PADI Dive Courses from All Levels to Instructor on Cozumel Island Mexico

  Mexico

• Yucatan Peninsula: 
Cozumel

Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: Please visit our website for upcoming start dates.

Description: GVI has teamed up with one of Mexico's most well respected PADI Course Director's to combine world class dive training with GVI's marine conservation training giving graduates a unique course useful for a career in the dive industry or just for fun and experience underwater.   Our professional dive courses, which follow the PADI course structure, are an educational adventure leading to globally respected qualifications and employment opportunities worldwide.

We currently offer three courses:

1. PADI Advanced (or equivalent) to PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor in 12 weeks.
2. PADI Open Water Diver to PADI Divemaster in 6/8 weeks (dependent upon the work placement option)
3. For those already at Divemaster or higher levels shorter PADI Instructor Development courses are also available.

You are going to be doing the majority of your dive training in the magnificent environs on the tropical Caribbean island of Cozumel. Renowned the world over for its incredible dive sites, Cozumel is without doubt one of the planets greatest dive locations. Cozumel in Mayan, means "Land of the Swallows". Cozumel is Mexico's largest island and located just 20 kilometres off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsular. Cozumel measures 45 kilometres long and 16 kilometres wide. The climate is sub-tropical and the people native to Cozumel are of Mayan descent. Cozumel itself was a sleepy little fishing community until 1961, when a Frenchman, one Jacques Cousteau, declared Cozumel one of the most beautiful scuba diving areas of the world. Since then Cozumel has become an underwater marine park and many efforts are underway to preserve the delicate balance of dazzling coral reefs and the abundant variety of tropical fish that call them home. A renowned feature of Cozumel diving is the water clarity and depending on the season and weather divers can enjoy 30  60 metre visibility.

Highlights: Train as a PADI professional to either Divemaster or Instructor with marine conservation training, cultural visits, adventure trips, internships and a job placement service.

Qualifications: No experience necessary, from beginner to advanced, there are options for everyone no matter what your diving skill level is.

Cost in US$: From $6726 for 6 weeks

Pre-departure support and discounted services
Welcome and Orientation session
Accommodation during the course and any work experience that is part of the course
Airport pick-ups and drop offs from Cancun airport  at set times
24 hr. in country support
1 return ferry ticket to/from Cozumel every 2 weeks
1 cultural/archaeological or other side trip every 2 weeks (Sites visited include The amazing Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza; Coba and Tulum as well the Sian Kaán Biosphere Reserve
Introductory marine biology lectures
Some non-alcoholic beverages during courses
Team and staff restaurant dinner every second Saturday night
All air fills and tanks required for duration of the course
Use of weight belts
Any boat diving expenses during the course
GVI Logbook
Dive college shirt

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to World Wide Participants.

Participants Travel to Mexico Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 15 others max

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

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Year Founded: 1998