The Discover Mermaid™ experience introduces simple mermaid activities in shallow water, deep enough to stand. It is designed to be a flexible, informative, enjoyable, and controlled experience that lets you discover what it's like to mermaid dive.

To enroll in a Discover Mermaid experience, you must be at least six years old. You need to be in good physical health and comfortable in the water. No prior experience with snorkeling, skin diving, or freediving is required.

The PADI Discover Mermaid experience consists of two introductory phases:

• After signing up for the PADI Discover Mermaid program, you will listen to a briefing from your PADI Mermaid Instructor to learn the basics about being a mermaid.
• A shallow water session in which you'll wear a mermaid tail (and depending on the situation, perhaps other additional mermaid costuming) followed by mermaid swimming, going underwater and games.