Pattaya, Thailand Scuba Diving Career Development Internships
Want to spend a few months in Paradise and become a top-notch scuba diver? You don’t have to “Go Pro” and become a PADI Instructor or Divemaster to do it. You can instead earn your Master Scuba Diver rating, the highest certification available to non-professionals.
The Master Scuba Diver certification earns you instant respect, no matter where you dive worldwide. It says you are serious about being a safe, knowledgeable diver. To earn it, you must complete all the PADI recreational diving courses, the Emergency First Response first aid class, the rigorous Rescue Diver program and five PADI specialties.
As you progress through the MSD program, you’ll feel yourself becoming a better diver and the confidence you gain will be noticeable to those diving with you. They'll know you have the best safety training and advanced skills to do such things as penetrate shipwrecks, find your way in low visibility with your compass or identify every kind of marine species you see.
Aquanauts can take you from non-diver status (or other certification) to Master Scuba Diver in just two months. You’ll live and dive in around the tropical paradise around Pattaya, Thailand and enjoy an adventure you just can’t get where you live now.
What’s Included in the Master Scuba Diver Traineeship?
Aquanauts’ Master Scuba Diver traineeship will give you everything you need to achieve your MSD certification and enjoy doing it. For one low price you get:
Aquanauts gives its interns all the PADI-required manuals and study aids below:
Includes PADI Open Water Manual, National Geographic Almanac, National Geographic Diver DVD, Logbook & Training Record, Certificate and Student Record File all in a large leatherette binder with PADI & National Geographic logos. Choose five of the following PADI Specialties. (Click the name of the specialty for detailed information)
| National Geographic Diver | Digital Underwater Photographer | ||
Besides courses and books, your internship also includes all of the following. Click the “More Info” link next to each item for details:
A full set of new, brand-name diving equipment, BCD, regulator & fins, plus a range of accessories.More Info
Have your own gear already? We'll give you $500 off your course price! So How Much Does It Cost?
The Aquanauts Master Scuba Diver Traineeship is not just for uncertified divers. Anyone can enroll in the program and we'll reduce the price based on your certification level. We'll also lower the price if you already own your own equipment or have your own accommodations. See the chart below.
| Certification | Length | Base Price Thai Baht |
Base Price US$ |
No Equip. | No Accom. | No Equip. or Accom. |
| None (Non-Diver) | 2 months | 177,473 | $4,999 | $4,499 | $4,594 | $3,844 |
| Open Water Diver | 2 months | 154,372 | $4,349 | $3,849 | $3,943 | $3,193 |
| Advanced Open Water Diver | 2 months | 140,198 | $3,949 | $3,449 | $3,544 | $2,794 |
| Rescue Diver | 1 month | 111,086 | $3,129 | $2,629 | $2,926 | $2,176 |
| Prices Effective July 1, 2009. | ||||||
Prices are quoted in US Dollars for comparison purposes only and are based on a fixed exchange rate of 35.5 Thai Baht to the 1 US dollar. Your actual price will vary depending on the exchange rate of your choice of currency against the Thai baht at the time of booking. Do not use currency exchange sites such as XE.com to check rates. For today's correct rates, click here.
Prices & Duration
Price and length of internship depend upon your current certification and whether you need equipment, accommodaitons or neither. See the price matrix at the bottom of this page.
What's Included?
All Aquanauts Complete internships include all your courses, books, testing & certification fees, private accommodations, a full set of new equipment that's yours to keep, unlimited diving, job placement, visa assistance and more. See below left for full details.
8 Free Bonus Courses Offer
Go beyond the basics of diving to become a truly experienced instructor with Aquanauts' Instructor Skills Enhancement Course. The special package -- worth more than $2,200 -- is icnluded free if you pay a 100% deposit at least 30 days in advance (or upon enrollment if you plan to arrive in Thailand within 30 days.
quanauts will take you to the Master Scuba Diver level with 7 PADI Specialty courses, train you in oxygen first aid and get you instructor certified for the Emergency First Response course. Specifically, you get:
You can Go beyond this free course and get more PADI specialties, dive medic and technical diving courses, course materials and equipment with Aquanauts' new Enhanced Learning Packs. More info...
Enhance Your Dive Skills
At up to 6 months long, Aquanauts' internship offer plenty of time to do additional courses. So, if you're serious about getting the most certifications, learning the most skills and making yourself the most marketable job candidate you can, you can purchase any or all of our new Enhanced Learning Packs!
Each Enhanced Learning Pack includes as many as five additional courses, all the required and optional manuals for all courses -- including optional manuals for the free Skills Enhancement Course -- plus additional equipment, DVDs, exam booklets and official PADI clothing!
All the Enhanced Learning Packs are deeply discounted -- as much as 30% off regular prices! And they are only available online during your initial enrollment. So click here to read more about each package. You can choose which one(s) you want on the Enrollment Form.
Payment Terms
A minimum 40% non-refundable deposit is required within two weeks of enrollment with the full balance due upon arrival. We do offer the Instructor Skills Enhancement Course (a $2,200 value) for 100% deposits made no later than 30 days before arrival (or upon enrollment if starting in fewer than 30 days). Deposits must paid via bank transfer. Balance payments can be made via bank transfer, cash payment or via credit card (a 5% surcharge applies). Click Here to make a reservation for this internship online!
Prices are quoted in U.S. Dollars for comparison purposes only and are based on a fixed exchange rate of 36 Thai Baht to the 1 US dollar. Your actual price will vary depending on the exchange rate of your choice of currency against the Thai baht at the time of booking. Do not use currency exchange sites such as XE.com to check rates. For today's correct rates, click here.
All training offered by Aquanauts Dive Centre, PADI 5-Star Career Development Center No. S-6246. Aquanauts is Pattaya, Thailand's largest and only British-owned and operated PADI National Geographic 5-Star Career Development Center. We invite you to also visit the main Aquanauts website or contact us with any questions. © 2005-2009 Aquanauts Diving Instructor Training Co. Ltd.: 437/17 M. 9; Soi Yodsak/Beach Road; Pattaya, Chonburi Thailand 20260. No text or image published on this website may be used without permission.