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PADI Instructor Profile – Lara Weyhausen – German
Aussie Divers Phuket introduces Lara Weyhausen, our English/German speaking PADI Scuba Diving Instructor.
Lara is from Niedersachsen in the north west of Germany.
Her first scuba diving experience was on the small island of Koh Phangan, Thailand when she was just 12 years old. She did a PADI Discover Scuba Diving with her mother and sister and was fortunate enough to see a whale shark. Something she loves reminding her boss about as he has never seen one.
Lara didn’t dive again for another nine years. She did her PADI Open Water Course in Cairns, Australia and fell in love with diving. Less than two years later she [...]
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News & Special Offers
Aussie Divers Around the World Competition
Aussie Divers Around the World Competition
Aussie Divers Phuket are running a an Aussie Divers around the world competition.
Wear your Aussie Divers T-Shirt and Win
Since our inception in late 2012, Aussie Divers Phuket has been fortunate enough to have served divers from over 100 different countries around the world.
This is something that humbles us and makes us immensely proud and has blown away expectations when Aussie Divers Phuket commenced. Never did we think we could reach every corner of the globe.
Unfortunately during these difficult times of COVID – 19 and with no diving here in Thailand and the rest of the world, i [...]
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Aussie Divers Phuket – Most Wanted List
Here is the team at Aussie Divers Phuket list of the most wanted to see underwater list.
With tens of thousands of different marine creatures spread out across the vast waterways of the world, it is impossible for a divers to see everything in one lifetime.
Even experienced divers with 1000’s of dives find it difficult to fulfil their dreams. Here our experienced team of Aussie Divers Phuket instructors give a quick insight into what creatures that they are yet to see.
Not something that is found here in Phuket. When talking to divers who have seen them and other big whales, the speak of the gracefulness and sheer pr [...]
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Scuba Diving Uses for a Face Mask Post COVID-19
Scuba Diving Uses for a Face Mask Post COVID-19
The surgical face mask has been around for a long time. Until COVID-19 many of us had never worn one. Now the face mask has become a standard part of daily life for most of us.
However, once COVID -19 is done and dusted, what will we do with all the left over face masks?
Well hold on to those used face masks as we have come up with 9 exciting new scuba diving uses for the humble surgical face mask post COVID -19.
Please note that NONE of these uses have been approved or sanctioned by PADI and it is highly unlikely they will be in the future.
WARNING: All models in the phot [...]
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Ways You Can Support Aussie Divers Phuket During COVID-19
During COVID-19 shutdowns, social distancing and travel restrictions, tourism in addition to the dive industry are both taking a heavy hit. With the current lockdowns in place and basically no diving happening almost worldwide how can you support the dive industry in tough times.
The following blog covers some ways you can help support the team at Aussie Divers Phuket and the dive industry during these tough times. Hopefully, there is good news around the corner, with Thailand announcing the plan to start lifting restrictions from April 30th.
Have you dived with Aussie Divers Phuket? Forgot to pick up one of our awesome Aussi [...]
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Diving Health
Why Can’t I Fly After Scuba Diving?
Here is a blog that will try and explain why you can't fly after scuba diving.
We have all been taught during our PADI Open Water Course that we cannot fly after scuba diving. You should recall that we cannot fly for 12 hours after a single dive, 18 hours after multiple dives and if we can we should ideally wait 24 hours.
It is generally understood that the reason why we do this is to avoid the increase risk of decompression sickness. To understand how this increased chance may materialise we need to understand how decompression sickness normally develops. To do that we need to understand what is actually occurring in our body. [...]
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Courses
PADI eLearning Start the Next Adventure at Home
Start your next scuba diving adventure at home with PADI eLearning and Aussie Divers Phuket.
Sitting at home bored during COVID -19. Dreaming of your next trip away scuba diving. Well you can start your next scuba diving adventure at home with PADI eLearning.
Here are four courses that you can start in the comfort of you lounge at home. The PADI Open Water Course, PADI Advanced Open Water Course, the PADI Rescue Course and the PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Course.
Please note that all these eLearning modules are for the theory components of the respective courses. You will need to complete the practical components at Aussie D [...]
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