PADI Course Director and Managing Director of Mermaids Steve Blumenthal passes away.

December 14th 2006 a shockwave spread through the Mermaids Family. Owner Stephen Blumenthal was declared dead from an unexpected Heart Attack.

Steve was the owner and Managing Director of Mermaids Dive Center – Learn in Asia. Through his career Steve achieved incredible achievements. He became PADI's youngest ever Course Director at the age of 25. Spanning almost 2 decades with Mermaids, Steve trained more than 1600 successful Instructor Candidates and started many divers' careers. Steve at the helm saw Mermaids grow into Pattaya's biggest and most successful Dive School, recognized by PADI for its professionalism and success by already in 2002 achieving the highest shop-recognition possible: PADI Career Development Center

Steve was a family man and left a wife, and 2 beautiful children. Steve shall be missed by all that knew him.