One of the best decisions I ever made in my life was to learn how …
Category: PADI
PADI is the organisation Dutch Mermaid trained up to Divemaster with. In this section you’ll find PADI training related blogs and vlogs. Besides doing all her regular PADI courses, the Dutch Mermaid also completed over 10 PADI specialties and frequently writes about her experiences with the PADI education system.
Finding a dive buddy in Bonaire
The last few weeks several people have contacted me and asked me how you find …
PADI Sea Turtle Awareness Specialty in Bonaire
One of the most fun dive courses that I ever took was the “Sea Turtle …
Dive Against Debris Dive
Last week I successfully “fished” up around 19kg of fish nets, as well as another …
PADI Self Reliant Diver Course
Ever since I certified as a PADI Divemaster I’ve been developing an interest in solo …
My first 2 weeks of the Dive Master Internship in Costa-Rica
Dear Dive Master Diary, it’s been a while since I last wrote a blog. The …
A mermaid struggling to clean a boat!
Well, this is a bit embarrassing, yesterday I had my first (and hopefully last) sea …
Costa-Rica, I have arrived!
Today my Divemaster Internship has officially started! In this blog-post I’ll be writing about travelling …
Finding the perfect divemaster internship
In less than 2 weeks I’m flying to Costa-Rica to start my PADI Divemaster Internship. …