The PADI Boat Diver Specialty Instructor course:

At The Diving Academy is designed for experienced diving professionals who want to teach divers essential boat diving skills. Whether it’s embarking on a dive from a local boat or preparing for a dive expedition, mastering boat diving procedures is crucial for ensuring safety and efficiency. This course is ideal for instructors who want to enhance their teaching portfolio and assist divers in navigating boats and diving from them confidently.

In this course, you will learn how to teach the PADI Boat Diver Specialty, which covers boat safety, entry and exit techniques, and boat-specific diving procedures. The course also includes important environmental considerations, safety protocols, and how to assist divers in understanding the roles of crew members while on a dive boat.

Why Choose The Diving Academy?
At The Diving Academy, we provide top-tier instruction that ensures a thorough understanding of both the theoretical and practical aspects of boat diving. Our instructors have years of experience and a passion for helping you grow as an instructor. Our course locations in Reading, Swindon, Oxford, and Bristol ensure that you’re well-equipped to pass on vital boat diving skills to students and divers.

What You Will Learn

How to teach the PADI Boat Diver Specialty course
Safe and effective boat diving entry and exit techniques
Understanding of the different types of dive boats and their specific protocols
Boat diving procedures for different environmental conditions
Dive boat safety, including the roles of crew and divers
How to address common challenges and hazards associated with boat diving
How to promote responsible boating and diving practices

Course Requirements
Before enrolling in the PADI Boat Diver Specialty Instructor course, you must meet the following prerequisites:

Be a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (or equivalent)
Hold a current PADI Rescue Diver certification
Hold a current Emergency First Response Instructor certification
Be at least 18 years old

Who This Course is For

PADI Instructors who want to add another specialty to their teaching portfolio
Dive professionals interested in teaching boat-specific diving techniques
Instructors working in areas with frequent boat dives or dive operations
Those passionate about teaching divers to navigate boats safely and efficiently

Course Benefits

Certification to teach the PADI Boat Diver Specialty course
Expand your teaching portfolio with a valuable and practical specialty
Increase your appeal to dive operations and boat dive enthusiasts
Teach divers to safely and confidently dive from boats
Promote responsible and safe diving practices in boat environments

Becoming a PADI Boat Diver Specialty Instructor allows you to help divers safely and effectively dive from boats, ensuring smooth operations and a safe experience. If you’re ready to enhance your professional diving career and teach others how to dive from boats with ease, this course is the perfect next step.

Prerequisites

Medical Requirements

Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.

Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.

If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).

Your Medical Statement must be signed by a physician within the last 12 months or full HSE Medical. Under the Diving at Work Regulations 1997, all divers at work must have a valid certificate of HSE fitness to dive issued by an Approved Medical Examiner of Divers (AMED), please Contact Us for more information.

All Specialties

PADI Instructor (Scuba, Tec, Mermaid & Freediving), or you are currently participating in or have completed an IDC/OWSI Program within the past 12 months. IDC/OWSI candidates may apply for Specialty Instructor certification only after successfully completing an IE.

Specialties Without Dives

PADI Assistant Instructor
PADI Divemaster for these courses: Emergency Oxygen Provider, Equipment
Specialist, Coral Reef Conservation, Project AWARE Specialist and PADI
Distinctive Specialty Diver (approved).

Exception: Both Divemasters and Assistant Instructors may attend Digital Underwater Photographer specialty instructor training courses.