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PADI Drysuit Diver Instructor
PADI Dry Suit Speciality Instructor Training course teaches instructors how to organise, promote and conduct the PADI Dry Suit Speciality Diver course, and emphasise the value of speciality training to divers.
Course Type: Professional Continuing Education
Course Fees From: £150.00
Application Fee : Please refer to your PADI Portal.
Booking Information: If you are unable to find a date that works or If you have any question please get in contact with us to schedule a call with our Course Directors and they will be happy to help.
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PADI Drysuit Diver Instructor – Expand Your Dive Career Year-Round at Diving Academy
At Diving Academy, we believe great instructors are prepared to dive—and teach—in any condition. That’s why becoming a PADI Drysuit Diver Instructor gives you the skills to help students dive warmer, stay safer, and explore more, even in the coldest waters.
Cold water diving opens the door to incredible marine life, dramatic wrecks, and year-round diving opportunities. However, it also requires a specific set of skills that you’ll master and teach through this specialty. As demand for cold-water diving increases, dry suit training is quickly becoming essential—and as a qualified instructor, you’ll lead the way.
Why Teach the Drysuit Specialty?
As a PADI Drysuit Diver Instructor, you won’t just add another specialty to your resume—you’ll make your training more versatile and attractive to a wider audience. Divers want to extend their dive seasons, and you’ll be the one to show them how.
You’ll start by learning how to introduce new divers to dry suit diving and how to integrate it with continuing education. You’ll also discover the best ways to position the course as a natural next step after Open Water or as part of advanced diver development.
Deliver Confident, Standards-Based Instruction
We walk you through the PADI Instructor Manual, highlighting the general standards and dry suit-specific considerations. You’ll learn how to prepare students for everything from suit controls and inflation systems to buoyancy management and emergency procedures.
We also explore required equipment, including undergarments, exhaust valves, and inflator hoses. Our local environment insights help you offer students real-world advice based on the conditions they’ll face.
Practice What You Teach – Instructor Workshops
At Diving Academy, hands-on learning is key. You’ll complete focused instructor workshops in:
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Specialty course planning and delivery
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Student knowledge development
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Marketing and course promotion
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Pricing strategies for cold-water gear
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Open water dry suit dive leadership
By the end, you’ll confidently teach the specialty on its own or alongside other popular courses like the Advanced Open Water Diver or PADI Drysuit Diver Instructor pathways.
Don’t let seasons limit your dive career. Join Diving Academy and become a PADI Drysuit Diver Instructor who leads in every condition, all year round.
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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.
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Course Locations
Dive Centre
Diving Academy – Dive Centre, Sunfield Business Park, New Mill Road, Wokingham, RG40 4QT
Pool Training Sites
Wokingham – The Forest School, Robin Hood Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham, RG41 5NE
Yateley – Yateley School, School Lane, GU46 6NW
Hagbourne – Hagbourne School Pool, Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LR
Swindon – Halo Highworth Recreation Centre, The Elms, Highworth, Swindon SN6 7DD
Open Water Training Sites:
London – Wraysbury Diving Lake, Station Road, Wraysbury, Berkshire, TW19 5ND
Radstock – Vobster Quay, Upper Vobster, Radstock, BA3 5SD
Leicester – Stoney Cove, Sapcote Road, Stoney Stanton, Leicester, LE9 4DW
