More Than Scuba: Aquanauts Instructor / Ex-Intern Goes Sky Diving
Aquanauts instructor tries the "other" diving and checks out Pattaya-area sky-diving.
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From Novice to Instructor: An Aquanauts Intern Looks Back on 7 Months in Thailand
I couldn’t spend that much time in Thailand and not tour around a bit. Five of us spent a week in Koh Chang, a great Island without the massive amounts of tourism that some of the southern Islands have. I dragged three other interns through Cambodia with me for two weeks which was quite the traveling experience. I highly recommend it to any one spending time in this area of the world. The...
read moreAquanauts Internships Photo Contest – February Winners!
With so many enthusiastic divers doing their internships at Aquanauts, there’s lots and lots of photography going on. So last month we launched an intern photo contest to highlight the best shots by divers out on Pattaya’s islands every day. Here’s February’s winning entries: Winner! – “Diver” by Adrian Bishopp Adiran wins the 1,000 THB first prize this...
read moreTaking a Break from Diving in Cambodia
Aquanauts internships are not just about diving, they’re about having an enjoyable time in a far-away, exotic part of the world. We encourage everyone to take some time away from diving and see the sights in Thailand and Southeast Asia. Earlier this month, four of intrepid interns did just that, heading out for a tour of Cambodia. What follows are excepts of intern Grant Cauley’s...
read moreAquanauts Invades the Philippines: Intern Wreck Diving Trip to Coron
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. Already seasoned wreck divers, thanks to lots of experience on Pattaya’s three area shipwrecks, instructors Meg Smith, Matt Bradbury...
read moreSmall in Size, but Not Heart: Laura’s Story
Back in early April, we wrote this blog entry about Laura, an intern who was, in her own words, “frail” and the challenge she faced becoming a dive instructor. The piece went over like a lead balloon among the intern ranks and, to be fair, we didn’t run it by Laura first, as we should have. We wrote in the piece that she was our “first real challenge,” which she took...
read moreThe First Day as a New Intern
So, you’re thinking of becoming an Aquanauts intern and you’re wondering, “what’s it really like when you first get there?” Truthfully, there’s not a lot in the world that can prepare you for Pattaya. Take your average, small beachside resort city, then throw in bits of Las Vegas, Blackpool, Amsterdam and Rio and you’re close to what Pattaya feels like...
read moreAdjusting to Change: The Challenge for Older Dive Instructor Students
As we’ve discussed before, Aquanauts gets interns in all shapes and sizes, young and old, from all parts of the world. While the majority of the people who join us are under 35, we’ve been seeing an increasing number of people in their upper “thirtysomethings,” their 40s, 50s and even 60s who want to “go Pro” and become a PADI divemaster or instructor. And they...
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Aquanauts is Pattaya's only British-owned PADI 5-Star Career Development Center. We offer all PADI courses from novice to instructor and run daily diving and snorkeling trips to Pattaya's Near and Far Islands and three shipwrecks.
One only three PADI National Geographic CDCs in all of Thailand, Aquanauts maintains the highest standards, including training all of our instructors ourselves through our renowned