Marine eco education should be a part of any professional dive training. Before coming to Sairee Cottage Diving, during my PADI Divemaster and IDC Course, I was blown away by the lack of ProjectAWARE promotion in other dive centers. This was not because PADI didn’t promote it,
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What are sawtooth profiles? What are the dangers of sawtooth profiles? Why should we not dive sawtooth profiles? For years, the dive community has recommended that you make your first dive of the day your deepest, and make subsequent dives progressively shallower. Similarly, the recommendation has been
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I’ve never liked the water. I’ve never really liked the beach, or the sun. It was messy, wet, and just too hot. Can you believe I am now a working Diving Instructor? Coming from Melbourne I wore black all day, every day, and rode my black vintage
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The choices, questions and concerns that come into play when choosing the correct PADI IDC Training facility to become a Dive Instructor in Thailand and how to go about finding your perfect match. Becoming a Dive Instructor in Thailand can prove difficult, when provided with too many
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Eco Day Clean Up on Koh Tao with IDC and Divemaster candidates from Sairee Cottage Diving and Roctopus Dive centers – It’s all about working together! Sairee Cottage Diving, together with Roctopus dive center, had a successful Eco Conversation day on Koh Tao, Thailand. In support of
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Teaching diving as a PADI Dive Instructor has completely changed my life. Here is my story on the steps I took to become a PADI Dive Instructor and how I ended up doing my IDC on Koh Tao in Thailand with PADI Course Director Marcel van den
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Die Entscheidung professionell zu tauchen und meinen PADI Master Scuba Diving Instructor zu machen hat mein Leben auf den Kopf gestellt und ich haette mir nichts Besseres wünschen können. Ich wuchs in einer kleinen Stadt im Westen von Österreich auf- umgeben von Bergen und Schnee. Nach meinem
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A lot of people in my IDC courses have questions about the PADI Recreational Dive Planner the RDP. During the PADI Dive Instructor Development course my IDC candidates mostly have questions about how the RDP has been created and why are there certain rules in using the
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On Friday and Saturday, EMS international’s Dr. Kerry Simpson and Matthew Rolph visited Sairee Cottage Dive Centre on Koh Tao to assist PADI Course Director Marcel Van den Berg, in teaching this month’s PADI IDC candidates to become proficient Emergency First Response PADI EFR Instructors and Oxygen
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When people speak of leaving home and working in Thailand, what comes to mind? The idea of leaving the safe haven of home and travelling to a place alone comes with the fear of the unknown. Back home, people say I’m lucky to be here in Koh
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