Advanced Mermaid

For anyone who's already fallen in love with mermaid swimming, Advanced Mermaid is the natural next step - taking the pool-based skills of a basic mermaid certification and moving them into open water, where movement, buoyancy and awareness all work a little differently. It's a course built for confident swimmers who want to develop real, transferable in-water competence, not just a monofin and a costume.

The course covers rescue techniques specific to mermaid swimming, controlled ascents and descents that mirror the discipline taught in scuba training, and the confidence to move comfortably and safely through natural aquatic conditions rather than the predictable environment of a pool. It's a genuinely skills-focused programme, and one that translates well for anyone who later goes on to try scuba diving too.

Before getting in the water, students work through the PADI Advanced Mermaid eLearning independently, which takes around three to four hours to complete and lays the theoretical groundwork for the in-water sessions that follow.

To take part you'll need to be able to swim at least 100 metres or 320 feet without the use of aids, and be able to float comfortably at the surface for at least ten minutes - a reasonable baseline that reflects the open water setting rather than a pool. It's a single training day that opens up a whole new side of mermaid swimming for confident, water-comfortable candidates.