2-DAY ADVANCED MERMAID COURSE LEVEL 2

The 2-Day PADI Advanced Mermaid course is perfect for developing professional mermaids or underwater models. It's for those who are already confident swimming with a monofin and who seek to take their mermaiding to deeper levels and the open water. Just imagine becoming the character you dream of, to bring mermaid mystique to life! Located in the well-being centre of Mornington Peninsula.

To join this course you must hold the PADI Mermaid qualification (or recognised equivalent) and must have well developed swimming skills to gain the most from the course.

In the time you spend learning about yourself you'll see your new mermaid spirit rising to the surface. Get to know yourself in a new way, moving freely in the water and along the way immerse with seals, fish & dolphins.

Course Location: Mornington Peninsula, VIC

Ideal for all Level One certified mermaids (PADI Mermaid) comfortable diving -3m to -10m, interested in strengthening the methods and techniques to immerse more confidently.

This intermediate - advanced level course is suitable for you if you seek to confidently swim as a mermaid in open water and in depths of 3-10m deep.

Through healthy, supportive and stress-free development in mermaiding, set yourself free from the things holding you back and become happy and confident swimming freely in the sea, and life.

Developing the skills and knowledge within your reach moves you towards PADI Advanced Mermaid certification, available upon successful completion of the course.

Meet Your Instructor

Marlon Quinn - PADI Freedive and Mermaid Instructor Trainer

Let the water flow around you and learn to see within on a specialist retreat led by former IT Executive turned Sea Changer, Freediving Instructor Trainer, RIB Pilot and Dolphin & Seal Tour Host, Marlon Quinn.

He himself was not a natural freediver. Having feinted at the pool from cold as a young child. On another occasion being rushed to hospital unable to breathe, feeling as if suffocating. Being crushed to expiration by wayward teens in a game of stacks-on. Surely not the core foundations to holding one’s breath.

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 the world’s best freedivers, the modern gods of the sea, where he found beauty and peace within himself, on one breath, freediving deep into the blue sea. In 2013 Marlon founded the Melbourne Freedivers Club and since 2014 Marlon has evoked the true passion of the water, providing freediving courses across Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. Going on to develop a multi-award winning dolphin & seal tour RIB charter operator and recognised premiere PADI Freediver and Mermaid Centre.

Highlights

Discover your inner dolphin and adopt the ocean as your home on this 2-day beginner advanced mermaiding retreat for just six guests.

• Supportive & Stress Free Learning:   Develop step by step with your dedicated instructor and reach PADI Advanced Mermaid certification without pressure of performance
• Swim with Dolphins & Seals:    Find your inner dolphin, enjoy freedive line-diving coaching in groups of three, and after the opportunity to immerse with fish, seals and dolphins 
• Breathwork & Balance:    Guided breathwork and meditation sessions to develop a new relationship between you and your breath, breathing and breathhold confidence
• Immersion Tools for Every Day:    Floating effortlessly, begin to see inside yourself benefited by instructor insights and personalised coaching on breathhold
• Hot Springs Water Wellness:    Relax into the soothing waters of the Hot Springs for new water knowledge and ease followed by instructor-led stretching routine
• Refreshing Ourselves:    Light refreshments provided and a late lunch to close the retreat, hosted by your instructor

Skill Level

• Intermediate   (eg PADI Mermaid certified and /or freediving experience up to PADI Basic Freediver / PADI Freediver / AIDA 2* / SSI Level One / Molchanov Wave 1 or Lap 1 certification)

- The ability to swim at least 100m without swim aids / floatation devices
- The ability to back float on the water's surface at least 10 minutes without sinking 
- The ability to submerge and swim under water

Health & Hygiene

We are committed to the safety of our guests, tour guides, skippers, and the people in our local communities around Port Phillip Bay and on the Mornington Peninsula. Have confidence that you are supported by an endorsed and recognised COVID Clean Practicing Business under the Australian Tourism Industry Council Quality Tourism Australia program. This provides guests with additional assurance that we have adopted global health and hygiene standards designed to keep your travels as safe as possible.

This endorsement is recognised by the World Travel and Tourism Council’s Safe Travels Stamp, which is the standard regulatory bodies and guests expect for tour operators worldwide.

Program

Get ready to set yourself free with WaterMaarq in the beautiful restorative waters of Mornington Peninsula and southern Port Phillip Bay.

An important place of indigenous, colonial history and unique temperate reef waters and protected marine creatures and bird life. 

Includes:

• 2-Day Retreat Based at the Peninsula Hot Springs
• PADI e-learning access for on-line learning before the retreat
• Breathwork exercises & guided meditation
• Pool breathhold & dynamic mermaid session
• Hot Springs bathe & stretching session
• Boat dive for mermaiding, seal swim & opportunity to immerse with dolphins
• PADI Advanced Mermaid Certification
• 6 x Guests Maximum

• Welcome, Theory Recap & Self-Awareness
• Breathwork & Guided Meditation
• Pool Relaxation & Breathhold Practice and Mermaid Dynamic Skills

Day 2

• Hot Springs Bathe & Guided Stretching
• Boat Dive Mermaiding Coaching, Fun Freedive Seal Swim & Opportunity for Immersion with Dolphins
• Retreat Debrief & Closure

Bathing suit, 5mm wetsuit including hood, weightbelt and weights, mask and snorkel, fins, towel(s), neoprene gloves and socks, re-useable water bottle, and, personal sunscreen.

Optional: Mermaid Tail / Monofin, Swimming / Synchro Style Nose Clip / Sinus Saver Nose Plugs / Freediving Noseclip

Included Excursion

During this retreat, you will enjoy a bathing experience at the Peninsula Hot Springs, as well as a boat trip in the beautiful southern waters of Port Phillip Bay. The boat tour includes a specific mermaid diving session in groups of three, and afterwards a fun session to swim with seals, unique temperate fish, and the opportunity to immerse with dolphins.

Location

This wonderful retreat takes place on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia. It's around a 90-minute drive from Melbourne. In modern life the Mornington Peninsula is well known as a centre of well-being, surrounded by the waters of Port Phillip Bay and the Southern Ocean and Bass Strait. An incredible environment it is a destination that favours relaxing activities and immersion in Nature. Renowned for fresh produce farms, marine delicacies and long-established wineries, the Mornington Peninsula provides experiences for the discerning visitor. Historically rich, the region was home to the Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation that may have traversed the shores for more than 40,000 years. First Settled by the British in early 1800s, it is an area now recognised for healthy living and protected wildlife including Australian Fur Seals, Bottlenose Dolphins (Burrunan) and Weedy Seadragons.

PADI Advanced Mermaid Certifications

This 2-Day Mermaid Level Two Retreat provides the opportunity for you to develop skills and knowledge within your reach and move towards PADI Advanced Mermaid certification, which is available upon successful completion of the retreat. To satisfactorily enrol in a PADI Advanced Freediver certification course you must be at least 18 years old. You need strong swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. Prior experience with mermaiding and a current PADI Mermaid or equivalent certification is required.

• Caters to mermaids, snorkellers, skindivers and intermediate freedivers
• Minimum age: 18 years
• Develop skills to demonstrate new mermaiding skills in the pool and in the open water 
• Successful completion results in world-recognised PADI Advanced Mermaid level two certification

• Session fees are non-refundable (unless the session is cancelled by us for unforeseen circumstances), please choose your experience with care. Trip insurance is highly recommended as cover for unforeseen cancellations
• Retreat are held on the Mornington Peninsula and visit Fingal, Rosebud and Sorrento VIC during the sessions
• Please arrive at the beginning venue 15 minutes before commencement time to ensure you have enough time to check in and get settled
• Please dress comfortably
• Please bring a bag with your swimmers, 5mm wetsuit, fins, mask, snorkel, weightbelt, a towel and your own re-usable water bottle. Rental equipment is available.
• Guests must be able to swim. Retreats do not cater for people with no swimming ability. The Instructor retains the right to refuse participation in which case your attendance is forfeited
• Guests with back, neck, or heart conditions, those who are pregnant or who have injuries/conditions that may cause a risk to their health are advised not to participate, or do so at their own risk
• A Diver's Medical Statement and Questionnaire must be submitted to attend the course
• A diving medical (AS4005.1) may be required prior to commencement of the course
• Subject to minimum numbers and may be rescheduled if minimum numbers are not met
• The supplier reserves the right to substitute the venue / pool and / or change the day’s itinerary without notice