Advanced Snorkeler Course
From: ฿2,950.00
Embark on a thrilling day by enrolling in the PADI Advanced Snorkeling Course. Join our day trip aboard a diving boat led by a seasoned instructor, emphasizing secure and sustainable snorkeling practices. The course spans from 8 am to 3 or 4 pm, featuring morning knowledge development and the initial practical session, followed by the second practical session in the afternoon. Enjoy a provided lunch and top-notch equipment. Tailored for all skill levels, this course promises an unforgettable adventure to elevate your snorkeling abilities responsibly.
What Will You Learn?
Choosing, adjusting, and using snorkeling equipment.
Basic safety guidelines for being in and around the water.
Snorkeling and skin diving techniques, including buoyancy checks, surface swimming, clearing water from your snorkel, and performing effortless surface dives.
Optional skin dives
Knowledge Development
Participate in a knowledge development session covering snorkeling principles, including:
- Equipment usage
- Pressure-volume relationships
- Snorkeling environments
- Signals and communication
- Responsible interaction with aquatic life
- Problem management
- Equalization
- Proper breathing for breath-hold diving (no hyperventilation)
- Removing the snorkel from the mouth when descending and the reasons behind it
- Proper weighting based on freediving practices
- One up, one down buddy system
- Local safe diving practices
Practical Snorkeling Course
First session
- Assemble, adjust, prepare, put on, and remove mask, fins, snorkel, and buoyancy device
- Buddy pre-snorkel safety check
- Entry and exit from a boat
- Adjust for proper weighting as consistent with freediving practices
- Breathe through a snorkel using airway control and swimming at the surface in water too deep to stand
- Clear a snorkel of water at the surface using the blast method
- Obtain positive buoyancy at the surface in water too deep to stand, either by removing a weight belt or orally inflating the snorkeling vest
- Stay within 3 meters/10 feet of a buddy while at the surface
- Remove the snorkel from the mouth, hold the breath, and make a vertical, head-first dive in water too deep to stand
- Swim at least 15 meters/50 feet horizontally underwater on a single breath
- Ascend while looking up and around, holding one hand over the head
- Upon surfacing, exhale gently, signal the buddy that you’re okay, and breathe relaxed
- From the surface, watch the buddy descend and be prepared to dive down to assist. Stay within arm’s reach for 1-2 minutes during recovery breathing
- Communicate using hand signals at the surface and underwater
Second session
- Put on and adjust equipment.
- Perform a pre-dive safety check
- Adjust weighting
- Proper entries and exits from the boat
- Appropriate application of skills mastered and demonstrated in the first session
- Responsibly interact with the environment
Join us in exploring the wonders beneath the surface while promoting safe and sustainable snorkeling adventures!
