From beginner to PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor

6 ½ month minimum Internship program

It could be the boredom of the regular 9-5, the rush hour and commuting to work each day, hours lost in meaningless conversation, the climate, the work politics or just simply a desire from within to wake up each day charged with energy, and enthusiastic to go to work, in an environment with people who feel the same way and interacting with Mother Nature as she intended……………

There’s a reason why you’re considering the career path to becoming a PADI Scuba Instructor and you’ve already taken the first step, you’re in the right place reading how to achieve it on our scuba diving internship, and that means a lot. At the Utila Dive Centre we have a career orientated program, that will help you meet your goal of qualifying as a PADI Scuba diving Instructor, but most importantly, excelling you in a profession that you will love. The scuba diving industry is an exciting area to work as a dive professional, there are many different scuba Instructor internships around, but we feel that we have the experience and the success to mentor and pass on and make our trainees and interns more understanding of how they can succeed in the dive industry today and the future.

Our goal with our scuba diving internship is not just to certify you as a PADI Instructor at the end of the Instructor Development Course, but through our internship, to allow you to learn first hand, and with guidance, and on the job training, in addition to your PADI scuba courses, exactly how to succeed in your dive career, have an environmental understanding, develop your interpersonal skills, teach you boat handling, safe and professional dive practices, and see that you have a lot of fun whilst learning, and ultimately so will your own scuba diving students.

Our team of scuba dive Instructors have varied backgrounds, from business administrative work, to retail sales, law, driving, hospitalities, mechanics, but we all have one common work related factor, we all found a more rewarding and varied lifestyle with a ‘new passport to travel’ and became Scuba Instructors, and now on a Monday morning when we can’t wait to get to work diving, so please read on to see how our Instructor Development team at Utila Dive Centre can help you achieve your goals with our scuba internship.

Open Water to Instructor exclusive package

All courses from PADI Open Water to Instructor with 5 specialty courses and ‘Emergency First Response Instructor’, including all manuals, reef fees, certification cards, RDP dive planners, pocket mask, Instructor materials and PADI fees. Including full set of Scubapro scuba equipment with MK25 regulator/Knighthawk BCD, and all other gear from head to toe, with duffle bag is only;

Only……………$5758!!!!!!!!!!! The MSDT (5 specialty Instructor course) module, with all fees and materials, and optional internship costs an additional $1030 if prepaid at the same time, otherwise $1160.

We will include 2 weeks accommodation upon arrival and then direct candidates to find suitable accommodation, please budget an additional $700 per month living/accommodation expenses.

To book now, or for more information, please contact ‘Director of Professional Training’ Andy Phillips on or call International +1-305-420-5959. Don’t delay………Make your life mean something, both above and below the water!