New Open Water Divers from UAE

Three brand new Open Water divers from the UAE. They done the dive course with Sea Fun Divers Instructor Rene. Picture taken on the way back from Raja Noi Island.

From Right to left - Abdulla, Rene, Akmed, Fadel

New PADI Scuba Divers

A beautiful 'low season' day in Phuket and Sea Fun Divers Instructor Rene on the boat with two new divers. Shanzeh (Jr Scubadiver) & her dad Asif (Scubadiver) from Karachi, Pakistan.

New Open Water Divers

Sea Fun Divers Instructor Rene on the way back from Koh Raja Yai with four new Open Water divers. From Left to Right. Alexander, Olga, Sergey and Valeriy from
Irkutsk, Russia.

Certificate of Exellence for Giel Wevers

Yuri did his Rescue Course with Sea Fun Divers in March and told PADI about his great experience.

PADI Certificate of Excellence for Giel Wevers

Olympic medal winner - Open Water course with Sea Fun Divers

Sea Fun Divers Instructor Oleg (right) with his PADI Open Water Student Alexey (left) outside Le Meridien Dive Shop. Alexey Katakov is one of the worlds tallest athletes and is an International and Olympic medal winner from Moscow, Russia.

Customer reviews - Michel

Michel upgraded from Scuba Diver to PADI Open Water Diver and did a liveaboard trip on M/V Giamani ...

MV Giamani

"'I'm just back in France it was a pleasure to dive with you... 

see you next

Michel" 

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PADI Open Water - easy class lesson at Sea Fun Divers

Sea Fun Divers Instructor Candy teaching Confined Water students (L to R) Damien (from Melbourne Australia), Victoria and Axel (from Toulouse, France)

Team China - Open Water Diver training

Sea Fun Divers Instructor Candy off to the pool to do Confined Open Water training with Yi Sun, David He and Nathan He from Beijing China.

Candy and her students from Beijing

New Open Water Divers

Sea Fun Divers very own Instructor Rene on the way back from Phi Phi Island with Michael and Liliye who have just completed their PADI Open Water Course.

Rene with new OW Divers Michael & Liliye

Customer Reviews - Don & David from Australia

Our Danish Rene recently completed ( 12/2/12 ) an Open Water Course with Don and his son David from Yass, NSW, Australia. Here is a note he sent to Rene.

Don

David

The Review

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The all new PADI Self Reliant Diver Course

PADI Self Reliant Diver Course

Instructor Roger with Self Reliant Diver Student Mike

PADI’s overall training programs and philosophy support the proven system of diving with a partner for several reasons, not the least of which are its contributions to diver safety.

 PADI also recognizes that experienced divers, after being trained in the skills, knowledge and safety techniques of solo diving in a self-reliant manner, can be prepared to dive independent of a partner.

 Those experienced divers, through proper training (as in the PADI Self-Reliant Diver Specialty course) learn knowledge and skills in solo dive planning, life support system readiness, adaptive training, equipment preparedness and diving responsibly to compensate for situations when diving alone.

PADI's position is clear; independent diving proponents should advocate responsible independent diving on its own unique merits, requisite training, and equipment needs and not through sensationalized attempts to disparage a proven safety system that has served the majority of recreational scuba divers well.

General Purpose

Self-Reliant Diver Specialty Course

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.

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 covers when diving alone may be applicable, and the need to compensate for those situations, including solo dive planning, life support system readiness, adaptive training, equipment and responsibility. 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. 

As long as you are at least an Advanced Open Water Diver and have 100 logged dives you can sign up for this course. The course can be conducted over a day doing 3 dives on the boat, or spread over a couple of days with first doing a dive off the beach then a following day two further dives.

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Customer Reviews - David

Jack also told PADI about his great time & experience at Sea Fun Divers. Due to it PADI  issued Certificate of excellence for Sea Fun Divers

Thanks a lot Jack ! Look forward to welcome you again in December.

"Hi Nick. 

I would like to take this opportunity to say a big big thank you to yourself, Rene and the rest of the team at Sea Fun Divers who have made our family holidays over the past five years so memorable and exiting. 

Master Scuba Diver

The friendliness, professionalism and facilities you have are second to none and impressed us yet again at Christmas 2011, when we had the opportunity to dive from your newlyrefurbished dive boat which we found extremely well equipped and comfortable with friendly staff and dive guides. 

Since you introduced all of us to the incredible underwater world of scuba diving, you have never failed to impress. Both yours and Sea Funs passion and drive to ensure both our dive experiences and holidays have been more than fulfilled time and time again. 

Your friendly experienced staff have made so many dives memorable, I especially love diving with Boris and Pear as they seem to know where all the best sea life can be found, anything from Manta Rays, Turtles, Black Tipped Reef Sharks to Sea Horses, the list is endless. Also the course instructors Roger, Giel, Squid and not forgetting yourself. All very professional but still ensuring that learning can be fun. Having met them time and time again, we regard them now as personal friends. 

Also thanking you again Nick for taking me through my, "Master Scuba Diver Course", and the last speciality course you did with me, "Self Reliant Diver". 

Can't wait for Christmas, 2012. 

Kind Regards.

David Jack"

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Customer Reviews - Mike

"Hi Sea Fun

I just completed an excellent special designation course with Sea Fun Divers In Phuket. I took PADI Self Reliant Diver Course with Instructor Roger Chubb. 

Mike and Self Reliant Diver Instructor roger Chubb

The course material was brief , but  the instruction and 3 dives were super providing more focus on self-rescue and self-reliant diving skills. By using a  redundant air supply and other equipment plus increased awareness of one’s air consumption under various conditions, one becomes a more competent diver.

In addition to the one shore dive, the 2 boat dives were superb @ PHI PHI from Sea Fun’s recently renovated boat with dive  management under legendary Boris.

I will continue to recommend that anyone who wants to fun dive or undertake dive courses  in and around Phuket look to SEA FUN DIVERS for a great experience!

Cheers

Mike McSorley"

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Customer Reviews - Bella

Bella did beach dive, Phi Phi overnight and Similan overnight. 


"Dear Rene,

Thanks a lot! It's a wonderful trip~I enjoyed it very much. My dive instructors: Candy, Carrie and "Note"are all full of passionate and responsibility.

And it's really amazing underwater in Phuket.I will come back for another dive trip when I have holidays. :)

Best regards,

Bella "

Below pictures taken on Bellas dive trips....

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Nikki & Hugh

Nikki Acott &  Hugh Russell from Brighton, England who recently completed their Nitrox Specialty, Digital Underwater Photo Speciality and their EFR so they can apply for MSD. With their EFR Instructor Mikael and their 'friend Anne'!

Customer Reviews - Janette and family

"Hi,

We very much enjoyed our PADI open water dive course/refresher course with Boris in December.

We are thinking about another family dive trip in early March (4 of us), can you please advise what dive sites your boat will be travelling to on March 3rd, 4th, 10th and 11th, and the cost for four of us (two adults, two children) to dive on those dates – inclusive of gear?
We are particularly keen to go back to Phi Phi and would be interested in two days diving there, with a night overnight on the island if that is an option.

Thanks and best regards

Janette "

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Customer Reviews - Glynis

Customer Reviews - From Glynis, who just did her PADI Open Water course With Rene and Roger.

"Can you please thank everyone for their friendly manner and making me feel very comfortable over the last 3 days? Especially Rene and Roger who were just outstanding instructors. Very patient and very professional. I had a great 3 days with guys and feel very confident in my ability to dive now. By the way, I did pay today.
Regards

Glynis"

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Colin & Andrew

Brand New Open Water Divers :-) - 12 Jan 2012

Colin & Andrew with PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor Roger

Customer Reviews - Michele from Italy

Michele really seems to have gotten a great deal out our Open Water Course with instructor Rene ...

Ciao Diego e buon natale anche a te!

Il corso e` stato davvero buono ed e` andato tutto bene a parte il mal
di mare che ho sofferto durante la prima uscita in barca. L'istruttore
(Rene) mi e` sembrato competente ma anche molto pragmatico.
Effettivamente e` quello che ci vuole per prendere il brevetto in 3
giorni.

Ciao,
Michele

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PADI Underwater Navigation Speciality

Beginning of August and again a new PADI Specialty on Sea Fun Divers Website ....

PADI Underwater Navigation

As promotion for our latest course presents on our website we offer a 10% Discount if you book the course online before end of August 2011.Contact Us Now!  

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