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      Our range of PADI Specialty courses offer you an easy and structured way for continued learning that introduces you to different areas of interest in scuba diving.

      Sidemount Diver Training as a PADI Instructor

      I was conducting a routine dive with my Divemaster candidates using a backmount single tank configuration at Chumphon Pinnacles. There was a technical diver also on our dive boat, diving on a Sidemount set-up and he decided to tag along with us on our dive. Half way during the dive he surprised me by attaching […] .....

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      8 Best Reasons to Team Teach as a Dive Instructor

      One of the most common questions I’m asked by IDC candidates, often in the counselling sessions I conduct at the end of the IDC is ‘do you think I should do a team teaching Internship after the IDC?’ My reply is, if you have the time why not? This tempts the next question: ‘Why do […] .....

      What is a PADI Specialty Instructor

      I was sitting having a coffee with one of our Rescue Diver students over the recent Instructor Examination that was held here on Koh Tao. A close friend of hers was actually on that IE, inspired by the feedback she had received about the IDC, and buoyed by the thought her friend was about to […] .....
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      Located at Black Turtle Dive dive center, IDC Koh Tao provide Instructor candidates with a structured, effective and very successful PADI IDC experience. Evolved ove

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