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Scuba Diving Courses
                   with the Jonathan Cruiser Team


To learn to dive is easy and fun and what could be a better place to start you diving career than in the warm, clear tropical waters of Phuket.


We offer courses from beginner- up to Divemaster level and teach in small groups to make our courses more personal and student friendly


If you are looking for to become more comfortable in the water, improve your scuba diving knowledge and skills, learn about scuba diving skills specific to your interest and last but not least – go scuba diving where only divers with advanced training can go - the continue education program is the best and fastest way to achieve your goals.


Discover Scuba Diving
This course is for the you who want to find out in a safe, relaxed and fun way if scuba diving is your future, without spending too much money.

Minimum age : 10
Duration : 1 days
Dives : 2
Cost Opt. 1 : 2,000 Baht dives from beach
Cost Opt. 2 : 3,750 Baht dives from day trip boat (full day)
Includes : Free scuba diving equipment rental

Scuba Diver Course
This course is for you with not enough time to complete the full Open Water Diver Course. The course consists of three theory lessons, three pool (or confined water) sessions and finally two dives in the sea. After completion of the course, it entitles you to dive in a group guided by certified divemaster, assistant instructor or instructor to a maximum depth of 12 meters. Should you at a later stage wish to upgrade to an Open Water Diver certificate, a further 2 days of continued education is required.

Minimum age : 10
Duration : 2 days
Cost Opt. 1 : 7,000 Baht two dives from beach
Cost Opt. 2 : 9,000 Baht two dives from day trip boat (full day)
Includes : Manual, dive table, log book, free scuba diving equipment rental, certificate cost

Open Water Diver Course
The course consists of five theory lessons, five pool (or confined water) sessions and finally four dives in the sea. The completion of the course leads to a certificate which entitles you to dive all over the world to a recommended depth of maximum 18 meters (for Junior Open Water Diver see below).

Minimum age : 10 for Junior Open Water Diver
10 – 11 years old may only dive with a PADI
Professional, a certified parent or certified guardian to a maximum depth of 12 meters.
12 – 14 years old is qualified to dive only when accompanied by another certified diver who is of legal age.
Duration : 3 – 4 days
Cost Opt.1 : 10,000 Baht four dives from the beach
Cost Opt. 2 : 11,750 Baht two dives from the beach, two from boat
Cost Opt. 3 : 13,500 Baht four dives from boat
Includes : Manual, dive table, log book, Free scuba diving equipment rental, certificate cost

Open Water Diver Course Referrals
A student who only partially completed his/her course with another dive operation can make the final part of the course with us. For example, if a student has completed the theory and the pool sessions in his/her home country, he/she can make the final four open water dives with us and we will issue the certificate.
Duration and cost depends on how much of the course to complete, please contact us for a quotation.


Scuba Review
This program is tailor made for the already certified diver who wants to refresh his/her diving knowledge and skills. It consists of a knowledge review and a pool (or confined water) session. A supervised open water dive is an optional addition to the program.

Duration : 1 days
Cost Opt. 1 : 2,000 Baht knowledge review & pool session
Cost Opt. 2 : 3,250 Baht as above + one open water dive
Includes : Free scuba diving equipment rental


Advanced Open Water Diver Course
Despite of what the name of this course indicates, this is not an advanced course; instead the course is designed for divers with limited diving experience. By exploring special diving interests it improves your knowledge, skills and thereby you gain diving experience.
The course includes five dives, Deep Dive and Underwater Navigator Dive is compulsory, the additional three dives you choose from the following list:
AWARE Fish Identification
Boat Diver
Drift Diver
Multilevel and Computer Diver
Night Diver
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Search and Recovery Diver
Underwater Naturalist
Underwater Photographer
Wreck Diver

Minimum age : 12
Duration : 2 - 3 day
Cost Opt.1 : 8,250 Baht During Similan trip with Jonathan Cruiser
Cost Opt.2 : 9,900 Baht beach (3 dives) + 1 boat daytrip (2 dives)
Cost Opt.3 : 11,600 Baht 2 boat daytrips
Includes : Manual, certificate cost

Emergency First Response
To join this course you don’t have to be a certified diver, you will learn CPR and life saving techniques, skills important to know for everyone in every day life. This course is a requirement for the Rescue Diver Course.

Minimum age : None
Duration : 1 day
Cost : 4,500 Baht
Includes : Manual, certificate cost

Rescue Diver Course
Rescue Divers learn to look beyond themselves to consider the safety and well-being of other divers. Rescue training build your confidence and expands your knowledge about diving, increase your level of diving skills and make you more aware of what is happening around you.

Minimum age : 12
Duration : 2 – 3 days
Cost : 9,500 Baht
Includes : Manual, Diving Accident Management Work Slate, certificate cost

Specialty Courses
The courses are design to give you an introduction to different types of diving. Here follows the specialty courses we offer

Boat Diver
1 day 2 boat dives 3,750 Baht on our Similan liveaboard
5,500 Baht on daytrip boat from Phuket
Drift Diver
1 day 2 boat dives 3,750 Baht only on our Similan liveaboard
Deep Diver
2 days 4 boat dives 6,500 Baht on our Similan liveaboard
9,500 Baht on daytrip boat from Phuket
Multi level & Computer Diver
1 day 2 boat dives 3,750 Baht on our Similan liveaboard
5,500 Baht on daytrip boat from Phuket
Night Diver
2 days 3 boat dives 5,500 Baht only on our Similan liveaboard
Peak Performance
1 day 2 dives 3,750 Baht from the beach or on our Similan liveaboard
5,500 Baht on day trip boat from Phuket
Underwater Naturalist
1 day 2 dives 3,750 Baht from the beach or on our Similan liveaboard
5,500 Baht on day trip boat from Phuket
Underwater Digital Photographer
1 day 2 dives 5,500 Baht incl. camera rental, only on our Similan liveaboard

Divemaster Course
The Divemaster Course represents the first step in a career as a Diving professional.
With knowledge and skills learned in this course you will be qualified to:
- Supervise certified divers in shore-based and boat-based diving activities.
- Assist with training divers in courses.
- Independently conduct specific programs for certified divers and nondivers
(eg. Scuba Review, Discover Snorkeling & Skin Diver course).
Your dive theory knowledge, water skills, rescue skills will be developed to the level necessary to enter the Instructor Development Course.


The requirements for completion of this course are a total of 60 logged dives. To help our Divemaster students to achieve those dives, we offer them to join our Similan liveaboard M/V Jonathan Cruiser for free!

Minimum age : 18
Duration : 2 – 3 weeks
Cost : 30,000 Baht

 

 







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 Last Update: 15/05/2007