Elevate your mermaiding experience in open water, while refining and improving your mermaid diving skills. 

In the PADI Advanced Mermaid™ course, you'll build on your PADI Mermaid™ certification and apply it to the open water environment. You'll learn the basics of how the open water environment differs from a pool or confined water (larger, deeper, more variable conditions) and be introduced to open water mermaiding techniques. You'll also learn about aquatic life – what to expect, how it can affect you, and how you avoid harm.

To enroll in the PADI Advanced Mermaid course you must

• Be at least 12 years old

• Have a PADI Mermaid certification (or a qualifying certification from another mermaid organization). 

• Be able to swim at least 100m/320ft without swim aids, be able to float comfortably at the surface for at least 10 mins, and be in good physical health.

• Complete the necessary paperwork (sent in advance of the course)

The PADI Advanced Mermaid course consists of three main phases:

• Knowledge development through independent study with the PADI Advanced Mermaid eLearning

• At least two confined water sessions, in which you'll learn to prepare for mermaiding, rescue/problem management skills and the conduct of mermaid dives. You also learn mermaid skills, such as dolphin (butterfly) kicks, C-shape and U-shape side turns, and some skills distinct to mermaid diving, including backward somersault turn, underwater handshaking mermaid bubbles, and back glides. (PADI Mermaid certification)

• Open water sessions in a natural local body of water, or purpose-built site significantly larger than a pool, suited to mermaid diving in which you learn and practice the set-up, conduct and execution of open water mermaid dives, including environmentally friendly mermaid diving techniques.

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