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...
"You are so well prepared for your instructor exam, you fly through it thinking it was just a warmup for a bigger test."
“What made the whole experience a fun time was the friendship and camaraderie that existed between all the interns that were also pursing similar goals."
""We were so pleased with our internship at Aquanauts that we are staying to do our MSDT course, and are also doing our IDC Staff Instructor here."
Aquanauts closed out its second continuous calendar year of perfect results on the PADI Instructor Exam when interns Dan Cook and Ben Wertsch became new Open Water Scuba Instructors in December.
Englishman Cook, 18, and 24-year-old Wertsch of the United States posted strong scores on written exams and pool sessions at the Pattaya Discovery Beach Hotel next to the Aquanauts main office and then sailed to success during the final open-water training day.
Both are staying on at Aquanauts to become Master Scuba Diver Trainers. Cook has already begun his MSDT and Wertsch will be returning in February.
The two latest passes now give Aquanauts a 100% pass rate for the past 2.5 years and is now the only center of its kind in Thai land with perfect records for all of 2008 and 2009.
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.