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Whale Shark Awareness Instructor
PADI Whale Shark Awareness Speciality Instructor Training course teaches instructors how to organise, promote and conduct the PADI Whale Shark Awareness Speciality Diver course, and emphasise the value of specialty training to divers.
Course Type: Professional Continuing Education
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PADI Whale Shark Awareness Instructor – Teach Divers to Protect Gentle Giants at Diving Academy
At Diving Academy, we believe that education is the first step toward conservation. The PADI Whale Shark Awareness Instructor course equips you to teach divers how to appreciate, understand, and protect the world’s largest fish—while promoting responsible, eco-conscious diving.
Whale sharks capture imaginations everywhere they swim. However, these majestic creatures remain threatened by human activity, including bycatch, vessel strikes, and tourism mismanagement. As a PADI Whale Shark Awareness Instructor, you’ll empower your students to become informed advocates who help protect whale sharks for future generations.
Why Teach Whale Shark Awareness?
Modern divers seek purpose alongside adventure. This course allows you to meet that need by offering a specialty focused on education, action, and ocean advocacy. Whether your students are eco-tourists, marine biology enthusiasts, or new divers with a conservation mindset, this course resonates deeply.
Additionally, the specialty complements other conservation courses like AWARE Coral Reef Conservation, Shark Conservation, and Underwater Naturalist. By bundling these programs, you increase enrolments and position yourself as a leader in marine education.
Deliver Engaging and Purpose-Driven Instruction
As a PADI Whale Shark Awareness Instructor, you’ll teach students about whale shark biology, behaviour, migration patterns, and the threats they face. You’ll also explore how divers can contribute to global conservation initiatives, including citizen science programs like Wildbook for Whale Sharks.
We’ll help you turn scientific knowledge into engaging learning experiences. Whether you’re leading classroom sessions or dive briefings in whale shark hotspots, your instruction will combine storytelling, science, and real-world impact.
Build Instructional Confidence with Practical Workshops
Your training at Diving Academy includes:
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Course structure and standards overview
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Marine biology and awareness teaching strategies
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Sustainable tourism and eco-diving integration
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Outreach and social media marketing plans
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Responsible in-water interaction protocols
By the end of your course, you’ll feel confident delivering a specialty that truly matters—one that connects passion, purpose, and conservation.
Join Diving Academy and become a PADI Whale Shark Awareness Instructor who inspires divers to protect the ocean’s most gentle giants.
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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
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