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Scuba Diving Courses

LIA offers a full range of scuba diving courses to learn from the beginner Open Water to the professional dive masterPADI Professional Association of Diving Instruction or diving instructor level (check scuba diving internships).  All of the dive courses are made to be fun whilst informative and rewarding. We have adopted a policy of "NO LARGE GROUPS" allowing the individual personal training or the family to enjoy the experience together with no additional members to the party. All of the dive courses can be taken in Pattaya, Koh Samui, Bangkok, Koh Chang, Phuket, Koh Tao, Koh Lanta or Koh Lak, Thailand - the choice is yours. There is a COSTS page which will give a basic outline of the cost but you must understand that the prices change from destination to destination. In order to assist you I have published the most EXPENSIVE costs on the cost page so you know that these costs are the ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM you shall pay for a course.

Beautiful butterfly fish commonly found here in Thailand's gulf and ocean.

** Discover Scuba Diving **

This one-day dive experience designed for those who want to try scuba diving prior to taking a dive course. Perhaps even for those who don't have the time to take a course but still wish to experience the underwater world, the beautiful corals, fish and islands here in Thailand.

The course is conducted over one full day. The first dive starts in shallow ocean water where you will learn some basic skills to enhance your enjoyment before going on a supervised dive with a PADI instructor. After lunch you'll go off for another pleasure dive, no skills to learn this time, and get to share the sea with such creatures as turtles, eels, nocturnal harmless sharks and thousands of fish. The maximum depth for this each dive is 12 metres.

With advance notice, we can take you to a swimming pool on the day prior to your dives and learn the skills and therefore make for a more relaxing day for your ocean dives.

See a one day experience here ...

Duration: 1 day of great fun & 2 dives
Cost: 4,000 baht
Includes: Equipment, boat fees, instruction & lunch

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** PADI Scuba Diver course **

The Scuba Diver course is designed for those who do not have four days to spare for an Open Water Diver course, but who still wish to get certified. Upon completion of this course you can dive to 12 metres under the supervision of a PADI professional. The course is conducted over two days, and includes some classroom and swimming pool instruction prior to your two dives in open water. All dives are done under direct supervision of a PADI instructor.

Duration: 2 days
Cost: 8,000 baht
Curriculum: 1 day in the classroom - approximately 5 hours & 1 day in the ocean with 2 dives
Includes: Equipment, instruction, boat fees, lunch and PADI international

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** PADI Open Water Diver course **

  "The way that the world learns to dive!"


The Open Water course is the world's most popular entry level course. The course lasts for 4 days, although we at
LIA realize that most people visiting Pattaya, Thailand are on holiday and so we can schedule the course into two blocks with a break between for some holiday fun! The course can actually be completed in 3 days if you are pushed for time as the preliminary skills can also be performed in the ocean. This has become quite a popular time frame and all of my affiliated instructors are well versed in this technique. You may want to drop me a line and book a couple of days in advance.

The first 2 days are split between the classroom and the swimming pool where you will do 5 dives learning all of the skills that will enable you, on completion of the course, to be able to dive with a buddy but not necessarily under the supervision of a PADI professional. The second 2 days are spent on our boat doing a total of four dives with your maximum depth being 18 meters.

PADI Open Water Course - detailed - like you will not find it any where on the web. The National Geographic PADI Open Water Diver Course.

Duration: 4 days
Cost: 14,000 baht
Curriculum: Day 1- classroom - 7-9 hours

Day 2 - in the swimming pool honing diving skills for the ocean.

Days 3 & 4 - in the ocean (4 dives (2 per day)).

Includes: Equipment, swimming pool, instruction, boat fees, PADI International license

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** PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course **

Now we're getting serious!  I know people who are "Open Water Divers" with in excess of 200 dives under their belts and they are happy staying at that level. However the A-O-W course opens up new avenues and allows to dive more dive sites globally. The advanced diver course consists of 5 dives - 2 Core (Deep Dive & Navigation Dive) and 3 elective dives where you get the chance to choose from a whole host of specialty dives from night dives to drift dives and ship wreck dives to underwater photography dives. 

The main advantage to the Advanced diver course is that it gives you 5 more dives with an instructor to hone underwater abilities and also gives you experience of diving at depth.  You will do a deep dive to 30 metres affording you more confidence for future trips. It is heard of sometimes that if a dive site is deeper than 20 meters then unless you hold the Advanced Open Water international license the tour operator will not allow you to perform the dive.  So already you can see that it'll open up many more opportunities for exciting new dives in the future.

PADI Advanced Open Water Course - detailed - like you won't find it any where on the web

Duration: 2 days (in the ocean) 
Cost: 12,000 baht
Curriculum: Both days in the ocean. 1 x deep dive, 1 x navigation dive and 3 elective dives of your choice. Choose from: night, drift, boat, fish identification, DPV (Driver Propulsion Vehicle), multilevel, search & recovery, wreck, photography, Videography or peak performance buoyancy dives.
Prerequisite: Open Water certification
Includes: Equipment, instruction, boat fees, lunch and PADI international

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** PADI EFR (Emergency First Response) course **

Here's a handy course.  Not only applicable to diving situations. Anyone can take this course - diver or not. The EFRPADI Emergency First Response Logo (Emergency First Response) course deals with administering first aid to a patient of an accident, whether on dry land or in water.  The course is a prerequisite for the Rescue Diver Course. Dive course content teaches - primary assessment of the patient, rescue breathing (mouth to mouth), one rescuer CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation), choking management, control of bleeding, shock management, primary circle of care and secondary assessment to name just a few topics.  A very fun course with a serious and informative content! Further details of the EFR, Care For Children and the EFRI...

Duration: 1 day (approx 6-8 hours)
Cost: 4,500 baht
Curriculum: 1 day in the classroom with video training aids and a beautiful mannequin. 
Includes: Instruction & MFA pack
Prerequisite: NONE: open for all

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** PADI Rescue Diver course **

Now we'll get you working! This is when the blinkers come off.  Generally you'll find that a diver will take care of him or herself and their buddy before, during and after a dive.  The Rescue Diver Course puts you in the mindset to take on board everything that is going on around you,  to prevent problems as well as to deal with them in the unlikely event that they should arise. The course teaches you 10 skills of self rescue and rescue of another diver. After the 10 skills have been mastered over a period then there are two realistic scenarios in which you will have to take charge of the rescue. Preparation is the key to the course. Anything can happen at any time!  One minute you're eating lunch the next your searching for a missing diver (divemaster assistance). Once found egression to the surface with the diver is next. It doesn't end at the surface. You'll need to get back to the boat while removing equipment (for boat access) and issuing rescue breaths. When you have the diver on the boat it's your responsibility to continue with CPR (if needed), secondary assessment and control the whole scene. BELIEVE ME - this is a FUN course. You'll learn a lot.  Most divers that have achieved this level or higher will tell you that the PADI Rescue Diver Course was the most enjoyable and rewarding of them all - apart from the first underwater experience that is!

PADI Rescue Course - detailed - You won't find anything like it on the web

Duration: 3 days
Cost: 12,000 baht or 15,000 baht - Rescue & EFR "Package combo".
Curriculum: Day 1 - Classroom

Days 2 & 3 - in the ocean mastering the 10 skills & two final scenarios.  I try to get 4 pleasure dives in also.

Prerequisite: Advanced cert & MFA
Includes: Equipment, instruction, boat fees, lunch & PADI International license.

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** Specialty courses **

Here at LIA we offer a whole range of specialty courses to suits all needs. Prices and course durations depend on the specialty (duration tends to be no longer than 2 days). Please contact me for further details. You can choose from the following list:

Night Diver, Drift Diver, Search & Recovery, Advanced Search & Recovery, DPV (Diver Propulsion Vehicle - great fun), Underwater Naturalist Diver, Shipwreck Diver, Deep Diver, Navigation Diver, Photography Diver, Videography Diver, Multi-level Diver, Cave diving, Equipment Specialist, Underwater Digital Photography Divers Course, Peak Performance Buoyancy Diver, NITROX Diver, Dry Suit Diver Course and DSAT Tec Deep Specialty Course - We now have a total of 23 specialty courses to offer.

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Technical scuba diving courses and Professional, dive master and instructor internships.

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Updated (17:45 - Thai Time) 20th July 2008

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