Are you ready for the adventure of diving? Thinking about it?
Welcome! You’ve come to the best place to explore the possibilities.
MERMAID DIVING offers you, in excellent conditions, theoretical and practical
PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) courses from complete beginner to
Instructor. PADI is the world’s largest recreational diving membership organization.
At MERMAID DIVING we use the complete PADI Education System for all of our PADI courses,
including Student Training Kits, Videos, Workbooks, Quizzes and Exams and all available
PADI Training Aids in order to give you the best training available. We can provide these training
materials in any of the following languages: English, Spanish, French, German
and Dutch. There are no shortcuts to safe and proper training. Your safety and the
quality of your education are our highest priorities.
Click on the sections of the map below to find out more about the training courses
that we provide
DISCOVER SCUBA
€ 42
Have you ever wondered what it is like to Scuba Dive?
Imagine the sensation of weightlessness and being able to breathe whilst under water.
Mermaid has designed a Try Dive session to allow non-divers the chance to experience the pleasure of
scuba diving. No previous experience is necessary!
A short theoretical introduction to the amazing underwater world is followed by a session in
the safety of a swimming pool. You will enjoy the excitement of swimming and breathing underwater
while our experienced and knowledgeable Instructors guide you through a scuba diving experience
that you will never forget!
The Try Dive includes the use of all equipment and air. All you have to worry about is having fun!
DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING
€ 60
'Discover Scuba Diving' is simple, easy and fun. It's the most convenient way to experience the
actual sensation of scuba diving. And, if you would like to find out how easy it is to continue once
you've tried it, we'll be happy to explain that, too.
Three EasySteps:
First, your PADI Instructor will provide you with a short theory session, then take you on your first underwater
adventure in a confined water. There, you'll learn to use scuba equipment and get accustomed to your
new surroundings. Finally, under your instructors careful supervision, you'll go on an actual scuba dive
and get a close up look at the underwater world.
Gain training credit towards your PADI Open Water Diver course from your Discover
program Confined & Open Water dives... ask your PADI Instructor for details!
OPEN WATER DIVER
€ 350
- Your gateway to the Underwater World!
The PADI Open Water Course is the most popular diving course in the world.
It is now easier than ever to learn to dive the PADI way with Mermaid!!!
It's.. Easy, Fun and Adventurous
On completion of the Open Water Diver course, you will be certified to rent diving
equipment or use your own equipment to dive with a buddy up to a depth
of 18 meters
anywhere in the World, without the direct or indirect supervision of an instructor.
You will be able to participate in continuing education courses such as the PADI Advanced
Open Water Diver course and exciting PADI specialty courses such as:
Underwater navigator, deep diver, night diver, Underwater photography, search & recovery,
medic first aid and more… which can eventually lead to the Master Scuba Diver and more…
Don't delay. Get your international passport to the underwater world with Mermaid !!!
For further details contact us
Tel: +(34) 96 5744150 or email us at mermaid@mermaid-diving.com
ADVANCED OPEN WATER
€ 289
Are you a PADI Open Water Diver looking for new and exciting adventures?
- The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Certification may be just what you're looking for!!
The Advanced course is about diving, planning diving and going diving and most of all enjoying diving.
No classroom sessions, no long lectures just diving. You will improve your diving skills,
become familiar with new dive sites and be able to dive to a maximum depth of 30 meters.
This course will introduce you to a number of new and exciting underwater experiences.
You can choose from over
15 different Adventure Dive experiences such as: night, deep, boat, navigation,
photography and many more.
Once you've completed 5 Adventure Dives (including the Deep and Navigation dives)
then you can be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.
If you're already certified as a PADI Adventure Diver, then you only need to complete 2 additional Adventure Dives
(Deep and Navigation) and you will become a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver!!
After completing this course successfully, the doors of many other
PADI specialty courses
will be opened to you.
Get signed up and get diving!
For further details contact us
Tel: +(34) 96 5744150 or email us at mermaid@mermaid-diving.com
Enriched Air - NITROX
€ 150
NITROX stands for "Nitrogen Enriched Oxygen". This enriched air replaces some of
the nitrogen you breathe underwater with oxygen, so that during a dive you
absorb less nitrogen than you would when breathing normal air. This means that
you have longer no-decompression limits, and can dive longer for each depth than
you could using air.
What will I learn?
The PADI Enriched Air Diver
course is designed to teach you the procedures for safe recreational
no-decompression diving with enriched air. The course covers the equipment and
procedural concerns involving enriched air. You'll learn how to plan dives and
determine your no-decompression limits and your oxygen exposure limits with
enriched air. You'll learn the proper procedures for obtaining enriched air as
well as the hazards associated with handling and diving with enriched
air.
Pre-Requisites
PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent. Minimum Age is 15 yrs.
EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE (FIRST AID)
€ 100
This is not specifically for diver training. Non-divers are actively encouraged to take part.
The PADI Emergency First Response Course is designed to teach you the basics of First Aid including CPR
( Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation), EAR (Expired Air Resuscitation), Shock and Emergency
management and many other essential skills .This is an excellent course and it is a small
price to pay for learning the skills that could save someone's life. In addition, completing
the Emergency First Response course will allow you to go further in your training and take the Rescue Diver course.
Go on !!! Be a lifesaver and enroll on a PADI Emergency First Response Course today with Mermaid !!
PADI SPECIALTY COURSES
PADI 'Specialty' diver programs focus on the underwater activities that interest you
the most and, as such, are some of the most enjoyable courses in diver education;
most can be completed in one weekend. Mermaid offers you a selection from those
that are the most popular including:
Deep Diving
€150
The purpose of the PADI Deep Diver Specialty Course is to familiarize you with the skills,
knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment
of conducting dives between the depths of 18 metres and 30 metres.
Search and Recovery
€ 150
Learn effective ways to locate objects underwater with PADI's Search & Recovery Diver program!
The program will cover techniques and application of a variety of search and recovery methods,
proper techniques and safety considerations for the location and recovery of the object.
Wreck Diving
Very popular among the divers, wreck diving is a very enriching adventure.
Exploring a wreck is exciting; it is the adventure towards the unknown.
This wreck diving specialty course will enable you to develop your practical
knowledge of an underwater wreck environment; it will enable you to plan,
organize and make such diving in total safety.
Boat Diving
€ 120
Boat diving is the way to access remote diving sites. This course enables you
to get to know
more about boat diving techniques,
finding the sites, safety procedures, and familiarity with safety equipment. Plus of course, diving!
Night Diving
€ 150
Night diving is a truly magical experience that should not be missed.
The beams of light in the middle of the total dark of the submarine world wake
up an incredible sensation of emotion and adventure. But, in order to be able to practice it,
it's necessary to master certain techniques and be able to count on a high degree of coordination.
This course is an introduction to the world of night diving, developing skills needed to make the
most of this exciting form of diving. This class teaches the proper techniques to safely dive
at night or in low light conditions.
Peak Performance Buoyancy
€ 120
The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Course is designed to assist you
in obtaining buoyancy skills far beyond that of the average Open Water Diver.
In this course, you will be able to perfect the technique of buoyancy, the most important one for a diver.
This will allow move in the water in an effective and safe way, without exhausting
yourself and in addition, protect the bottom of the sea and the aquatic life.
Underwater Naturalist
€ 120
This course is designed for those wishing to see and understand more about animals and plants you'll find underwater.
Also you'll learn how the environment dictates their form and behavior.
Underwater Navigation
€ 150
This course is designed to improve your skills in compass and natural navigation techniques,
thus building your self-confidence and consequently your enjoyment of diving.
Competent underwater navigational skills are an essential quality of a competent diver.
Underwater Photography
€ 150
The Underwater photography course is your way to share your love of the
underwater world and its life with your family and friends. You'll learn the
techniques of photography and the diving skills to make you a better photo " hunter"
using your camera. Start today and you'll see that the possibilities of underwater
photography will passionate you.
For experienced divers
If you get the urge to try your hand at underwater
photography, we have the perfect set up for you.
You can rent one of our Reefmaster PRO cameras,
and after some brief instruction, you'll be shooting
like a pro!
Its easy one-button operation makes it
simple to use for both beginners and professionals
and its confortable handling makes your dive
peaceful and enjoyable.
Ready to take underwater photography to a whole new level? At MERMAID,
we can arrange a private, customized photo course for you.
Contact us for further details!
Underwater Videography
€ 200
The PADI Underwater Videographer Specialty Course is designed to familiarize you with basic underwater
video hardware, as well as developing your knowledge in the use, maintenance, and diving techniques
RESCUE DIVER
€ 299
This course extends your knowledge to show you how to make diving more safe and enjoyable for others as well.
The skills learnt in this course make a diver more aware of themselves
and their diving companions, It teaches how to effectively prevent problem situations,
and how to respond in the case of a diving emergency. Topics/skills covered include
prevention of diving accidents, first aid for diving related injuries, accident management techniques,
equipment considerations, assists and rescues.
As a Rescue diver, you can reach a higher recreational level with just five specialty
certifications. With this achievement, you will receive the credential of Master Scuba
Diver. The Rescue diver qualification is also a prerequisite for DiveMaster, the first step
on the road to a professional status within the PADI family.
Prerequisites:
- PADI Advanced Open Water Certificate or equivalent,
- PADI Medic First Aid* or equivalent (* this course is
available on request
prior to Rescue Diver courses)
- Age: 15 years of age or older
MASTER SCUBA DIVER
If you have completed the Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver,
Medic First Aid courses and at least, five specialties courses,
you can solicit your Master Scuba Diver certification.
This certification denotes that you've reached the highest recreational diver level in
the PADI System of diver education and superior achievement and proficiency in
dive skills, experience and underwater activities. And, mainly, you now have all the
doors opened to enter the professional world of scuba diving.
DIVEMASTER - The first step to a professional career!
This is the first professional qualification that is offered in the PADI scheme.
This highly respected qualification is recognized all over the world and is the
first step towards becoming a professional.
The course teaches the student how to assist instructors in both open and
confined water teaching sessions. It also provides them with the skills needed
to plan and conduct diving trips for individuals and groups. The student is required
to enhance their knowledge of diving physics, physiology, diving equipment and
diving environments.
ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR
The PADI Assistant Instructor course is the first portion of the PADI Instructor
Development Course (IDC). You'll not only gain additional experience as a PADI
Professional but you'll also start learning the PADI System of diver education.
The PADI Assistant Instructor program provides PADI Divemasters, and those certified to leadership levels with other diver
training organizations, with additional training as instructional assistants and
dive educators. If you meet the above criteria then this program will builds
upon your abilities to organize and supervise dive activities, while
concentrating on developing teaching skills. Through independent study,
classroom sessions and practical application, candidates learn to construct
effective teaching presentations and conduct PADI programs.
PADI Assistant Instructors can teach academic presentations under the indirect supervision of a PADI
Instructor, evaluate Open Water Diver surface skills under the indirect
supervision of a PADI Instructor, teach the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy
Specialty course, teach Project AWARE Specialty courses,conduct PADI
Discover Scuba experiences and teach Emergency First Response after successful
completion of an Emergency First Response Instructor course
Course Pre-requisites:
1. Be certified as a PADI Divemaster rating or qualifying certification from another certification
organization
2. Be at least 18 years old
3. Have 60 logged dives, including
night, deep, and navigation dives
4. Have been a certified diver for at least 6
months
INSTRUCTOR - Your passport for an international career!
The PADI Instructor Development (IDC) Program prepares you to function as a PADI Open Water
Scuba Instructor. In addition, it further develops your leadership and teaching
abilities to the instructor level and prepares you to teach PADI
programs. During the PADI Instructor Development program,
you’ll learn the PADI System of diver education, standards and procedures,
effective academic teaching presentations, teaching in confined water,
conducting open water training dives and additional related topics.
After successful completion of the IDC, you must successfully complete the PADI Instructor
Examination (IE). You will be evaluated on; dive theory, academic teaching, confined-water
teaching, open-water teaching and general diving skills and
professionalism.
As a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor you
can conduct the entire range of PADI experience programs and PADI diver
programs, from Open Water Diver through Divemaster (except for specialties and
PADI Medic First Aid, which require specific Specialty Diver Instructor and
EFR Instructor ratings).
Course Pre-requisites:
1. Be certified as a PADI Assistant
Instructor or a PADI Divemaster, or as an instructor with another recreational
diver training organization.
2. Be at least
18 years old
3. Be in good physical condition for diving and submit a diving
medical conducted in the past 12 months prior to the start of this course.
(Please obtain this medical before the course starts).
4. Have been certified
as a diver for at least six months and have at least 100 documented dives.
5.
Submit proof of CPR training within the past 24 months.
INSTRUCTOR EXAMINATION
The purpose of the PADI Instructor Examination is to confirm that instructor
candidates meet the requirements for certification as PADI Instructors. The
evaluation process is objective, fair and consistent, Professional Instructor
Examiners from PADI International or a PADI Local Area Office conduct
the IE’s. The IE is a two-day programme that evaluates your diving knowledge
and skills, as well as your ability to deliver teaching presentations in the
classroom, confined water and open water. With the preparation you get from your
IDC and some additional independent study, the likelihood of successfully
completing your IE is high. Success at the IE then qualifies you as a
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.
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