PADI Advanced Mermaid
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.
The PADI Advanced Mermaid course consists of three main phases:
- Knowledge development through independent study with the PADI Advanced Mermaid eLearning (or your instructor may conduct class sessions if not available in your language).
- 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.
- 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.
The Learning Materials
PADI Mermaid eLearning makes it easy to fit your mermaid lessons into a busy schedule. Learn about mermaiding principles and terminology whenever, wherever it's convenient for you. It's your course on your time. Study offline, or online using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor whenever you have a question.
Prerequisites - PADI Advanced Mermaid
To enroll in the PADI Advanced Mermaid course,
- You must be 12 years old or older
- Be a PADI Mermaid (or a qualifying certification from another mermaid organization).
- You need to be able to swim at least 100m/320ft without swim aids.
- Be able to float comfortably at the surface for at least 10 mins
- Be in good physical health.
Medical Requirements
Our experiences and courses require a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.
Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.
If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN), or your own Doctor.
You will not be able to participate in any pool or open water sessions without confirming your fitness to dive.
The Mermaid Gear You Will Need
To take part in this course you will need to make sure you have, as minimum:
- Your own Mask and Snorkel
- A set of Freediving Bi Fins
- Weight Belt (We recommend a Rubber Weight Belt)
- Monofin
- Mermaid Outfit
PADI Advanced Mermaid
You will also require:
- Depth Gage or Freediving Dive Compter
- Appropriate Exposure Projections
- Safety Lanyard and Strap
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