PADI MERMAID INSTRUCTOR COURSE
Dreaming of a new career as a professional mermaid, teacher/instructor and building your very own Mermaid Business?
Join this immersive mermaid experience with your PADI Freediving & Mermaiding Instructor Trainer, Marlon Quinn, a former IT-Executive turned seachanger and award-winning tourism operator!
Course Location: Mornington Peninsula VIC
PRIVATE ONE-ON-ONE TRAINING COURSE!
This private one-on-one PADI Mermaid Instructor course is designed for everyone interested in achieving your PADI Mermaid Instructor certification!
You must already be qualified as a PADI Mermaid and PADI Advanced Mermaid certified mermaid to attend.
Offered over 2 days the PADI Mermaid Instructor (and optional EFR First Aid Instructor), this is a very unique opportunity to receive personalised coaching and develop one-on-one with a PADI Mermaid Instructor Trainer.
Course Itinerary:
2 x 2hr online zoom-style training sessions over 2 x evenings
1 x day face-to-face in-water instruction and coaching
Optional:
EFR First Aid Instructor course (face-to-face) +$990
Course Location:
Mornington Peninsula, VIC Australia
(other locations by request, additional travel fees apply)
Course Fees:
One-on-one private course only – AUD$1990
Live life with a beaming smile by the water – become a PADI Mermaid Instructor on this 2-day course experience, based on the stunning Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, only a 1.5hr easy drive from Melbourne.
Begin your journey as a professional in the mermaid dive business, in a place surrounded by azure, crystal clear waters of the South Pacific.
Gain a distinct advantage by learning from your instructor, someone who has built an award-winning operation and not-for-profit sports club from scratch. A person who lives a life centred on purpose and passion. Unlock your ability to develop your new way in life, whether it’s a new mermaid business, fun side-hustle or because it’s all you’ve ever wanted to do!
The course provides the PADI Mermaid Instructor certification over a series of interactive zoom training sessions and a full day of personalised coaching and training. Each session builds upon the one before in sequence.
Round out your skills and qualifications with and optional EFR First Aid Instructor course, specialty business marketing session and photoshoot. All whilst immersed on an island paradise!
Day 1 PM – 2hr online zoom presentation and interactive session with your Mermaid Instructor Trainer
Day 2 PM – 2hr online zoom presentation and interactive session with your Mermaid Instructor Trainer
Day 3 – PADI Mermaid Instructor training – confined water and open water
Includes Photoshoot & Business Marketing coaching!
Through healthy, supportive and stress-free development in mermaiding, liberate yourself from the things holding you back and become happy and confident swimming freely in the sea, and life with your highly experienced and professional instructor trainer.
Developing the skills and knowledge over the series of days moves you towards successful completion of the PADI Mermaid Instructor qualification (additional PADI instructor application process applies directly with PADI head office)
*You must already be qualified as a PADI Mermaid and PADI Advanced Mermaid or recognised equivalent to join the instructor course.
Mermaid Instructor Course
Marlon Quinn
PADI Freedive & Mermaid Instructor Trainer
From the suits and ties, now he’s a professional PADI Freediving & Mermaiding Instructor Trainer, boat pilot, underwater photographer, writer and award-winning seal and dolphin tourism business founder. And with Marlon you can learn the secrets and art to begin and develop your own new life and fun career in the underwater world.
He himself was not a natural freediver. Having feinted at the pool from cold as a young child.
As an adult though, he at last found the sea, only to encounter a stingray head-on and retreat with fright. This was the catalyst though, to learn with World Champion freedivers across the globe, the modern gods of the sea, where he found beauty and peace within himself, on one breath, freediving deep into the blue sea.
Learn the arts of freediving and mermaiding with Marlon and express yourself freely from the sea hidden within you.
“As an instructor myself I also recommend Marlon Quinn! Teaches far more than just by the book. Of all the instructors I’ve met he’s definitely the best.” – 2 March 2021
(WaterMaarq Level One Student)
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
The 2-day course is perfect for all Mermaids and Mermen interested in beginning a new career as a Mermaid Instructor and developing a fun local merfolk community.
Whether you are a professional mermaid performer, love mermaiding just for fun, or are keen to share your passion for mermaiding and underwater performance with others, through the specialised training provided, you’ll build confidence swimming with a monofin and performing underwater.
An inclusive experience for all people of all backgrounds.
Just imagine working in the career you dream of, teaching mermaiding and underwater performance with others!
Supportive & Stress Free Learning: Develop step by step with your dedicated instructor without the pressure of performance
Inclusive & Professional: Find your inner mermaid, through an inclusive and professional approach to coaching in a one-on-one setting with the opportunity to refine your own techniques comfortably
Immersion & Culture: Enjoy a very special opportunity to immerse into Nature as part of the programme (and possibility to see whales passing by from shore), to balance the concentration and training with free spiritedness and healthy time spent outdoors and in the sea
Photoshoots: Land based photoshoots are a valuable part of the program and you will receive up to 10x fully edited digital images after the course. Underwater photoshoots are available as an additional option. The underwater shoots are offered at a special sponsored rate just for course participants, it includes underwater posing options and 6x to 10x fully edited digital images. Options to purchase the gallery in unedited form and / or prints is available as well.
Recognised Certification: Upon successful completion of the course requirements and with your application form items cimplte and attached, you will be able to submit your PADI Mermaid application to PADI Head Office to become a recognised PADI Mermaid instructor (PADI application process and separate fees apply)
Perks and Benefits: Prepare to go Pro as a certified PADI Mermaid instructor. Refine your mermaid skills underwater for greater confidence in yourself and your abilities. Adopt safe practices and connect with like-minded merfolks in your own pod. Enhance your ability to begin work as a mermaid with a formal qualification, most often required in commercial gigs and events. Save on Cape Cali Mermaid with special discount code too!
MERMAID PLAY – THE BEST KIND
Featuring Marianna Mermaid, Lola, and Instructor Trainer, Marlon Quinn
COURSE DETAILS
Get ready to begin your journey into the beauty and free expression of mermaiding on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula.
Applications Open: All year round
Courses available: November – March
Course Payments Due: At the time of booking confirmation
Includes:
- 2-Day Course with interactive online instructor sessions and one day face to face at beautiful Mornington Peninsula VIC
- PADI e-learning access for each selected mermaid level on-line learning before the course
- Classroom theory, mermaid exercises & coaching
- Safety and skills practice
- Equipment & gear session
- Pool mermaiding sessions
- PADI Mermaid Instructor qualification (apply to PADI separately)
- Dry Land Photoshoot
- Business Marketing and Trade Distribution Session (included)
- Underwater Photoshoot (optional)
- EFR Instructor Course (optional)
- Personalised one-on-one coaching
Indicative Schedule:
Day 1 Online
- 7pm – 9pm – Mermaid Instructor online zoom session with your instructor (course orientation, classroom theory for learning and instruction)
Day 2 Online
- 7pm – 9pm – Mermaid Instructor online zoom session with your instructor (Mermaid Program overview, safety and risk management, business marketing and trade distribution)
Day 3 Face to Face
- 9am – 3pm Mermaid Instructor Training (confined water training, open water training, dry photoshoot)
- 3pm – 4pm Underwater photoshoot (optional), and
- 5 – 7pm EFR First Aid Instructor Training (optional)
*Day 1 and Day 2 can be offered as a single 4-hour session, please discuss with your instructor before booking.
What you will need to bring:
Mermaid Training:
- PADI Mermaid Program Instructor Guide (will be provided to you)
- PADI Mermaid Program eLearning (Basic, Mermaid, and Advanced (included in course fees and will be provided to you)
- Mask, snorkel and bi-fins appropriate for freediving / snorkelling
- Weight belt and weights in small increments
- Mermaid tail (monofin) and outfit
- Appropriate exposure protection (wetsuit / rash guard and leggings)
- Nose clip
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
It’s so exciting to provide this opportunity to develop in mermaiding and to share the fun of working as an instructor in two days of course delivery and training. It’s taken a lot of energy, effort and organisation to be in a position to offer this unique program. The course has very limited availability and it’s important that participants are committed to the experience.
Bookings are absolutely non refundable. This is because the courses are highly time intensive to create and deliver and with such small class sizes, and a variety of overheads to bring it together, even the slightest change to participant numbers has a big flow on effect. To avoid anyone’s disappointment, there are no conditions under which a refund will be provided, only if the course is cancelled by us for unforeseen reasons. It is highly recommended that you purchase travel or dive trip insurance to cover yourself in case of an unforeseen need to cancel.
Please review the PADI Divers Medical Questionnaire and Medical Statement (Download Forms) diver medical form before booking to determine whether you may attend. A refund is unavailable if you do not pass your medical, so please take those important steps before you book.
Bookings can be made as little as 7-days in advance of your training requirements, please contact me if you need even faster access to training!
More EXPERIENCES
Freediving
- PADI Freediving Instructor Course
- PADI Freediving Instructor Crossover Course
First Aid Training
- CPR, First Aid and Refresher Training
- PADI / EFR First Aid Instructor Course
Photoshoots
- Mermaid Dry Land Photoshoot
- Mermaid Underwater Photoshoot
Professional Development & Consulting
- Snorkel Guide / Snorkel Supervisor Course
- Wellness Tourism Consulting for Online Booking System Implementation, Product Development, Trade Distribution, Copywriting and Photography
Exclusive Mermaid Instructor Training
A Private Course Just for You!
Submit your application now and set your dreams alive for your new career as a professional PADI Mermaid Instructor.
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Take your leap into the big blue with confidence. Learn from former IT Executive and Sea Changer, PADI Freediving and Mermaiding Instructor Trainer, Marlon Quinn.
MARLON QUINN
PADI Freediving and Mermaiding Instructor Trainer
Take the Plunge Now!
