Pattaya, Thailand Scuba Diving Career Development Internships
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 has a very good instructor-to-student ratio and offers very personalized and tailored training," George said. "And Pattaya is a great dive-training ground."
"“In 10 weeks, I made exactly 100 dives and got 13 certifications.“I couldn't have done it any faster, I was on the boat almost every day!”
"The whole diving operation – the logistics, the comfortable boat, the variety of dive sites and the interaction with instructors and other trainees – was a great help. An instructor was always there to help me personally.”
Aquanauts' February 2010 IDC students and staff. From left, Connor McBrye, Master Instructor Sally Rathbone, Lorna Green, Greg King and Master Instructor Gary Tytler
Aquanauts started 2010 the same way it ended 2009 and 2008: Perfectly.
A 63-year-old sailboat captain and English massage therapist were among the latest students to change their lives and become scuba diving instructors when Aquanauts Diving Instructor Internship program.
Australian Greg King became the oldest participant in Aquanauts dive internship program to pass the Feb. 15-17 exam at the Discovery Beach Hotel near Aquanauts’ headquarters on Soi 6 and Beach Road. Also passing the exam were former spa trainer Lorna Green and 19-year-old student Connor McBryde, both of the United Kingdom, and Jonathan Eagle, who did his instructor’s course at Aquanauts after doing earlier training at new partner company Real Divers of Jomtien Beach.
Aquanauts, a PADI 5-Star Career Development Center, in the only professional dive training facility in Pattaya or Jomtien Beach with a 100 percent pass rate for the past 32 months, thanks to its small class sizes and personal attention.
Intern Profiles
There are a lot of roads to the PADI Instructor Exam and not all of them are smooth. While the standard-length internship are fine for most people, some need programs that are longer or shorter than average. Here's the story of two such interns and their unusual journey to the IE. Read...
Intern Life
Aquanauts and Mermaid's Dive Center, friendly rivals in Pattaya's scuba diving community, now have a new battleground to compete on: The football pitch. Check out the photos from the first-ever Internship Cup and see how the underdog Aquanauts interns put on a gutsy performance to keep the game close until the end. More...
Instructor Gallery
Click a year and month below to see photos and stories of previous Aquanauts interns on their PADI Instructor Exam and IDCs.
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