PADI Diving Course on Koh Tao
We
follow the PADI system of diver education as they are the largest SCUBA
diving certification organization in the world, and internationally
recognized.
The most important thing for us, however, is thorough
training, which we attain with small groups (we won't usually refuse
just one student) and personal, understanding teaching. Courses are
available in English, German and many other languages, with educational
materials available in most languages.
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PADI Scuba Review
PADI recommends
this "scuba-diving tune-up" after more than 6 months of no diving.
It certainly is necessary after much longer periods or if you're
feeling a little out of touch. We will go through your basic
dive theory, check & refine your SCUBA DIVING skills and then
do some fun diving with you too. |
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Discover SCUBA Diving on Koh Tao
For people without the time for a full course
or who want to check it out first, we are happy to give you
a real taste of diving. It's a strictly shallow dive, starting
in water "deep enough to stand up", after a thorough briefing
on safety rules, techniques and equipment. We usually specify
a maximum of two divers per PADI Instructor. Your dive can then
be credited towards an Open Water Diver Course. |
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PADI Open Water Diver
A full beginners diving coursse, taking about
4 days and involving theory sessions (DVD & personal teaching),
shallow water training and 4 actual dives. On successful completion
of the program you should understand all the basics of safe
diving and will receive your log book plus PADI Scuba Diver
Certification; valid for life.
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Advanced Open Water Diver
The next level, featuring further training in underwater
navigation and deep diving, plus 3 other specialized activities
such as night diving, underwater naturalist, photography, multilevel
diving or dive with an under water scooter. So you do 5 dives
in total over 2 to 3 days. Any of the advanced dives can then
be credited to the specialty course that might take your fancy.
You will finish the course a more confident and experienced
diver, with a further Diving Certification to prove it! |
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PADI Emergency First Responder
A one-day, classroom based course on basic first aid,
required before you start your Rescue Diver Program, although
proof of training (inc. CPR) with any recognized First Aid Organization
within the past 2 years is also acceptable. |
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PADI Rescue Diver
A more serious (but also much fun) level of diving
education. Self rescue techniques, surface and underwater problems,
emergency management, actual rescue scenarios and more are covered
in theory lessons and a minimum of 5 in-water training sessions
over at least 3 days. With this scuba diving certification you
should be able to better care for a dive buddy with problems,
in addition to becoming more self-sufficient & confident as
a scuba-diver yourself.
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PADI Dive Master
The first level in the PADI professional program
will teach you how to care for Certified Scuba Divers and assist
in teaching situations. This should take a minimum of 4 weeks
(including as many dives as it takes) as there's lots to do!
In-depth (so to speak) theory, lots of in-water work, but also
learning how to help in the running of a scuba dive center,
from filling tanks and maintaining equipment, to caring for
divers & students, to handling potential customers and dealing
with paperwork.
We are always interested in teaching
these courses, as we try to employ only dive masters taught
by ourselves as staff here.
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PADI Specialty Training
What is Special in Diving for you? We have dived here for
15 years & have compiled a full photo directory of our local
marine life, so join us for the Specialty U/W Naturalist course
or the U/W Photographer course; we are experts. Have you ever
dived with the extra bottom time that enriched air (nitrox)
allows you, or do you want to dive deeper, but with proper training
first? Then we've got the Specialty Enriched Air or Deep Diver
courses.
Basically there is a program to meet most divers
special interests & we're usually happy to teach it; just let
us know. Just, please dont ask at Blue Diamond Dive Resort for
the "u/w hunter" course, as we are doing the best we can to
preserve the underwater world on Ko Tao! Altitude Diving and
Ice Diving are also quiet difficult to archive on Koh Tao.
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