When you sign up for a training course at Dive Pattaya Info, you can be confident that you'll be working with a certified instructor with an active teaching status who holds all the necessary permits to work in Thailand. When choosing a dive center for training, we recommend you don't hesitate to ask to see the relevant documents, it will protect you from unpleasant surprises both during the course and afterwards, when it comes to actually receiving your certification. Unfortunately, cases of dive centers hiring unqualified staff or failing to properly fulfill their certification obligations are not uncommon, so it's best to pay attention to this in advance.
We also ensure variety in dive locations right from the training course stage, heading out to near and far islands around Pattaya, islands near the fishing village of Samaesan, and organizing trips to Koh Chang island. All of this, together with attentive care for our students and the high level of qualification and experience of our instructors, ensures maximum quality dive training in a short time.
Training is conducted in accordance with the standards of the Professional Association of Diving Instructors, PADI, with an official certification card issued upon completion. PADI is the largest and most renowned diving education system in the world, and its certifications are universally recognized at any dive center worldwide. Certificates have no expiration date, and no additional recertification is required in the future.
The entry-level training course is PADI Open Water Diver. The course lasts 4 days (at the student's request, it can be shortened to 3 days with a proportionally heavier schedule), and costs 16,500 THB.
For those wishing to continue their dive training, we offer PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (3 days, 15,000 THB), PADI Rescue Diver (3 days, 16,000 THB), and a wide range of PADI specialty courses.
The highest level of recreational diver training is PADI Master Scuba Diver certification, awarded upon completion of the Advanced Open Water Diver and Rescue Diver courses plus five different PADI specialty courses.
For those looking to start a professional career in scuba diving, PADI Divemaster and PADI Assistant Instructor courses are available. We can also arrange PADI Instructor Development Courses with subsequent instructor examination. The duration and cost of these programs are discussed individually.
All programs are conducted on comfortable boats and include lunch, drinks, and light snacks throughout the day.
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