Here’s what you need to know about earning an Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver certification, the pros and cons of diving nitrox instead of air, and what this means for us as divers.
Author: Thien Do
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PADI IDC+ 4 weeks Internship 2025
Are you looking to gain experience after successfully completing our PADI IDC and Instructor Examination? Then our 4 weeks internship program is for you.
We accept sign-up now, for our IDC Candidates to join our Teach & Lead Pro Experience Internship with our experienced Pro Team and gain dive professional experience at our dive center. You will have the opportunities to train and dive from our dive sites at Kata Bay, on board dive boats.
All candidates completing our PADI IDC are qualified to sign up for this program and have the option to stay on for 4 weeks after the IE to gain teaching experience while also earning tips & stipend for teaching PADI courses, dive leading and sales at our 5 STAR IDC Center in Kata Beach, Phuket.
Here are the general details. For Thailand Visa info and travel planning, use our contact info below.
Next Available Schedule & Information
- 2025 01 November to 30 December
- 2026 01 February to 31 March
- 2026 01 April to 30 May
Click here for our upcoming PADI IDC schedule.
- PADI IDC Prep & Sites Orientation (before IDC)
- Up-to-Date PADI IDC & EFRI Course
- PADI Instructor Examination (Scheduled every month in Kata Beach, Phuket by PADI)
- Specialty Instructor Courses (gain more ratings to teach more PADI courses)
- Teach & Lead Pro Internship at our 5 Star Dive centers under the direction of our Senior PADI Instructors
Program Inclusions:
+ PADI Required Instructor Materials (NEW PADI IDC digital crew Pak & Slates)
+ EFR Instructor Elearning Digital Pak Lite: CPR/1st AID & Care for Children
+ Three Core competency specialties training Instructor Courses: EANx, Sharks Conservation, Emergency Oxygen Provider
+ up to 4 weeks shared accommodation in our Divers’ Hostel in Kata Beach, Phuket, just a short walk to our Kata Reef Dive sites and the resort for PADI IE
+ Access to our PADI latest training materials for your IDC Prep (complete at your own pace prior to arrival)
+ Wifi internet Access 24/7
+ Practical Internship placement after Successful completion of IDC, passing the IE and receive official Teach Status from PADI Office (Placements will be with our 5 Star IDC center in Phuket or its branches)
+ Earning tips for Intern during the 4 weeks internship from conducting PADI programs, leading dive activities and sales depending on performance.PADI IDC+ 4 Weeks Internship, Price: 85,900 THB
Note: Not included in the program are PADI Application fees and Instructor Examination fee.
PADI Fees (2025)
Below are the PADI required costs that you will need to pay separately. All of the administrative processes are handled by the PADI Asia Pacific Office in Sydney, Australia. Your application fees are to be paid (via Credit Card or bank transfer) directly to PADI office in Australian Dollars. PADI fees are subject to change with out notice.
- Instructor Examination: 1,190 AUD (pay online)
- Instructor Application Processing Fee: 350 AUD (pay online)
- Emergency First Response Instructor Application Fee: 242 AUD (pay online)
- Specialty Instructor Certification Method 1 (Submit application after you completed training with your Course Director): 139 AUD per specialty instructor rating (pay via pdf application)
How to Sign-up?
Email your interest to our Divers Training Manager at idc@rumblefishadventure.com for information or to set up a call. Click to find out about Rumblefish Adventure, our Course Directors and the Rumblefish Pro Team.
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PADI Self-Reliant Specialty Diver Course (2026)
Become a Self-sufficient Diver to Increase Your Safety and Freedom While Enjoying Your Dive
The purpose of the Self-Reliant Diver specialty course is to recognize and accept the role of the buddy system and its contributions to diver safety while identifying and developing self-reliance and independence while diving. Self-reliant diving doesn’t mean leaving your buddy at the first chance. Properly practiced, diving independently is a disciplined form of scuba rooted in careful planning and self-sufficiency. It requires the proper gear, training and attitude.
This PADI course covers when diving alone may be applicable, and the need to compensate for those situations, including dive planning, life support system readiness, adaptive training, equipment and responsibility.
There are two reasons for an experienced diver to take the Self-Reliant diver course:
- To develop the skills of planning and carrying out dives without a partner when preferred or necessary.
- To sharpen skills of diving self-reliance, making the diver a stronger partner in a dive pair or team.
This course is an introduction to self-reliant diving that helps student divers develop the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary to rely on themselves first, whether or not they are diving with a partner, including:
- The value and application of the buddy system.
- The philosophy of, and motivation for, diving without a partner.
- Potential risks of diving alone, and how to manage those risks.
- The value of equipment redundancy and what back-up equipment is needed.
- Dive planning and gas management.
Prerequisite
to qualify for the Self-Reliant Diver course, an individual must:
- Be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization.
- Have a minimum 100 logged dives.
- Be 18 years of age or older.
- Successfully complete a dive skills assessment by a PADI Self- Reliant Diver Specialty Instructor.
Equipment Requirements – Student Diver
- Standard dive equipment (BCD, Regulator, fins, mask, exposure suit, dive computer or depth gauge & timing device)
- Surface marker buoy, such as a delayed surface marker buoy (DSMB) or lift bag with at least 30 meters of line
- Redundant gas source – pony cylinder, twin cylinders with isolation valve or Sidemount configuration. Redundant gas supply must be configured so that the diver can access it with one hand **
- Redundant depth gauge and bottom timer, or dive computer
- Redundant surface signaling devices (both visual and audible)
- Knife/cutting tool (except where locally prohibited)
- Slate and pencil
- Back-up mask (recommended)
Training Dives: 3 dives
Course Duration: minimum 1.5 day, recommended 2 days
Course Price (including PADI certification upon successful completion and redundant gas source rental **): from 12,900 THB
Not include: boat fees (if diving from boat trip), Dive Accident Insurance and any repeat skills training session to meet course certification requirements.
Advance Booking only. So, are you up for the challenge? Please contact us to inquire about our PADI Trainer schedule availability via our Contact Page or Google Map Business Page.
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Sharks Conservation Diver Course
Join us to dive with sharks with our PADI AWARE Sharks Conservation Course trip to the Had Noppharat Thara Marine Park at Phi Phi Islands! With calm seas, clear water, abundance of pelagic marine life, Phuket Island is the best place to come diving while gaining more perspective toward sharks conservation #Divers4SharksNRays.
Sharks are unique and play a crucial role in keeping our ocean healthy, but we are close to losing some shark species forever. With the majestic whale shark being added to the protected status and the closure of the iconic Maya Bay (site of the movie The Beach), Phuket and its surrounding Marine Parks are experiencing a resurgence of sharks population. Sign-up to learn and be informed about the major threats, missed management strategies, and, best of all, the many actions you can take to give sharks a fighting chance.
Course Information
PADI AWARE Sharks Conservation Diver Course, Special offer: 6,900 THB per diver
Includes:
- PADI AWARE Sharks Conservation Study Guide (Paperless eManual)
- Complete set of rental Scuba Dive Equipment & Dive Computer
- FREE Shared Return transfer from your accommodation in Chalong, Rawai, Kata, Karon, Patong area to Chalong Pier, Diver Tour insurance
- Two conservation dives inside Thailand most famous Marine Park at the Phi Phi Islands and one dive at Phuket’s famous Shark Point Marine Sanctuary Area.
- Drinking water, coffee, tea, Breakfast and lunch included during the trip.
- Your PADI AWARE Sharks Conservation Specialty certification, and fee is donated to PADI AWARE Sharks Conservation initiative (62.00 AUD)
- Note: this certification counts toward the 5 Specialty diver ratings requirement to achieve your PADI Master Scuba Diver Rating
You can also show your support and add-on the PADI AWARE Sharks Conservation Specialty to any other PADI courses such as Open Water, Advance, Deep, Nitrox, Digital Underwater Photography, Rescue, Divemaster or others. Ask us to plan this amazing initiative to one of your PADI Courses.
As always, we have affordable ‘room n dives’ package for our adventurous travelers, ensuring to meet all budgets.
Contact Us for our course schedule
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Protecting Our Reef & Marine Life
6th March 2020 – After 2 years of lobbying and pursuing various government agencies, we finally got a Reef Buoy Line back around Kata Reef. With the support of local professional divers, Kata communities and the Phuket Rescue Center at Kata Beach, 60 orange buoys line, approximately 250 meters long, were tied down to protect the reef.
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Receiving delivery of the buoys -
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A quick chat with the Vice Governor
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Deploying the buoys -
view from the beach
Since the pandemic has closed borders to Thailand, the reef has been thriving over the past year, despite increased “bad fishing” practices. With the economy crashing in Phuket, Kata and Karon towns had seen a lost of almost 80% in population and close to 90% of the businesses shuttered doors. Kata sub-district is one of the hardest hit community in Thailand due to increased travel restrictions and borders closure. When the borders open again, you can plan your vacation by booking a five star resort and charting a private flight from Jettly.
To ensure that our seas, beaches and coral reefs are not getting abandoned, we extended our Care & Share Initiative to also support the protection of our marine environment. With the support any divers coming to learn to dive, taking PADI Dive courses or joining in our dive trips, we share our small earnings to raise funding for regular projects in Dive Against Debris, recovery of deadly discarded ghost nets, beach and reef clean-ups.
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Volunteer divers tying up the Reef Line -
Volunteer diver tying the reef line
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Kata Reef is Thailand Best Beach Dive Site
One of Thailand’s top beach Scuba dive sites, Kata Beach North Reef in Phuket is opened for 6 months and the diving here has been spectacular since 2001. With easy walk-in conditions, 4 dive sites, relaxed shallow dives, Kata Reef lets
divers take their time to take photos of some of the coolest and weirdest creatures in the Andaman Sea. In our first week, we have found Marble shrimp, juvenile Reef cuttlefish, White spotted hermit crab and our resident turtle.From 1st November until the end of April, we’ll do daily day and night dives, certified beginner or experienced divers all are welcome. Price: 1,490 THB (inclusive of full set Scuba equipment rental) for 1 long dive (60-80 minutes) and 1,600 THB for night dive.
Bring your own
equipment? discount 250 THBSee more live up-to-date sightings of marine life on our Rumblefish Adventure Facebook page.
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Get Your PADI at Thailand #1 Beach Dive Site
We have added more schedule to meet the increasing demand for our top instructors to train good PADI Open Water Divers!
We have expanded our Standard Elearning PADI Open Water Course to start 3 days per week: every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We also reduce our class size ratio down to only maximum 2 students per 1 Rumblefish PADI Instructor, this course now will have more a lot practice opportunities and dive time for our students.
Course Information
PADI Open Water Diver Course, price: 11,500 THB (2 days, 8-10 hours in-water training, 4 course training dives & 1 optional PADI Advanced Adventure** dive).
** The Adventure Dive is credited as one dive toward the PADI Advance Course (5 dives) when you complete the dive and knowledge reviews with your Instructor. Choose from: Fish Identification, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Night or Underwater Naturalist. The dive is at the instructor discretion base on time and student’s skills ability after the Open Water Course.
Standard PADI Open Water Diver Course Includes:
- Best Bonus: 3 nights FREE accommodation in our Divers’ Hostel spacious ECO AC Dorm (early booking required to ensure availability)
- PADI Elearning lite access to complete academic, quizzes and exam independently online
- Complete set of rental Scuba Dive Equipment (BCD/Reg, dive computer, fins & mask, shortie wetsuit, SMB use)
- Dive with Dive Computer training
- Very small class ratio, 2 students to 1 Instructor
- Pool & confined open water training (5 sessions, 3-4 hours)
- Open Water training dives on Kata Reef (4 dives, 3-4 hours)
- One FREE PADI Adventure Dive (30-45 minutes)
- Basic Accident Insurance during your course
- Choose: a FREE ‘Love for Manta Rays’ collectible T-shirt or a recycled neoprene mask strap (while supplies lasted)
Typical Schedule (2 in-water training days)
- Before arrival: book & confirm the course date, receive Elearning lite access and complete academic requirements leisurely from home.
- Day 1 (8AM): Admin / Basic Skills intro & OW Dive 1 / Practical OW skills training & OW Dive 2
- Day 2 (8AM): OW Dives 3 & 4 / Adv Dive / final discussion and certification
Optional Add-on Fun Dives Boat Trip
Join us for a boat trip to go fun diving after your course to our favorite Raya Yai Island. Our student discount price is only 2,900 THB (discount of 600 THB from our regular trip price) and is inclusive of equipment rental, breakfast, lunch, snacks, return transfer to pier from our dive center, tour insurance and one extra night of accommodation in our divers’ Dorm.
For more PADI Open Water Course Options, click here.
As always, we have affordable ‘private room n dives’ package for our adventurous travelers, ensuring to meet all budgets.
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- Best Bonus: 3 nights FREE accommodation in our Divers’ Hostel spacious ECO AC Dorm (early booking required to ensure availability)
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Make the most out of your Beginner Scuba course
Learning to Scuba Dive is no longer difficult. In fact, the PADI Open Water Diver Course is designed to allow kids as young as ten years old to enroll and get certified. However, having to read, study, do homework, taking quizzes and exam on your vacation do not sound like fun. All of us rather spend our precious time doing fun activities in the water than sitting in a classroom.
Since 2010, all of our core PADI Courses have included some form of E-learning for all of our dive students, when they began the independent learning option leisurely at home before arriving into Kata Beach, Phuket, Thailand to join our PADI Instructors for the “wet segment in tropical water.”
So this coming Summer, sign-up for any of our PADI Open Water or Advance Diver Course, we will send you access to your own E-learning to get started at home. Once you are here, your time is better spent with us training for safe diving skills and enjoy the abundance marine life the Andaman Sea has to offer.
Top Choice: PADI Open Water Course + 1 Adventure Dive (count toward your PADI Advance Certification), price: from 13,900 THB [approx. 440.00 $US]
more info… click here.Great Value: PADI Advance Open Water Course, price: 10,900 THB [approx. 345.00 $US]
more info… click here.
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