver and will let you choose the subject. This way, scuba divers will gain more diving experience, in relation to what they are interested in, such as Underwater Photography, Deep Diving or others.
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Adventures in Diving – PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (AOWD)
Similar to the PADI Adventure Diving course, the Advanced Course (AOWD) aims to train the divers confidence underwater by guiding the student towards his/her personal interests. The PADI Advanced Open Water Certification requires five specialty dives,where from two dives, deep and navigation dive, are so called mandatory dives, while the subjects of the remaining three dives are up to the divers free choice. Read more …
Emergency First Response Course- EFR
In case you would like to extend your diving skills, a first aid certificate is prerequisite if you plan to participate in a PADI rescue diving course. The Emergency First Response Course (EFR) is based on strict protocol and uses various training aids. The EFR course will teach you all the elementary procedures of being a first responder on an accident scene, be it above or under water. Read more …
Oxygen Provider
The oxygen provider course is a basic training for those who are interested in oxygen therapy, whether they are scuba divers or not. The oxygen provider training will introduce you to the fundamental notions of diving accidents. You will learn to recognize signs and symptoms of oxygen related emergancies and accidents, as well as oxygen related emergency management. Even though the Oxygen provider course is not mandatory, it is stongly recommended for Dive Masters and Diving Instructors to extend their oxygen provider training. Read more …
Course – PADI Rescue Diver Course
Once you have gained a bit more experience on dive boats and under water, you may feel the urge to extend your diving knowledge further, to be able to assist your fellow divers in a proper and correct way, in case of an emergancy. The PADI Rescue Diver Course is aimed to train divers to be able to spot problems and assist other divers in situations that otherwise might well have become dangerous.
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Specialty Dives – Specialty Diving Certifications
Make more specialty dives and become a certified Specialty Diver in the part of suba diving that interests you most! The aim of the PADI speciality course program is to familiarise divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organisation, procedures, techniques and the equipment associated with different areas of special interests within scuba diving. Specialty Dives are the perfect way to increase your experience and better your skills. Read more …
Specialty Dives
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Become a Certified Specialty Diver
If you wish to continue your diving education and gain more diving experience without becoming and advanced open water or a rescue diver, then the specialty dives are made for you! Whether you are interested in the technical diving specialties such as Nitrox, Deep Diving or riding around on a Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV), having the time of your life, or the more standard activities such as Night Diving, Multilevel Training Dives, Naturalist, Underwater Photography or others, you won’t have trouble finding specialty dives that to suit your interests.
Even if you’re not a scuba diver (yet), there are still specialties that may well interest you, such as Project AWARE, Marine Resource Management and Coral Reef Conservation. These specialty programs focus on our responsibilities to our planet and how to protect our oceans.
Possible specialty choices and prerequisites for each (list is non-exhaustive):
Deep Diver Specialty:
4 dives over 2 days
Maximum depth: 40 meters
Prerequisites: Adventure diver or equivalent, 15 years minimum ageNight Diving Specialty:
4 dives over 2 days
Prerequisites: Adventure diver or equivalent, 15 years minimum ageNitrox Specialty:
2 dives (optional)
Prerequisites: Open Water Diver or equivalent, 15 years minimum agePhotography Specialty:
2 dives over 1 day
Prerequisites: Junior Open Water or equivalent, 10 years minimum ageNavigation Specialty:
3 dives over 1-2 days
Prerequisites: Junior Open Water or equivalent, 10 years minimum ageNaturalist Specialty:
2 dives over 1 day
Prerequisites: Junior Open Water or equivalent, 10 years minimum age
Become a certified specialty diver
Other specialties are available; please contact me here for more information!
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Adventure Diver
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PADI Adventure Diver – Adventures in Diving
You are already an Open Water Diver and you want to perfect your diving and gain more experience, but the Advanced Open Water Course seems too ambitious, then this is, without a doubt, the best option. This intermediate certification allows you to choose and mix 3 dives with different themes. There are no specific dives to do, you can choose the types of diving that you want to discover. No long classroom sessions, no exams, it’s enough just to read the relevant section of the manual and get in the water. Whether you are interested in photography, night diving, deep diving or many more, you have the choice! In just one day you can achieve your PADI Adventure Diver certification!
Possible choices for Adventure / Advanced Dives:
- Deep dive (compulsory for AOWD): descend to 30 meters and see the sharks and other marine giants!
- Navigation dive (compulsory for A.O.W): you will learn to use your compass efficiently which will allow you to dive more independently and discover the superb corals and the aquatic life around Koh Tao.
- Nitrox dive (optional): If you want to stay longer underwater, learn to dive with an air mix, enriched with oxygen and enjoy the aquatic life even more!
- Night dive (optional): Did you like the marine life by day? How about finding out how it looks at night? Discover the joys of phosphorescent plankton. Find fish in their sleeping places and learn more about the underwater world at night.
- Photography dive (optional): learn about photo equipment and take home a superb photographic souvenir!
- Multi-level / Computer dive (optional): Prolong your time underwater by planning your dive using the eRDP ML, a computer and other multilevel dive planning devices.
- Naturalist dive (optional) : Learn to recognize and identify the fish and corals you see under water. This coure will ultimately help you to keep a far more accurate log book.
- Peak Performance Buoyancy dive (PPB-optional): The perfect diving course to optimize your buoyancy and your breathing underwater. Learn how to do a head stand without holding on to anything. This is a great technique to observe rays and other fish hidden under table corals and rocks.
PADI ADVENTURE DIVER
Age minimum : 10 years
Maximum depth : 12 meters for 10-11 year olds, 21 meters for 12-14 year olds, 30 meters for those 15 years plus.
Location: open water (sea)
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Discover Scuba Diving
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Discover Scuba Diving on Koh Tao, Thailand
Is your time limited or are you a little unsure of your ability to learn to dive, but nevertheless want to make your first bubbles and enjoy the underwater world? As long as you are in good health and at least 10 years old, it’s time for you to discover SCUBA diving!!
You will learn the basic rules, concepts and exercises before venturing to deeper water. The basic program is limited to 6 meters maximum depth but a further optional dive allows the more enthusiastic to descend to 12 meters!
The PADI Discover SCUBA Diving is an introduction to SCUBA diving with a more relaxed approach.
Accompanied by a PADI professional, you will learn the basic safety concepts, put on the equipment and take an underwater tour in a confined water environment. The PADI Discover SCUBA Diving program can be conducted in a pool, in a natural confined environment or …… but above all where an adequate and positive introduction to diving is possible. You may decide to continue and to get signed up to the SCUBA Diver course or PADI Open Water Diver. When certain conditions are met, you can use your Discover SCUBA Diving experience as credit towards either of these.
PADI Discover Scuba Diving Course:
Minimum age: 10 years
Maximum depth of basic DSD program: 6 meters
Place: Pool or confined water environment (shallow bay)
Maximum depth of optional dive: 12 meters
Place: Open water environment (sea)
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Learn to Dive
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SCUBA Course for Children – PADI Bubblemaker
The Bubblemaker program is a perfect introduction to SCUBA diving for children. Whilst using equipment suitable for their size, your child can discover the pleasures of breathing underwater under the direct supervision of a scuba instructor. Read more …
Diving for Children – PADI Seal Team Program
Once introduced to SCUBA, your child has the opportunity to continue their learning with the PADI Seal Team course. Structured the same way as the adult course, your child will continue to discover SCUBA diving, always under the direct supervision of an instructor. By partaking in the programs short theory and practical sessions your child will develop their diving ability, ease in the water and their own self confidence. Read More …
Discover SCUBA Diving in Paradise – PADI DSD
A true introduction to SCUBA diving, the Discover SCUBA Diving program is an ideal way to discover the underwater world in minimal time but with maximum safety and pleasure. With adapted teaching methods and direct instructor supervision, you can take the first steps to SCUBA by getting a certification in only half a day. Read more …
Scuba Dive on Koh Tao – PADI SCUBA Diver
Elementary level diving certification, the PADI Scuba Diver program is between the Discover Scuba Diving and the certification that allows you to dive without a professional (Open Water Diver). PADI Scuba Diver is aimed at those who want to become divers but prefer to dive under direct professional supervision. The Scuba Diver course is made up of sections of the Open Water Diver course. Read more …
Open Water Diving Course on Koh Tao
To become an independent diver (dive without a PADI professional)it is no longer necessary partake in a discover scuba diving experience first, or spending your weekend in a pool and then rush to attend a real open water experience. Based on a very flexible schedule and useful training aids the course caters for different learning styles, you will learn fundamental diving knowledge to prepare you for diving with a buddy without professional supervision. Read more …
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