PADI Night Diver Instructor – Teach Divers to Explore the Dark with Confidence at Diving Academy

At Diving Academy, we train dive professionals to guide others into thrilling new experiences—and few are more magical than night diving. The PADI Night Diver Instructor course gives you the tools, structure, and confidence to teach divers how to explore the underwater world after dark.

Night diving transforms even the most familiar dive sites. Colours appear more vivid, marine life behaves differently, and senses become heightened. As a PADI Night Diver Instructor, you’ll show your students how to navigate, communicate, and enjoy these captivating dives safely and confidently.

Why Add Night Diving to Your Instructor Toolkit?

Night diving isn’t just exciting—it’s also one of the most requested specialties among certified divers. Whether your students are curious beginners or experienced adventurers, they’re often looking to take their skills further. This course helps you meet that demand.

Additionally, it’s an ideal specialty to bundle with courses like Navigation, Peak Performance Buoyancy, or the Advanced Open Water Diver program. More bundles mean more bookings, and more opportunities to grow your business.

Teach with Structure, Skill, and Safety

As a PADI Night Diver Instructor, you’ll guide students through light handling, buddy procedures, communication signals, and dive planning for night conditions. You’ll follow PADI’s General Standards and Procedures while customising your teaching to suit local sites and diver experience levels.

We also train you to teach entry and exit techniques, underwater orientation, and how to manage limited visibility—core skills every night diver needs.

Learn by Doing – Instructor Workshops That Deliver Results

At Diving Academy, we believe practical experience creates confident instructors. That’s why your course includes:

Course setup and structure overview
Knowledge development delivery
Student briefing techniques
Promotion and course marketing strategies
Open water night dive leadership and evaluation

By the end of your training, you’ll be ready to teach this thrilling specialty with clarity and confidence.

So if you’re ready to help divers experience the magic of the underwater world after dark, become a PADI Night Diver Instructor with Diving Academy.

👉 Contact us today to enrol or learn more.

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

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