BECOME AN INSTRUCTOR

The SDI Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor course is your gateway to becoming a professional dive instructor. This program equips you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to teach new divers safely and effectively. Throughout the course, you’ll gain an in-depth understanding of dive theory, teaching methodology, and risk management, combined with practical teaching exercises in confined water and open water settings.

Our dive center offers ideal conditions right at the shore for confined water training, allowing you to focus on teaching skills immediately in a real-world environment. The course culminates with supervised open water teaching dives, where you’ll apply everything you’ve learned by guiding students in actual diving scenarios.

Course Prerequisites

1. Minimum age 18
2. Certified diver for a minimum of 6 months
3. Provide proof of 100 logged dives completed in a number of different environments with varying depths
4. Be certified as a SDI Divemaster, SDI Assistant Instructor, or equivalent
5. Provide proof of current First Response Adult and Child Emergency Care Provider and Oxygen Administration Provider (where local law permits) certification or equivalent*

*First Response courses may be combined with the IDC program by qualified Course Directors or Instructor Trainers