Advanced Mermaid
(Minimum Age: 12 years old)
(Max Number of Participants: 4)
Apply all skills of mermaid swimming to the open water environment
The PADI Advanced Mermaid course builds on your mermaiding skills with more refined techniques, longer underwater swims, advanced breath control, and dynamic mermaid movements. It’s designed for confident mermaids who want to improve performance, grace, and underwater ability while maintaining strong safety awareness.
What's included?
Pool fee & eLearning.
What's not included?
Mermaid tail & other rental equipment
(if needed), and Open Water (Lake) fee.
Time Commitment:
eLearning: 2 hours
Water Skills Sessions: 4-6 hours
2 confined (pool) sessions
1 day in open water
Cost:
$300
About this Course
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.
To enroll in the PADI Advanced Mermaid course you must be 12 years old or older and have a PADI Mermaid certification (or a qualifying certification from another mermaid organization). You need to be able to swim at least 100m/320ft without swim aids, able to float comfortably at the surface for at least 10 mins and in good physical health.
What to Expect
Academics
Equipment
Confined Water (Pool)
Open Water (Lake)
Knowledge development through independent study with the PADI Advanced Mermaid eLearning (or your instructor may conduct class sessions if not available in your language).
In the PADI Advanced Mermaid course, you will use a monofin (i.e., mermaid tail), mask, snorkel, and fins. You may also use a wetsuit and weight belt. Using gear designed specifically for mermaiding is best for this level; however, you may be able to use snorkeling equipment you already own. If you are a freediver, some of your gear (e.g., mask, fins, and snorkel) is also suitable for mermaiding.
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.
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