Helpful Diving Info
Do I Need to Know How To Swim to Scuba Dive?
This is a question that I often get asked, and really it is not as simple as YES or NO. Here is some explanations and reasons why.
If you want to become a certified scuba diver by doing the PADI Open Water Diver Course, the answer is yes. In the PADI Open Water Diver Course it is specified that you have to be able to swim continuously for 200 metres. This can be with any stroke however it does need to be continuous without stopping. There is alternate option and that is you do a 300 metre mask, fin and snorkel swim. Some do find this easier to the 200 swim.
You also have to be able to tread water or float for at least 10 minut [...]
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Instructor Profile Alban Fabre Le français Espanol English
Here is another instructor profile featuring Alban Fabre from France, he speaks Le français, Espanol and English.
Alban is our French mascot. Raised with ham and butter cheese baguette and wine in his baby’s bottle. He often left France to live in different parts of the world: USA, Venezuela, Mexico, Singapore and Spain (Barcelona being his city of heart, even before Paris!). Since small kid (small ... it may surprise that he would have been as today he is 2m02 .
Alban is a lover of the sea, sailing the waters of Brittany and spearfishing there. However he first did discover scuba diving. Shortly after he stared the seco [...]
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Scuba Diving Equipment Rent or Buy
You have now fallen in love with scuba diving and you are now looking at getting some of your own equipment. Do you always need to buy or can you rent your scuba diving equipment.
There some things to consider when purchasing you own scuba diving equipment and one of the main questions is if you need to purchase it at all.
Why buy if I can rent – Why rent if I can buy?
To answer this question you will need to take a look at what type of diver you are or will be.
First you would need to look at the frequency that you will be diving. Will you be diving with you local dive club or just when you travel on you yearly h [...]
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Our Dives
My First Dive – Aussie Divers Staff
The staff at Aussie Divers Phuket talk about their first dive.
The first ever dive I did was on the Great Barrier Reef out of Cairns, Australia around 2004. I did a two dive PADI Discover Scuba Diving with a friend and it was her idea.
The trip that we went on was a spit between snorkelers and scuba divers. Most were snorkelers.
The experience was quite strange for me getting used to breathing underwater. I can recall not feeling too comfortable until the second dive. From what I remember the colors of the coral were vibrant and the was not that far below the surface. It was a nice dive with good visibility.
Strangely en [...]
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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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PADI Discover Scuba Diving Avoid the Risks
Some years ago PADI introduced the PADI Discover Scuba Diving into their system. They did so to give divers a taste of scuba diving prior to signing up for the full PADI Open Water Course. Here is how to avoid unnecessary risks when doing the PADI Discover Scuba Diving.
PADI intended the Discover Scuba Diving to be a brief introduction into the underwater realm. They intended it to be a short 10 – 15 minute experience and thus designed the activity as such.
Somewhere over time the PADI Discover Scuba Diving has turned into a full days diving, with multiple dives and to dive sites the same as certified dives. The structure of [...]
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Aussie Divers Phuket – Awarded PADI CDC Rating
On the 5th September 2023 Aussie Divers Phuket was awarded the the prestigious PADI CDC (Career Development Centre) rating. The highest possible store rating in the PADI Scuba Diving educational system.
The award is testament to the hard work of the staff and instructors over the 11 years of since Aussie Divers Phuket commenced.
Aussie Divers Phuket was delighted to receive this email from PADI Headquarters.
Hi Darren,
It gives us great pleasure to award Aussie Divers S-23442 the esteemed distinction of PADI Career Development Centre. You have now moved into the highest level of educational professionalism in our industry.
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Diving Health
Medical Fitness for Scuba Diving
For all of those that have started a PADI scuba diving course you will be familiar with Medical Fitness for Scuba Diving form. For those about to start a course it will generally be the first piece of paperwork you see.
The purpose of establishing fitness to dive is to reduce risk of a range of diving related medical conditions associated with known or suspected pre-existing conditions. This has no reference to their diving skills.
Scuba diving does involve some risk and pre-sexisting medical conditions can make the risk of a fatality while diving much higher. As a result, the regulations, requirements and medical standards relatin [...]
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How to Buy a Scuba Diving Mask?
Here is Aussie Divers Phuket tips on how to buy a new scuba diving mask.
Buying a dive mask should be the first investment you make as a scuba diver. As having your own mask with a proper fit will go along way to making your dives more enjoyable. When looking at buying a dive mask there are a number of different shapes, styles & sizes available, how do you choose the right one for you. The choices may seem endless, however, there are some basic things to search for, here is our guide to buying a dive mask.
The key to finding a good mask is getting the right fit, after all, there is nothing worse than having to clear a l [...]
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