Thailand Divemaster – Similan Liveaboard trips & Accommodation included!
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For the 2018-2019 season, Wicked Diving will not be offering Divemaster courses in Thailand. Don’t worry – we still have an amazing program – from our operations in Komodo. Yup, you can have some of the world’s best diving while starting your professional diving career. Our Komodo Divemaster Course is even more intense, better diving…and you work directly with the local community. In Komodo, 10% of your tuition goes directly towards the training of local dive guides…you are helping change lives!
In the meantime we leave up the information below…
Seize the day and become a professional diver! Our Thailand Divemaster program is unique – you will dive from our liveaboard in the Similan Islands, while living, diving and learning in the world-famous tropical paradise of Khao Lak, Thailand. Your Divemaster course operates with your own instructor dedicated to teaching you to become a professional diver – why not contact info@wickeddiving.com for more info.
Leave that dreary job and do THIS for a livingWhy join out Thailand Divemaster training?
- Small groups, only 6 candidates per course
- Similan Islands the best diving in Thailand
- Get experience on liveaboards, daytrips and local dives
- Scheduled lectures on dive theory
- Not a course for “party people” only aspiring pro’s need apply
- Dedicated instructor to each course
- Visit to the hyperbaric chamber
- Get involved in a local conservation program
- It’s not just a course, you will be part of the team!
Think we are just blowing bubbles? Check out this review, or this review from one of our students. Or this one. Perhaps this one. Or maybe this one? You get the idea…our divemaster graduates are very happy!
Wicked Diving Thailand’s Dive Master training program will bring you experience, knowledge and skills that allow you to work as a professional diver anywhere in the world. All of this AND you still join at least 3 of our Similan liveaboard diving safaris during your divemaster internship. With these trips you will have the opportunity to see and dive with Manta Rays, Turtles, Sharks and the hundreds of other species of Marine Life that make this one of the Top Ten Dive Sites in the world – the Similan Islands!! If you have questions – why not contact info@wickeddiving.com directly for more info?
We do not offer “short courses” and we are not a factory school. We only enroll ONLY 4 interns at one time. Wicked diving Thailand aims for the most thorough training and our goal is to make you an employable, experienced member of the worldwide professional diving community. Our course is twice as long as most other shops and almost all our former Dive Master students are working as DM’s in the Similan Islands and around the world. In fact several of our own staff are our former students!
What is the Similan Divemaster training program like?
You will be “immersed” in the world of scuba diving. Not just being taught, but actually working alongside your instructors on our Similan Island liveaboard, on our longtail and maybe even arranging and conducting trips to Khao Lak’s local shipwrecks! You will learn how a shop runs, how to coordinate a dive trip, to supervise divers in the water – even how to assist in teaching courses! Our Similan Divemaster/Dive-Con course is for the passionate diver – who wants more!
You will find your head “swimming” with all the new experiences – imagine showing the incredible dive sites of the Similan Islands and Richelieu Rock to “your divers”. You will be tending to our guests safety as you share your passion for the marine life you see on each dive, while readying them and their equipment for the next dive. In the shop you will get hands-on training for the real world – seeing how trips are planned and prepared for, equipment serviced and paperwork (yup, there is STILL paperwork – even in diving) readied for each guest.
When you join our “school”, you’ll see that things are different. We are passionate about safety and service. We are a small school with the personal touch. You will be mentored through the internship with your own instructor, but all our staff lend a hand in training.
It is not often you can take 6 weeks out of your hectic life to live in the tropics, enjoy one of the worlds truly great cuisines, dive some of the best dive sites in the world (Similan Islands, Richelieu Rock, Koh Bon , Koh Tachai), visit white sand beaches for your lunch break and still end up with a career!
You still need to do the work!
Please realize that by joining this diving adventure you are not guaranteeing your certification in any courses since course certification is a result of completing/passing required coursework, completing dives and/or examinations. We do not abide by the pay and pass policy of others.
Did you know that Wicked Diving is the first dive center in Thailand with a responsible tourism policy? We not only have policies and practices for improving our role in the community and ecosystem – YOU will be an active part of this too. We firmly believe that as a professional diver, it will be part of your responsibility to increase the awareness of your divers, the dive center you eventually work at and your fellow divers about conservation efforts and community endeavors.
Thailand Divemaster life: Staying and living in Khao Lak
Living here is inexpensive. Unlike Phuket, this is a small town with lots of relaxed places to live. You can choose from serviced units (like hotel rooms) or actual houses with kitchens. Often times you will find that staying with the other Thailand Divemaster Trainees is a great way to live cheaply and share study time.
Khao Lak is one hour North of Phuket Airport, but a world away from the madness and chaos of Phuket. This is a small town with lots of beaches and quiet laid-back restaurants. Khao Lak is surrounded by the Lamru National Park. World Famous Khao Sok National Park is just up the road from here and we often dive there.
Please bear this in mind – unlike Phuket, Khao Lak is quiet. Lacking in real nightlife and bars, we like it. If you are coming to Thailand to party, this is NOT the town for you. On the other hand if you are here to dive, learn about diving and to see some of the best dive sites in Thailand!
You’ll also find that we offer so much more. With Climbing, trekking, golfing, snorkeling, kayaking all within a few minutes of Khao Lak. Don’t just dive with us – experience Thailand! Stay for a few weeks and see how things are…maybe just disappear into a hammock for a while…
Check on our Responsible Tourism policy for more information on the many non-diving activities you may participate in during the Thailand Divemaster course.
