PADI Open Water Course in Saigon

Dive in Vietnam!

VIETNAM DIVING UPDATE

(Courtesy of Rainbow Divers)

PHU QUOC: High season here with full diveboats traveling alternate days to explore the Northern sites and then the Southern Islands. Early start, 2 dives, lunch and back on land mid afternoon. Viz around 10m, water at 29c and the weather hot, hot, hot!

Enquiries nico@divevietmam.com

NHA TRANG: Slowly emerging from the ‘Rainy Season’. Still offering diving and PADI training courses daily. Conditions not the best, but 10m viz does allow you to see the macro critters that Vietnam is famous for! Enquiries to matt@divevietnam.com

WHALE ISLAND: This little piece of paradise is just north of Nha Trang, thus the same diving conditions apply. We welcome Lauren Holmes, our multilingual Instructor, who will now take over managing the diving here for the 2012 season. If you haven’t dived The 3 Kings, you haven’t dived Vietnam! Also, one of the best locations in Vietnam for beach + night diving! Enquiries to lauren@divevietnam.com

CON DAO: Undoubtedly the best diving in Vietnam, when conditions allow. February onwards should allow diving, but later in the year is better. Being so remote, it is very much at the mercy of the weather-gods! Enquiries to max@divevietnam.com

HOI AN: A little early in the season for diving here, but in a month or so, the dive conditions will offer excellent diving + training. Enquiries to ross@divevietnam.com

SAIGON:  The best way to get dive certified is to start on-line with PADI and then spend one day in the pool in An Phu with your Instructor. Then you choose when to travel to one of the Ocean centres for 2-3 days to complete your course. Diving programmes available through the top International Schools. Part time Divemaster + Instructor courses also available. Want a unique Team Building Challenge or even a special Birthday ‘Splash Party’, it’s available! Enquiries to jeremy@divevietnm.com

PADI IDC: The 1^st IDC + IE of 2012 will be held in Nha Trang. The 14 day programme starts on the 17^th March and an IE immediately after. jeremy@divevietnam.com

Rainbow Divers are the longest established PADI Divecentres throughout Vietnam.

www.divevietnam.com

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PADI Rescue Diver Course

PADI Rescue Diver
THE most important and THE most fun diving course you will ever do!
Including knowledge development and a pool Session introducing you to the basic rescue skills and protocol. Then you have two options: the new PADI rescue Course allows us to complete your 2 required Open water Scenarios in two days at one of our ocean centres. Rainbow highly recommend you to complete the traditional 4 scenarios over 3 days. Extra fun, extra training and an extra day of Ocean pleasure.

How nice of Do and Sam to rescue their PADI Course Director!


The PADI Rescue Course will redefine the way you dive. Your perspective on Dive operators, Dive boats, Dive professionals and Dive buddies will be altered for the good. You will dive ‘eyes wide open” with a constant reassuring global awareness on the fluid situations you find your self in. You will have the confidence to address potential problems BEFORE they cause an accident and the skills and confidence to deal with emergencies in there “unlikely event”.

New Celebrity Fitness Trend: Scuba Diving

Monday, 1/23/2012 at 9:39:32 AM

By Jennipher Walters 

Sick of the gym or the cold winter weather? Then it's time to try the new workout that celebs like Jessica Alba, Sandra Bullock, Katie Holmes, and Nina Dobrev of the CW show The Vampire Diaries love: scuba diving! Although scuba diving may seem like more of a fun vacation activity rather than a workout, scuba burns tons of calories while tightening and toning your body.

"Scuba diving provides a full body workout that combines cardio and strength training to burn calories, tone muscles and even improve breathing" says Theresa Kaplan, director of communications for The Professional Association of Diving Instructors(PADI). "Although your body is buoyant underwater and you feel virtually weightless while scuba diving, maneuvering through water requires constant motion by your entire body, thus toning and strengthening muscles in your thighs, shoulders and your core."

In fact, just 30 minutes of scuba diving can burn up to 400 calories for the average woman. Most diving excursions last about 30 to 45 minutes, so depending on the diver’s experience level and the type of dive, it's not uncommon to burn 500+ calories during one workout. 

One of the best things about scuba diving though — and the reason why so many celebrities enjoy it — is because it doesn't feel like a workout. 

"The act of exploring the underwater world and being one amongst a sea of unique creatures and organisms is an exhilarating and life-changing experience unlike no other,"

Kaplan says. "Scuba diving provides a tranquil escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, which is why so many people, celebrities included, are drawn to this activity." 

Happy Lunar New Year

Dive Master Training

Jeremy is teaching Miss Thu in the pool in Saigon. She is training for her Dive Master.

As a certified and passionate recreational diver with pleasure dives under your belt and a base range of diving knowledge and experience, what next? Many people choose the first step of PADI’s GO – PRO certifications. PADI Divemaster is the first step of the ladder and covers all the key basics for professional dive mastery. By the end of the course you will have mastery of:

Dive guiding – preparing, briefing, leading and conducting guided pleasure diving experiences for certified divers. Have and extensive knowledge of diving theory and the PADI system – theory topics including, diving Physics, physiology and environment. In depth understanding of the PADI training system and regulations/legalities of the recreational diving industry and education. Comprehensive water skills assessed and timed for a range of abilities. Exemplary demonstration standard of the “core” PADI diving skills e.g. Hovering. Exemplary rescue skills and Accident management abilities including a written “Emergency Action Plan”. Minimum dive experience of 60 logged dives including proven experience with Night, deep and navigation dives NB: this should be considered a minimum only, we will take you well beyond this! Also including a Mapping project and equipment exchange (also know as the “stress” test). Continued professional assessment in key areas. Demonstrable experience working as an Instructor assistant on a full range of PADI courses – managing students and logistics, leading tour portions of dives and supervising students. We have a range of PADI Divemaster courses that include just the basics and concurrent Master Scuba Diver packages

Rainbow Divers, Phu Quoc

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Phu Quoc Captain!

Dive Vietnam: Try Dives

Dive Vietnam: Try Dives: 53 students between 8 and 10 have tried diving today in the Britisch Vietnamese International School of Saigon in District 7. They loved it,...

Try Dives

53 students between 8 and 10 years old have tried diving today in the Britisch Vietnamese International School of Saigon in District 7.

They loved it, it was a huge succes.

Padi Instructors Jeremy Stein and Bo Bisset were helped by Assistant Instructor Hoang and Dive Master Trainee Nga.

Dive Saigon!

It’s a lovely, sunny morning in Saigon and Jeremy is back in the pool to finish of the confined water session with his 3 students.

Have a nice day, boys! And have fun!

Refresh your Diving Skills

Today, PADI Course Director Jeremy P. Stein from Rainbow Divers, Vietnam, is teaching 2 ladies in the swimming pool. They haven't dived for a while and are going to Sipidan on saturday! Lucky ladies!

Jacques-Yves and myself have followed them to the pool after the theory in the classroom.

This is what diving does to you!

Happy Diver!!

My sister has finally picked up diving and.... loves it!!

PADI Open Water Course in Saigon

Start your PADI Open Water Course in Saigon with Rainbow Divers.
This morning, PADI Course Director Jeremy P. Stein is teaching 3 students at the Tien Nga swimming pool in An Phu, District 2, Saigon.