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At Sea Bees Diving you'll be integrated into a team of high qualified dive instructors and office staff. You will learn and work with professionals where everybody has extensive experience in the diving industry. They'll show you all the tips and tricks you'll need for a successful dive career.
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Sea Bees Diving has been successfully based in Phuket for more than 15 years. In that time we've earned an outstanding reputation for customer service, quality and professionalism. Philosophy
Diving is one of the safest and most rewarding activities you can do with your leisure time, provided you initially receive solid and safe dive tuition.
Our Course Directors
Our course directors are teaching in German and English and they all have many years of experience in dive education and are competent teachers. Whatever your need is, they will assist you in any case and help you on your way to a fantastic diving career.
Our Dive Team
Our multilingual team of dive instructors is highly experienced in dive education and also trained in First Aid. They know the best places around Phuket and the Similans and nobody of them has less the 250 locally dives. So you can be assured to dive with guys they know what they do.
After more than a decade of success in the diving industry it was a new challenge for us to establish the Sea Bees Diving Academy. With this academy we are forging a new path in professional diver education. Location
Embedded in lush tropical surroundings, the Palm Garden Resort, Phuket, accommodates the Sea Bees Diving Academy.
Resort
The Palm Garden Resort is set in a beautiful, tropical, palm landscape. Awarded the status of a PADI Gold Palm Resort, it offers high quality, comfort and convenience.
Rooms
Rooms of the Palm Garden Resort
Classrooms
Our Dive courses will be held in fully air-conditioned classrooms with state of the art teaching tools such as video, CD, DVD, overhead projection and multi-media.
Diving is one of the safest recreational activities given the proper instruction. Our course choices are comprehensive and extensive. That's because we're one of the few dive centres in Thailand that offers the complete range of PADI certification courses, from beginner to professional instructor. Technical diving courses are also available along with instruction in rebreathers and dive propulsion vehicles. PADI Recreational
PADI, the Professional Association of Diving Instructors, comes from the United States of America and is the biggest dive organisation worldwide. PADI is the most recognised organisation and the certificates are accepted worldwide.
 Discover Scuba Diving
A program for all of those who don't have the time to commit to a complete introductory diving course but want to know more about this fantastic sport.
Scuba Diver
In this course you'll be taught basic diving knowledge and given a short introduction into the underwater world.
Open Water Diver
Let the adventure begin! Here you will learn everything you need to become a well educated and responsible diver.
Advanced Open Water Diver
The next step! As soon as you're an Open Water Diver it's just logical to further your dive education and become an Advanced Open Water Diver.
Rescue Diver
When you finish this course you'll be expertly trained in accident prevention and rescue techniques and you'll be able to show that you're not only a diver but you're a highly qualified Rescue Diver.
Emergency First Response
Here you learn everything about first aid. Skills that will be useful not only for diving emergencies but also they will mean you are more qualified to help people in non-diving emergencies.
PADI Scuba Review
Haven't dived for a while? No problem. The scuba review will revise your current level and you'll be back on track after two dives.
Specialty Diver
Special educational courses for specific interests like wreck diving, deep diving, night diving or many more specialist skills can be learnt.
Master Scuba Diver
This is the highest education level for recreational diving. You will be able to say you are one of the most educated and responsible divers and you'll earn respect and acceptance from any other diver.
Divemaster
The first step to a professional career. From here on your hobby starts to become your job.
Assistant Instructor
This is the course to prepare you for your instructor career. After this course you'll be able to teach certain parts of this course to your own students.
Student Referrals / Open Water Diver
If started your training elsewhere and didn't finish your course, then you can finish the Open Water Diver with this referral.
Nitrox & Tec
So you're an experienced diver by now? In conjunction with our highly experienced technical diving centre partner, Sea Bees offers you a wide range of both ANDI and PADI technical diving courses from beginner to instructor level. We offer the following Nitrox and Tech Diving courses:
Nitrox Diver
This course covers the basics of diving with enriched air, explains restrictions and limits, and allows the diver to breathe pure gasses while ensuring higher levels of safety.
Advanced Nitrox Diver
This continuation course covers the use of nitrox mixtures up to 100% (oxygen). The diver will learn the safe utilization of mixtures rich in oxygen as well as gas change for dives which do not require decompression.
Decompression Procedure Diver
This is the first TDI-program which covers the specific information and practice required to minimize possible risks in order to conduct technical decompression.
Combined Advanced Nitrox & Decompression Procedure Diver
This course combines the above two.The course fee includes manuals, certificates, equipment rental, tank fillings and boat trips.
Extended Range Diver
This course is designed for divers intending to dive up to a depth of 55m with air. Decompression will be conducted with nitrox mixtures to increase efficiency and security.
Entry Level Trimix Diver
This course closes the gap between Decompression Procedures Diver and the Advanced Trimix Course without the necessity to complete deep dives with air.
Advanced Trimix Diver
This course builds on the students previous experiences and expands his depth range (no limit). All information necessary will be transmitted.
Advanced Wreck Diver
In this course the different possibilities of entering a wreck safely will be conveyed. This is a very equipment intensive course.
Semi Closed Rebreather Diver
When diving a rebreather your exhaled breath will not be disposed into the water as in normal systems, however it will be regenerated and returned into the breathing system.
Nitrox Gasblender
This course teaches the knowledge required to produce nitrox for sports diving. The correct use of oxygen, methods to produce various nitrox mixtures as well as service and maintenance of the mix-system are covered in this course.
Advanced Gasblender
This course extends the knowledge required for the production of high quality gas mixtures for tech diving using helium and 100% oxygen.
O2 Service Technician
This course teaches cleaning procedures, selection of correct lubricants and O-Rings required for dive equipment working with high content oxygen mixtures.
Kids Corner
On this dive courses you will learn all about diving. A new, wonderful and fascinating world is introduced to you and you're invited, to discover it!
Bubblemaker
For all the kids who are looking for fun and adventure, PADI offers the Bubblemaker course. Easy going and lots of fun , this program is the best for kids to be introduced to the underwater world.
Seal Team
Here we go! The PADI Seal Team is perfect for the young diver (from 8 years). Packed with different Aqua Missions the ultimate dive adventure starts here.
Junior Open Water Diver
For kids from 10 - 15 years old , the 'Junior Open Water Diver' is offered by PADI and teaches them to become responsible and safe divers.
PADI IDC
From now on, diving is your profession - and your passion. For those of you who have decided to persue a professional dive career, we offer the whole range of PADI IDC programs.
Prep-IDC
Two important days in furthering your dive career. With this course you'll prepare yourself for the forthcoming IDC course.
PADI IDC (Instructor Development Course)
A new chapter in your life. After the examination you are only one step away from becoming a PADI dive instructor.
PADI IE (Instructor Examination)
D-day! After this examination you've made it. You're finally a dive instructor and you can start a wonderful dive career.
Open Water Scuba Instructor Course (OWSI)
If you've been carrying out your dive education with any other association, with this course you can switch to PADI, the biggest dive association on earth.
Emergency First Response (EFR)
A must for all who want to teach up to Divemaster level. You can undertake this important and interesting course immediately after your IE.
PADI Nitrox Instructor (EANx)
This course is very useful and valuable on your way to becoming an expert diver. You'll learn all you need about how to plan safe dives with enriched air.
Master Scuba Diver Trainer
With this course you'll become a highly educated PADI Instructor, additionally trained in at least five special areas. This is a must to become certified as a Master Scuba Diver Trainer.
PADI IDC Staff Instructor
You'll assist your course director with his IDCs and learn a lot for your own future courses.
Specialty Course Instructor
The name says it all. You will be trained in different specialties and after passing your instructor exam you will be able to teach this course yourself.
IDC Packages
Pro Gold* Prep / IDC / EFRI / MSDT
This package is for all of you who want to start professional dive careers. After this course have all the skills to work in diving industry.
Pro Silver Prep / IDC / EFRI
As a dive instructor and Emergency First Response Instructor, your diving future starts here. Trained and educated to the highest level you can teach other specialty courses.
Pro Nitrox Prep / IDC / EFRI / EANx Inst / Gas Blender
You're a dive instructor, Emergency First Response instructor and Gas Blender and so you're allowed to teach about gas mixing as well as being able to mix them yourself.
Get Pro DM / IDC / EFRI
For all of those who want to become a dive instructor but aren't yet a divemaster this program teaches you to become a highly qualified dive instructor.
Pro IDC / EFRI
The basic course for furthering your further dive career by b ecoming a dive instructor. More info about Pro IDC / EFRI
Our dive boats in Phuket & Khao Lak, Thailand MV Excalibur II
The flagship of the daytrip dive boats. As one of the most modern and comfortable vessels in Thailand, the MV Excalibur will take you to the best dive sites around Phuket.
MC Stingray
An extraordinary high speed catamaran. With its 1500 hp, the MC Stingray takes you in comfort to the world famous Similan Islands. Some of the best dive sites on earth are waiting for you.
MY Runaway
The ideal speed boat for small groups. With a maximum of 12 guests, the MY Runaway takes you to Phuket's closest dive sites.
MV Marco Polo
The 'Grande Dame' of the Sea Bees Diving liveaboard fleet. For many years it has been the number one boat for dive safaris!
MY Genesis 1
MY Genesis 1 has been at the forefront of liveaboard diving expeditions in Thailand's Andaman Sea for many years. If you want to take a trip to the South of Thailand or an expedition to the Malaysian border then MY Genesis 1 is THE expedition boat at Sea Bees Diving!
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