Playa del Carmen, Mexico's PREMIER PADI 5 STAR Career Development Center (CDC)
Happy New Year from all of us!!
With SEVEN 5 Star Gold Palm resort centers along Riviera Maya and Cozumel we may truly say:
We build diving careers and offer true job opportunities!
Mexico itself offers more then any other destination in the Caribbean & latin America with over 3000 caverns and caves and the 2nd largest natural reef in the world. Add direct cheaper flights, accessable roads,cities like Playa del Carmen, stretched white beaches and shopping streets and you have a perfect destination.
Choosing a top quality PADI 5 star CDC with confidence is not easy. We realize that you have choices.....
The name Pro Dive Mexico stands for quality of training and attention to detail.
That's why our PADI IDC courses, GOPRO and Career Change Courses are considered the premier training program in Mexico and the Caribbean.
Get a taste of who we are and what we offer: Click video below.
Besides the regular questions about pricing, accomodations, quality and facility, which we answer further below with our Q&A
We do beleive there are also other considerations like:
Fun, Culture (Maya), job opportunities, internships for DM and OWSI, 5th avenida and accomodations for every wallet!
Besides above advantages, this is what we offer EXTRA...
- More IDC courses in 2012 then any other center in Mexico (Seven dates to choose from)
- Our GoPro Packages have huge savings compared with individual Courses (Savings upto us$1159 savings)
- Direct cheaper flights into Cancun and all year accessible (Mexico"Among Top10 dive destinations in the world ")
- Over 3000 cenotes (sweet water caverns) unique in the world (We offer full CAVE training)
- Playa del Carmen famous 5th Avenue, every evening life music, party, dancings, nightlife and international flair. (Number 1 Top destination! Article Sunday Times)
- biggest choice of apartments, condo's, rooms and luxury resorts (We provide FREE transportation during your IDC training)
- Job placement assistance as we have 7 Resort Based 5-Star centers and always look for qualified staff (over 60 other dive centers within 5 miles radius)
- FREE cenotes dive as part of your IDC training ( Discover the sacred Mayan cenotes with our Cave diving team. Unique in the world )
- FREE Oxygen Instructor course with the purchase of an IDC!
- FREE introduction to TEC & CAVE diving
- FREE ONLINE training through our Student Portal
- DM internship opportunity to get experience before IDC training. (upon request)
- OWSI internship opportunity for new Instructors after their PADI IE to assist us (upon request)
- NEW Alliance 2012: Our Students receive 10% extra discount via EasyDiveTravel.com on future dive holiday trips!
We understand you have questions, please do read our Q&A
- Were do I stay? Prices? And how do I get there ?
- Is there a job guarantee or possibility to get a job or hands-on ?
- What if I have to cancel my training, do I loose my money ?
- More questions and answers here...
November IDC course 100% passing rate
Pro Dive Mexico would like to congratulate all our IDC candidates, who passed 100% with flying colours!
In the beginning of November we started the IDC with a full class of 13 candidates.
Students came from Sweden, Mexico, Austria, Spain, Canada, Bahamas, England, France and the United States.
As a special guest in this course we had Simon Page return to audit this IDC and gain experience towards his Master Instructor rating with PADI.
Simon completed the IDC with me same time last year and has since then been working very successfully in Australia as a dive instructor.
From left to right:
Irene Krespo, Andres Petersen, Helen Lundgren, Kelsey Johnson, Phillip Leveque, Beth Durrans, Darren Picknell, Nikita Shiel-Rolle, Susanne Simander, Zachary Steeland, Anders Heegaard (CD),Carolina Fil, Chico Astoroide, Sandy Alloza, Goretty Alvarez (staff instructor)
The IDC was great and filled with many good moments.
The top stories was the fun and creativity in the presentations we saw, the Intro to TEC/CAVE and as a special surprise we has a visit form Poseidon Rebreathers who took everybody for a try-out in the pool.
This was an extra in the IDC, as all candidates had performed so well in the first 10 days of the IDC. See the pictures from this great day here
All IDC candidates passed their exams in the beginning of December with flying colors and Cenote Ponderosa under the Examiners Gary and Gale form PADI.
Tears of joy and smiles....see pictures
Special note Pro Dive Mexico
Being a PADI 5 star CDC also implies obligations for us... and yet again we managed to stand up for what we believe is one of the main objectives of any PADI 5 star CDC. To develop future careers and guidance in becoming a scuba professional.
After the training most candidates proceeded with our PADI MSDT prep training and also some continued their specialized FULL Cave course with us.
Especially last mentioned training got one of the highest scores from our candidates and prepared them well as a future Cenotes guide!
Compliments to Anders and Goretti for a great job well done... (Join our facebook to get the whole story)
We continued our promise and provided a job and future career for many of our candidates at one of our SEVEN 5-Star National Geographic dive centers along the Riviera Maya and Cozumel!
Also for 2012 we will have extra incentives to make this career change possible for everyone! (ask for our March IDC proposal)
Sept IDC photo album
December TEC40 photo album
Students testimonials page
Why should you learn to cave dive in the Riviera Maya....
The reason is simple; there are many great dive destinations! But when it comes to cave diving, the Riviera May is the pinnacle of cave diving destinations!
The Riviera Maya is one of the best cave diving destination in the world, not only for diving but also for training. If you are thinking of making the leap, the change, the jump, this is the place to be…
This area offers you hundreds of caves to choose from. From the striking stalactites and stalagmites this complex cave will bring a sense of exhilaration as you traverse its maze and depths. With caves this beautiful it is easy to get caught up in the rapture of the beauty that surrounds you. Cave diving will provide you with a magical and once in a life time experience.
See all the pictures from the course here.
Above picture Frederic (left), Alain (center) and Joe Lodge (right)
Soon in an a blog coming up, will be Joe's personal notes from the day to day activities and thoughts that go through your head, when training in one of the most extreme diving environments on the earth.
In the Yucatán Peninsula, any surface opening where groundwater can be reached is called cenote, (which is a Spanish form of the Maya word d'zonot). The cave systems formed as normal caves underwater, but upper sections drained becoming air filled during past low sea levels. During this vadose, or air filled state, abundant speleothem deposits formed. The caves and the vadose speleothem were subsequently re-flooded and became hydraulically reactivated as rising sea levels also raised the water table.
Joe and Fred both gave an amazing performance throughout the course and meet all standards and requirements for diving in these harsh conditions.
Congratulations to Fred and Joe for completing the course.
See all the pictures from the course here.
please visit our TEC and CAVE pages with detailed information about these courses.
You would like to receive a quote or extra information please contact us here or e-mail us at info@idcmexico.com or Skype us or call us. (we will return your call)
Please also visit our recreational scuba diving website for dive packages,
Whaleshark excursions, Cenotes, Cozumeltrips and luxury "stay & dive" packages.