Image: Snorkel test with a difference – this time the new PADI Divemasters decided to dress up as smurfs!
As is customary at the end of every PADI Divemaster internship, we celebrate the achievements of the new PADI professionals with a special event or party. This normally involves a Koh Tao traditional passing of rights ceremony [...]
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Scuba Diving Internships Thailand: Smurf Snorkel Test
Koh Tao Divemaster Snorkel Test: Patty and Sam Qualify as Divemasters
Congratulations to new PADI Divemasters Patty and Sam who recently completed their DM internship here at Simple Life Divers.
Patty [Mexico] joined us for the Divemaster internship having spent several years working on cruise ships, meanwhile Samantha [UK] was previously running adventure tours in the Rocky Mountains U.S.A.
Image: Master of ceremonies for the evening, PADI instructor [...]
Koh Tao Divemaster Internships: Great diving and lots of sun!
Due to the brilliant dive conditions and weather we’re currently enjoying on Koh Tao, after enjoying their entry-level dive training at Simple Life a number of students have decided to stick around and enroll in our PADI Divemaster internship.
Having endured the PADI Rescue Diver course and come out as more confident and competent divers, Hannah, [...]
PADI Divemaster Internships: Why dive using enriched air nitrox?
Continuing our series of articles focusing on our PADI Divemaster Internships, this post examines why some divers choose to dive using nitrox?
Browsing the Simple Life dive internships Thailand micro site, you’ll notice that some of our longer gap year internships include PADI Specialty courses, one of which is the PADI enriched air diver specialty. But [...]
Divemaster Internships Thailand: How much weight should a diver wear
Next in our series of snippets from the Koh Tao PADI Divemaster internship we’ll take a look at how to properly weight divers.
In salty seawater most people’s bodies are roughly neutrally buoyant. In English, that means they neither sink nor float.
But since water conducts heat away from the body many times faster than air, to [...]
Thailand PADI Divemaster Internship: Choosing a Koh Tao Dive Site (Quiz)
This series of articles shares some free snippets from the PADI Divemaster internship here in Thailand. Simple Life’s experienced scuba instructors add their past experiences and stories to the curriculum of the PADI Divemaster course, so you’ll understand much more than the bare minimum and can apply what you’re learning to real working situations here [...]
Global Economic Crisis Vs Gap Year PADI Divemaster internships in Thailand
The world financial crisis of 2009 has a had a drastic effect on business across the globe.
In most cases, third and fourth quarter figures show signs of economic recovery for many developed western countries, but there’s a long lag time expected till we see that recovery manifest in unemployment rates. Estimates for September and October [...]
PADI Divemaster Internship; The Final Test
Congratulations to Paul – Simple Life’s newest PADI Divemaster, after nearly 3 months of training.
Paul First arrived here at Simple Life Divers Koh Tao back in July. After completing his Advanced Open Water course with Alex, decided that he too would like to work in the dive industry. The PADI Divemaster course is the first [...]
