Aquanauts Success Stories
Aquanauts interns become more than than mere instructors: They go on to be successful diving entrepreneurs. Check out some of the Aquanauts Success Stories and read their their thoughts about their Aquanauts internship experience. More...
“Aquanauts are great and we cannot thank them enough for making our internship so fun and rewarding..”
"There are a lot of dive schools but at the end of day Aquanauts was the perfect mix of serious diving and family atmosphere. I'll never forget my experience there."
“I was a bit worried, especially about the about the theory required to become a Divemaster. However, I soon realized that at Aquanauts every intern is an individual and is able to evolve at their own pace."

From left, Master Instructor Meg Smith, new OWSI Lana Brook, IDC Staff Instructor John McGraw (back), new OWSI Greg Kuchan, Course Director Roger M. Smith (back), new OWSIs Jonathan Davis and Stephen Bodell, and Master Instructor Gary Tytler.
Aquanauts Dive Centre made it a full three years with a perfect, 100 percent pass rate on the PADI Instructor Exam when four more of its professional scuba diving interns passed their exams with flying colors in Pattaya.
Lana Brook and Stephen Bodell of the United Kingdom, Jonathan Davis of Australia and American Greg Kuchan sailed through their three-day exam May 18-20 at Pattaya’s Discovery Beach Hotel. All are off to new adventures around the world teaching as PADI Open Water Scuba Instructors.
May’s instructor training also saw the certification of American John McGraw – who first became an instructor at Aquanauts is 2009 – as an IDC Staff Instructor.
Intern Profiles
Simon Rathbone and Sally Powell long dreamed of becoming scuba diving instructors. But it wasn't until they were on their honeymoon last year that the Rathbone's made the decision to go for it. Here's their ongoing story of their eight-month journey with Aquanauts. More...
Intern Life
Taking a short break from their Pattaya-based PADI instructor training internships, a group of Aquanauts interns and Course Director Roger Smith jetted off for a special Aquanauts "field trip" for a week of wreck diving in Coron Bay, Philippines. Read more and see the photos!
Instructor Gallery
Click a year and month below to see photos and stories of previous Aquanauts interns on their PADI Instructor Exam and IDCs.