Dive in and discover your inner mermaid with PADI this summer

Some superheroes wear capes, others wear mermaid tails. Leading diver training agency PADI has introduced a range of PADI Mermaid Courses designed to provide water-enthusiasts with an additional outlet for exploring the underwater world.

Mermaiding is a growing trend across the globe and with World Mermaid Day taking place today, March 29th, PADI’s new courses will enable people to learn new skills, explore the underwater world and in turn – protect our blue planet.

Scuba diving is an incredible means to do that, but other water sports such as freediving and mermaiding, enable a similar experience. You will learn to master the art of breath holding and how to swim with a tail, then move on to improve your comfort in the water, learn how to read ocean conditions, navigate currents and interact with marine life.

No previous dive experience is required and anyone over the age of 6 can become a PADI Mermaid or Merman with the new PADI Mermaid Course.

As summer approaches, it’s the perfect time to dive in and experience new family underwater adventures on holiday while learning new skills and making your mermaiding dreams come true at PADI Dive Centres around the globe, including off our shores in the UK.

Courses vary between 1 and 3 days and include:

• PADI Discover Mermaid experience:
  • no prerequisites
  • completed in 2-4 hours
  • Test out what it is like to be a PADI Mermaid and splash a tail, with a PADI Mermaid Pro helping you every step of the way
  • Costs start at £85

• PADI Mermaid Course:
  • Be able to swim 50m, float for 5 min and recommended age of 10
  • Completed in 1 day, includes eLearning and in-water training
  • Learn about mermaid culture, how to swim with a tail, breath holding techniques and how to channel your inner mermaid
  • Costs start at £250

• PADI Advanced Mermaid Course:
  • Must first complete PADI Mermaid course or an equivalent from another training organisation
  • Completed in 2 days, includes eLearning and in-water training
  • Improve your comfort in the water, learn how to read ocean conditions, navigate currents and interact with marine life, train in rescues and assists, enhance your breath holding techniques and learn how to pose for your ultimate mermaid photos beneath the surface (*photo sessions dependent on individual provider)
  • Costs start from £350

With PADI Professionals and Dive Centres teaching the world how to mermaid, you can safely and quickly learn the art of breath holding and the mermaid tail in the tropical atolls of the Maldives, in the glacier lakes of Switzerland, in farmland Wisconsin, along picturesque beaches in Australia or in Cornwall – the mermaid capital of the world.

You can take an incredible holiday anywhere in the world where there’s an official PADI Mermaid Centre and return an official PADI Mermaid, with a certificate – all in the safe hands of a PADI Mermaid Pro helping you every step of the way.

Learn more here about how to become a PADI Mermaid.