PADI National Geographic PADI Open Water Course

PJ Scuba - Mermaids CDC (Diver Career Development Center) Pattaya, Thailand is an official National Geographic PADI affiliated Scuba Dive Center. National Geographic Scuba Divers are adventurers, explorers, and conservationists. You have an interest in scuba diving and underwater sciences that goes beyond that of the average diver - you'll be much more aware. (Mermaids Dive Center is also  Project AWARE Go-Eco Dive Center).

In addition, National Geographic divers have demonstrated skills and completed underwater tasks that broaden your awareness while scuba diving. Increased buoyancy skill mastery than required of a newly certified PADI Open Water Diver (regular PADI open Water Course) fine tunes your ability to interact appropriately with aquatic creatures and underwater structures. Excellent buoyancy control is also a foundation skill for specialty diving activities such as underwater Photography and Videography - essential for reef and marine conservation also.

Practicing marine information-gathering techniques and heightening dive navigation skills further increases your ability to explore and take critical note of each dive site you choose to visit. You'll be much more aware of navigation techniques by using compasses and also natural navigation points.

Your enhanced knowledge and skill level makes your and other National Geographic Divers true stewards and ambassadors for the underwater world.

ADDITIONAL SCUBA DIVE SKILLS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

Here are a few additional skills that will be taught and mastered during your National Geographic Diver Course.

• Exploration Project: Because exploration and underwater sciences encompass a wide range of physical and biological disciplines, we focus on the unique and interesting aspects of the dive sites. Noting the animal life, plant life, topography, geology, human-made structures and sketching it on a slate.
• Aquatic Life Identification: Discuss, identify and record aquatic plants, invertebrate and vertebrates at a fresh water or salt water environment. Predominantly where we are this will be salt water but you'll understand much more than the average diver of fresh water marine life also.
• Navigation Skills: Good underwater navigation is the key to enjoyable diving experiences and precise navigation using a compass is a fun challenge for all divers. Combining compass navigation with keen observation skills increases a National Geographic diver’s awareness and builds confidence in your diving skills. You'll learn many skills for natural navigation also.
• Hovering & Buoyancy skills: Good buoyancy skills are very important to observing marine life and not coming into contact with the creatures ensures no damage is done during this observation. Three types of hovering will be taught and mastered. Hovering horizontally helps divers stop while swimming over a fragile bottom to observe and record what is below them. Hovering with feet slightly elevated allow divers to peer into crevices without touching the sides. Hovering with head slightly elevated is a comfortable position to look at the aquatic life along a wall or piling. 

These are just a few of the exciting differences in becoming a PADI National Geographic Diver. Mermaids CDC (Dive Career Development Center) is the first Dive Center to receive the National Geographic Dive Center designation on the eastern seaboard of Thailand. All of our instructors have been trained as National Geographic Dive Instructors to offer you the most flexibility when choosing a dive education program.

PADI Introduce the Internet Divers Course - PADI eLearning Online Open Water Course

Learning to scuba dive has never been more convenient! Begin at HOME and complete in Pattaya

Whether you’re on the go or want to take it slow, now you can complete the diving knowledge development portion of the PADI Open Water Diver course online with PADI eLearning. It’s a great match for your active schedule. An obvious additional benefit is the fact that you do not have to sit in a dive center classroom during your holiday. This will allow you more relaxing time by the pool or indeed an extra day or so in the water scuba diving. (Note that ALL academics learned online shall be reviewed at Mermaids Dive Center).

Come to Mermaids Dive Training facility to complete your dive training:

While you're working through the Online PADI Open Water Diver course or after you complete all the segments, you can print your eLearning Record and bring it to Mermaids Dive Center to start your underwater adventures. The student record file shows the staff here at Mermaids Dive Center that you have passed all successfully.

GO Dive:

You’ll learn and master dive skills from one of our highly-trained PADI Instructors during confined and open water dives here in Pattaya, Thailand. The skills you learn during these dives will prepare you to explore a whole new world. Start today on a lifetime of adventure and fun! Simply click the 'get started' button and you are a step closer to becoming a scuba diver.

Diver Details:

• Convenient online access to knowledge development course material for one year.

• Unlimited and unrestricted access to an online version of the PADI Open Water Diver Manual.

• At your own pace complete knowledge assessments. Watch the online videos at your own time to ensure your best learning environment.

• Visit or contact us anytime during business hours or email with any questions that you have.

• Payment is $120 US for eLearning via a secure online payment system.

(There are additional charges for in-water training and equipment rental. The PADI Open Water course is 15,900 Thai baht including the diver manual. For the divers subscribing to the internet diver course the balance of just 11,000 Thai baht (Exchange rate) is to be made at Mermaids Dive Career Development Center to complete the divers course).

Scuba diving instructor internship divers benefit:

For the non-divers that are arriving to attend Mermaids Scuba dive instructor training internship this is a good head start. $120 shall be deducted from the cost of the overall dive training program and hence it shall not cost you a penny extra. By studying online divers theory and passing the tests this allows you to get in the water and certified as an open water diver sooner rather than later. This allows you to get in diving for experience and building your dive count.