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Turn your passion into a career. From Divemaster to Instructor, this is where diving becomes your livelihood.
Get more infoYour first professional rating. A Divemaster guides certified divers, supervises activities and assists instructors with courses. It is the foundation of every diving career. See the PADI Divemaster Course →
The first half of instructor training. As an Assistant Instructor you learn how PADI courses are taught and begin teaching and assisting under the supervision of a PADI Instructor. Tuition is R7 500, plus the one-off instructor course materials. See the PADI Assistant Instructor Course →
The complete path to becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, ending with the PADI Instructor Examination. The full IDC is R42 950 including course materials, with hard gear rental included and 15% off equipment for IDC candidates. Candidates train with our Course Director and Staff Instructors, who are present throughout the course.
Already an Assistant Instructor? The Assistant Instructor to Open Water Scuba Instructor upgrade takes you the rest of the way without repeating what you have already done. See the PADI Instructor Development Course, fees and how to prepare →
A rating for instructors who teach multiple specialty courses and want to guide students from Open Water Diver all the way to Master Scuba Diver. See the Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating →
Professional development for experienced instructors who want to help train new instructors. See the IDC Staff Instructor Course →
What a Staff Instructor does, how the role fits at a PADI Career Development Centre and how to work towards it. See Staff Instructors →
Qualify to teach Emergency First Response CPR and first aid courses. See the EFR Instructor Course →
Ask us about our structured career program and Go Pro packages, designed to take you from certified diver to working professional as efficiently as possible. Learn about the Blue Ocean Career Program →
As a PADI 5 Star Career Development Centre — the highest rating PADI awards — we can take you the whole way, in-house. Our purpose-built centre has classroom areas, practical workshop space, an on-site training pool and a place to relax after a dive, and our Course Director and Staff Instructors are passionate about teaching diving.
The full Instructor Development Course is R42 950 (see the fee breakdown). Other professional courses are priced individually: contact for pricing and ask about our Blue Ocean Career Programme if you are stringing several of these together.
Everyone starts with Divemaster, your first professional rating, which lets you guide certified divers, supervise activities and assist instructors. From there you continue through Assistant Instructor and the full Instructor Development Course (IDC) to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.
Yes. As a PADI 5 Star Career Development Centre — the highest rating PADI awards — we can take you from Divemaster all the way through to Instructor without changing centres, training alongside our working Divemasters, Instructors and Course Directors.
From Open Water Scuba Instructor you can progress to Master Scuba Diver Trainer, IDC Staff Instructor and EFR Instructor, each taking your career further.
Core training — classroom, pool and local dive-site work — is based at our Gauteng facility, with real experience gained on courses, trips and day-to-day operations, including coastal trips where relevant to your development.
Professional courses are priced individually depending on where you are on the path, so please contact us for pricing. Ask about our Blue Ocean Career Programme and Go Pro packages at the same time.
The full Instructor Development Course is R42 950 in 2026, including the R23 450 course materials. PADI also charges its own application, Instructor Examination and EFR registration fees in pounds. See the IDC fee breakdown for the full list.
You need to be a PADI Divemaster, 18 or older, with 60 logged dives including night, deep and navigation experience, a physician-signed medical within the last 12 months and EFR Primary and Secondary Care within the last 24 months.