Scuba diving courses in Mexico
| country: | Mexico |
| departures: | 2010: 8 Jan, 2 Apr, 25 Jun, 1 Oct |
| price: | From £3995 (20 weeks) excluding flights. We can offer advice on flights from the UK |
| vouchers: | Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday |
the amazing things you'll be doing
Study marine conservation, develop leadership skills, train to be a PADI divemaster and enter the scuba diving and / or marine conservation industry.
This 20 week traineeship starts with a 10 week expedition to develop your understanding of marine conservation and to further or establish your scuba diving skills. You will learn how to live and work with a research team in a remote environment and attain base skills essential for your traineeship for the following 10 weeks. During this phase you will undertake your PADI divemaster course, take further advanced training courses, shadow staff and assist with the running of the expedition. At the end of the 20 week placement qualifying suitable applicants may be offered paid or unpaid work with us or with one of our local partners.
Highlights: Developing your personnel management, leadership, marine conservation and scuba diving skills. Living and working on a remote jungle base with incredible wildlife; waking up to the deserted white-sand beach and turquoise Caribbean sea; learning about the reef and how to identify the fish or coral you see; participating in monitoring dives to explore different sites along the coast; being the only people diving in the biosphere reserve surveying the deserted reefs under our special research permit; chancing upon mega-fauna such as dolphins, sharks and manatees; searching the beach at night for turtles laying eggs; learning some Spanish; joining sea and cenote fun-dives, enjoy cultural visits to Mayan ruins.
We run a number of research bases on the Yucatan Penisula ranging from remote jungle bases in the heart of the Sian Ka’an (Mayan for ‘Where the Sky is Born’) Biosphere Reserve at Boca Paila to the tranquil Mayan village of Mahahual just north of the Belize border. Your traineeship will see you based at two locations for a well rounded experience. When undertaking the PADI divemaster training trainees will be based away from research bases in a shared apartment with a higher standard of living for the three week phase. In between your expedition and Traineeship is a 2 to 3 week break, Trainees are welcome to stay at a base camp where food will be provided or are free to explore the surrounding areas.
When working at a field research base trainees will stay in very basic cabana accommodation, with bunk beds (approximately six people per room) or tents. Conditions are basic and all freshwater comes from a well and is restricted, so trainees take bucket showers. When undertaking the PADI divemaster training accommodations are of a higher standard.
This 20 week traineeship starts with a 10 week expedition to develop your understanding of marine conservation and to further or establish your scuba diving skills. You will learn how to live and work with a research team in a remote environment and attain base skills essential for your traineeship for the following 10 weeks. During this phase you will undertake your PADI divemaster course, take further advanced training courses, shadow staff and assist with the running of the expedition. At the end of the 20 week placement qualifying suitable applicants may be offered paid or unpaid work with us or with one of our local partners.
Highlights: Developing your personnel management, leadership, marine conservation and scuba diving skills. Living and working on a remote jungle base with incredible wildlife; waking up to the deserted white-sand beach and turquoise Caribbean sea; learning about the reef and how to identify the fish or coral you see; participating in monitoring dives to explore different sites along the coast; being the only people diving in the biosphere reserve surveying the deserted reefs under our special research permit; chancing upon mega-fauna such as dolphins, sharks and manatees; searching the beach at night for turtles laying eggs; learning some Spanish; joining sea and cenote fun-dives, enjoy cultural visits to Mayan ruins.
We run a number of research bases on the Yucatan Penisula ranging from remote jungle bases in the heart of the Sian Ka’an (Mayan for ‘Where the Sky is Born’) Biosphere Reserve at Boca Paila to the tranquil Mayan village of Mahahual just north of the Belize border. Your traineeship will see you based at two locations for a well rounded experience. When undertaking the PADI divemaster training trainees will be based away from research bases in a shared apartment with a higher standard of living for the three week phase. In between your expedition and Traineeship is a 2 to 3 week break, Trainees are welcome to stay at a base camp where food will be provided or are free to explore the surrounding areas.
When working at a field research base trainees will stay in very basic cabana accommodation, with bunk beds (approximately six people per room) or tents. Conditions are basic and all freshwater comes from a well and is restricted, so trainees take bucket showers. When undertaking the PADI divemaster training accommodations are of a higher standard.
how this holiday makes a difference
 We are very well known for our valued work in the fields of conservation, capacity building and environmental education on over 60 projects and expeditions in over 35 countries around the globe. Through our marine research projects in various parts of the world we have isolated a need for further education of these issues in today’s diving community. To provide courses that not only help candidates obtain the most sought after qualifications for today’s dive professional but also an orientation to the conservation issues we are all facing we have begun offering courses through it’s own Dive Academy. Today’s dive professionals are increasingly becoming ambassadors for conservation in our oceans, seas and also the wider world. For this reason and in keeping with our ethos in all our programmes, formal lessons will be given by marine scientists on topics such as species identification and the threats our reefs currently face. All candidates will also do the PADI Coral Reef Research Distinctive Speciality. |
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