Congratulations to our staff and facility as qualifying as the exclusive IAHD Adaptive Diver training facility in the Bay Islands of Honduras, offering both dive partner and Instructor level training!

Successful IAHD Instructor Trainer and Instructors from the Utila Dive Centre program with IAHD Americas head David Valaika

Several of our staff at the Utila Dive Centre recently qualified as IAHD Instructors, and our resident Course Director Andy Phillips qualified as an IAHD Pro Trainer.  The IAHD Americas is a registered non-profit 501 (c) 3 organisation, that offers training programs so dive partners, and dive professionals can introduce 'disabled divers' to the magic of the underwater world. 

IAHD-Americas offers several levels of certification/supervision for divers with disabilities, and now through one of the premier PADI Career Development Centers in the world, the Utila Dive Centre.    Our staff will be able to train divers as IAHD 'dive partners' so they can be responsible and safe dive buddies, and we will soon be integrating the IAHD 'Pro diver' into our Divemaster and Instructor programs, further qualifying our dive professionals and to the dive community, and also to use scuba diving as a powerful rehabilitative tool.

       Techniques to exit diver from deep water                  Training a blind diver to emergency ascend 

IAHD-Americas receives very positive responses from rehabilitation centers, diving clubs and organizations, diving instructors and the media. In addition, IAHD-Americas also conducts seminars, symposiums, and educational programs throughout the industry to share advancements in training and programs and we're proud to be an exclusive partner with IAHD Americas in the Bay Islands of Honduras, offering these adaptive teaching programs to the local dive community and to our dive professionals.

Please contact our IAHD Pro Trainer Andy Phillips on info@goproutila.com for more information on our IAHD progams.