Aquanauts Success Stories
Aquanauts interns become more than than mere instructors: They go on to be successful diving entrepreneurs. Check out some of the Aquanauts Success Stories and read their their thoughts about their Aquanauts internship experience. More...
“Aquanauts are great and we cannot thank them enough for making our internship so fun and rewarding..”
"There are a lot of dive schools but at the end of day Aquanauts was the perfect mix of serious diving and family atmosphere. I'll never forget my experience there."
“I was a bit worried, especially about the about the theory required to become a Divemaster. However, I soon realized that at Aquanauts every intern is an individual and is able to evolve at their own pace."

Aquanauts' February 2010 IDC students and staff. From left, Connor McBrye, Master Instructor Sally Rathbone, Lorna Green, Greg King and Master Instructor Gary Tytler
Aquanauts started 2010 the same way it ended 2009 and 2008: Perfectly.
A 63-year-old sailboat captain and English massage therapist were among the latest students to change their lives and become scuba diving instructors when Aquanauts Diving Instructor Internship program.
Australian Greg King became the oldest participant in Aquanauts dive internship program to pass the Feb. 15-17 exam at the Discovery Beach Hotel near Aquanauts’ headquarters on Soi 6 and Beach Road. Also passing the exam were former spa trainer Lorna Green and 19-year-old student Connor McBryde, both of the United Kingdom, and Jonathan Eagle, who did his instructor’s course at Aquanauts after doing earlier training at new partner company Real Divers of Jomtien Beach.
Aquanauts, a PADI 5-Star Career Development Center, in the only professional dive training facility in Pattaya or Jomtien Beach with a 100 percent pass rate for the past 32 months, thanks to its small class sizes and personal attention.
Intern Profiles
Simon Rathbone and Sally Powell long dreamed of becoming scuba diving instructors. But it wasn't until they were on their honeymoon last year that the Rathbone's made the decision to go for it. Here's their ongoing story of their eight-month journey with Aquanauts. More...
Intern Life
Taking a short break from their Pattaya-based PADI instructor training internships, a group of Aquanauts interns and Course Director Roger Smith jetted off for a special Aquanauts "field trip" for a week of wreck diving in Coron Bay, Philippines. Read more and see the photos!
Instructor Gallery
Click a year and month below to see photos and stories of previous Aquanauts interns on their PADI Instructor Exam and IDCs.