Bring out the champagne flutes, prepare to pop the champagne and let’s have a great big drum roll! Our students have done it!

Barefoot Scuba had 3 candidates this year for the first ever PADI Instructor Development Course and Instructor Examination in India which was held in Port Blair. They have made us proud and have come out with flying colours thereby giving us a 100% success rate.

So here’s saying Congratulations to our 3 newly certified Open Water Scuba Instructors and Emergency First Response Instructors Romila Sil, Manish Mahadik and Damien Gobron!

Someone once rightly said “All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners… Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they’re not learning, they’re not growing… not moving toward excellence.” Our first candidate Romila Sil is a standing example of this.

She was always driven by the need to learn more, to question and to develop and hone new underwater skills. Through perseverance and dedication she has today achieved the rating of Open Water Scuba Instructor and we are proud of her. Having scored a near 100% in all her exams both at the Divemaster level and at the Instructor level, a promising career lies ahead of her in the diving industry and Barefoot Scuba wishes her all the very best.

Damien Gobron walked into Barefoot Scuba one morning enquiring about the Divemaster Course. Hailing from France this young traveller eventually took the EFR Course, the Rescue Course, the Divemaster Course and the Instructor Course with us. His passion for diving grew immensely and went from strength to strength as he mastered various skills that would eventually help his succeed in the Instructor Examination.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement and nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Manish Mahadik has always had big dreams and goals. Achieving them has never been a problem with him as he is as focussed as an ace archer aiming for the bull eye.

It’s been just a few hours since this young, capable Divemaster of Barefoot Scuba was congratulated and handed the Instructor certificate. He has barely rejoiced and enjoyed this moment and he already has his eyes set on achieving the MSDT and IDC staff Instructor Rating.There is no stopping him now and we look forward to him achieving every milestone that he sets for himself.

Through this IDC and IE program, there were many moments of stress when emotions were volatile and the tension was building up. Our Award Winning Platinum Course Director Thien X Do and IDC Staff Instructor Sean Nordbo were there right through to give these candidates the strength and motivation they needed. The seeds of hard work had been sown and it was a success that was inevitable.

Romila Sil & Manish Mahadik are both now employed in the capacity of Instructors at Barefoot Scuba. They continue to grow as dive professionals everyday and rise to the new challenges that the diving industry offers them. As for Damien, on successful completion of the Instructor Course, he  travelled to Japan in search of a diving career and we are sure that he too is progressing and evolving into a fantastic and well respected Instructor.

Working in the Scuba diving industry is rewarding and fulfilling. So if you are looking for a new career with exciting opportunities, then email us now and become a dive professional today.

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become. Congratulations to Romila, Manish & Damien once again and Congratulations to Barefoot Scuba too!