Mermaids Dive Center

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General Manager Claus Rasmussen has recently qualified as Divers Alert Network (DAN) Instructor Trainer for the Oxygen Provider and Neurological Assessment programs. He has also become an Instructor in the First Aid and AED programs.
Mermaids will run courses both on a monthly schedule and on demand for these programs.

All our boats have just been through service and are ready for the start of the High-season. Our logistical team has been working hard on improving our services and with most of our dive professionals certified as DAN Oxygen Providers the safety is reaching new heights.

The shop has been given a new coat of paint and we have moved stuff around making everything look a bit brighter. We are stocking up on the equipment again and have a new pricing-scheme making us one of the most competitively priced dive centers in Thailand.

Mermaids Dive Center has become part of ReefCheck. 

We now offer the Reef Check Eco-Diver course for all divers that wish to get involved and begin making Coral Reef monitoring studies! The Reef Check Eco Diver course is designed to teach you everything you will need to know about how to conduct full scale Reef Check surveys. In this program you'll learn about the globally standardized Reef Check methodology as well as how to identify key indicator fish, invertebrates, substrates and different types of coral formation selected by Reef Check for global monitoring and coral reef conservation. The course is very in-depth and you will never look at the reefs in the same way again. The Eco Diver course will allow you to join the Reef Check monitoring team and assist in underwater surveys around the world. Navigate to ReefCheck for more.

We are now a Project AWARE Go ECO Operator!

DSAT Trimix Training

Mermaid Dive Center is the only DSAT Trimix Diver and Trimix Instructor Training Facility in Pattaya!

Mermaids 2008 PADI IDC and Instructor Programs Schedule updated!

Check out the IDC page for further details of schedules and pricing

IANTD Advanced Wreck Penetration Course

A couple of good things have happened in Pattaya recently. The first is that the HTMS Khram Wreck is now available to divers every Wednesday and Saturday.
Even better, Steve Burton has now qualified to teach the IANTD Advanced Wreck Penetration Course. What's involved: This is a continuation of the training received in Dive 4 of the PADI Wreck Specialty Diver Course.

Mermaids Dive Center announces a new 2 day course in Professional Equipment Service!

This course goes beyond the popular “PADI Equipment specialty” course to provide detailed experience, workshop practice and information of the following areas.

Regulator Service

Get to strip down and service your own regulator under the supervision of a manufacturer trained engineer. Receive the latest service information drawing and parts lists for your equipment.

Scuba tank Visual Inspection

Learn how to perform a scuba tank visual Inspection and to strip and rebuild pillar valves. Includes demonstrations of how to use the correct techniques, tools and the latest NDT Eddy current equipment for this important and potentially hazardous task. 

SCUBA Tank Hydrostatic Inspection

Learn how perform the scuba tank periodic hydrostatic test. Includes demonstrations of the current water jacket technique used for testing high pressure gas cylinders worldwide.

Compressor Operation

Every Dive shop needs one, and it needs to be used with care to continue to provide pure breathing air. Learn how to operate and perform basic maintenance on this important piece of equipment, and how to perform the 3 monthly air purity tests.
If Advanced Wreck penetration and Professional Equipment Service sounds interesting to you, please contact Steve Burton

All PADI Suba Diving Courses now available in Russian and Japanese.