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
New PADI Rescue Divers Ready for the Divemaster Internship
This afternoon saw the completion of Shay, Joel, Louisa, Patty and Alex’s PADI Rescue Diver course here at Simple Life Divers!
These guys were all put through their paces, with a number of panicked snorklers, divers, swimmers – shock, horror, missing and unconscious divers.
After a large amount of surface swimming (Joel and Louisa!) these guys really [...]
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, [...]
Koh Tao PADI Open Water course: Matt, Vicki, Alex and John
Well done to Matt, Vicki, Alex and John on completing their Padi Open Water course here at Simple Life Divers, Koh Tao.
The guy’s arrived at Simple Life Diver’s through the recommendation of other travelers. Arriving on Koh Tao on one of the morning ferries, the team were ready to start their PADI Open Water course [...]
Diving Internships Thailand: Ready to Rescue
Posted By PADI Dive Instructor Jon:
Well done to Marylee and Eric on completing there PADI Rescue Diver course.
After catching the diving bug after their PADI Open Water Course they decided to continue their training up to PADI rescue diver level, which would better prepare them for future planed diving excursions.
En-route highlights of the advanced course [...]
Scuba Diving with Sharks in Koh Tao, Thailand
The famous Chumphon Pinnacles dive site north-west of Koh Tao, Thailand is a popular dive site with a very special attraction – Bull Sharks!
At the moment, there are many big bill sharks living around the Koh Tao dive site, reaching around 3M in length. This makes for a truly spectacular shark dive. Yesterday, Simple Life [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Koh Tao Dive Internships Blog
Browsing our the Simple Life Divers website, you’ve probably already seen that we offer a range of exciting gap year Thailand opportunities. These include scuba diving internships training candidates to PADI Divemaster and Open Water Scuba Diving Instructor, plus paid gap year work with our Koh Tao underwater videographer internship.
To keep everyone up to date [...]
