Marine Conservation Scuba Internships

Scuba diving has been one of the fastest growing recreational and adventure activities of the last decade. Scuba diving now exists in virtually all countries that have a coastline, whether the water is warm or cold, and in the lakes and freshwater sources of many landlocked countries too!

With so many people diving, learning to dive, or continuing their diving education the demand for scuba instructors has never been higher. Today’s scuba instructors have the chance to build sound careers in amazing locations the world over.

For many it’s a dream job simply because your office is the beach or a dive boat and you go to work everyday in a t-shirt. For others being an instructor is the chance to fully pursue a passion and love for diving and share your enthusiasm with others. For some the motivation is self improvement, getting the green light from the Instructor Examiner is a very proud moment indeed.

Whatever your motivations the opportunities for you after this course are almost endless and the courses themselves are an amazing and enjoyable learning experience.

 

PADI Open Water to Divemaster in 2 Months.

For those interested in courses that finish at divemaster no particular prerequisites are required. Applicants should be aware that the ability to swim 200 metres and tread water/float for 15 minutes will be assessed. You will be taken through PADI Open Water, Advanced, Rescue and 5 PADI speciality courses before starting you divemaster training. The course will also include DAN O2 provider and DAN AED use. You will do a full EFR first aid course and have the opportunity to become an EFR instructor. The course will also include; an orientation to dive compressor use and safe tank filling protocols; equipment maintenance; scientific lectures on corals reefs and species identification and protocols to be followed by dive professionals on boats.

Advanced to PADI Instructor in 3 Months

For those interested in going all the way to instructor level you will need to have held at least the level of PADI Open Water Diver or an equivalent entry level diver certification from another agency for a minimum of 3 months before the programme start date. You will be taken through PADI Advanced, Rescue and 5 PADI specialities. The course will also include DAN O2 provider and DAN AED use. You will do a full EFR first aid course and have the opportunity to become an EFR instructor. After completing your PADI divemaster course and a 2 weeks on the job training internship you will begin study for your PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC). This 10 day course will be followed by your Instructor Examination (IE) which will be administered by PADI examiners. Following you IE you will complete 5 PADI speciality instructor ratings and a DAN O2 instructor course. The 12 weeks will also include; an orientation to dive compressor use and safe tank filling protocols; equipment maintenance; scientific lectures on corals reefs and species identification and protocols to be followed by dive professionals on boats.

PADI Instructor Express , 3 Week Program

If you are currently a certified PADI Divemaster, or equivalant, have at least 60 logged Dives and want to become a PADI Instructor and Master Scuba Diver Trainer in the fastest time possible without any shortcuts, than this 3 Week program is for you! This PADI Instructor Express Program will help you throught the PADI IDC, Emergency First Response Instructor and will prepare you in 5 different Specialty Instructor Ratings.

Customized Programs from any level to PADI Master Scuba Diver, Divemaster or Instructor

We here at the GVI Scuba Academy understand that there is a need for custum build programs. Not everyone fits the same profile. For the ones that have either other ratings then the programs mentioned above, never have dived before, had military or comercial dive training and wants to become a PADI Dive Master or Instructor, just contact us personally and we will prepare you a personal package that fits your wants and needs.

 

Cavern, Intro to Cave and Full Cave Diver Courses

A cenote (pronounced in Mexican Spanish [se-no-te] from Yucatec Maya dzonot) is, in the Yucatán Peninsula, a type of freshwater-filled limestone sinkhole. The term is also nowadays increasingly used to describe similar karst features in other countries such as Cuba and Australia, in addition to the more generic term of sinkholes. As cenotes are filled with groundwater, water flow through them may be very slow, of the order of 1 to 1000 meters per year. In many cases, the cenote is known to connect with an underlying cave system and the water flow rates through the cave may be much faster, 1 to 1000 meters per day. Cenote water is often very clear and fresh, as the water comes from rain water infiltrating slowly through the ground, and therefore containing very little suspended particulate matter. Cenotes around the world attractt cave divers since many of them are entrances to underlying flooded cave systems, some of which have been explored for lengths of 100 kilometers or more.