PADI Wreck Diver Instructor – Teach Divers to Explore the Past at Diving Academy
At Diving Academy, we train you to turn mystery into adventure. As a PADI Wreck Diver Instructor, you’ll teach divers how to explore sunken ships, planes, and other submerged relics with precision, safety, and respect.
Wrecks capture the imagination like nothing else. Whether it’s a century-old warship or a modern artificial reef, wrecks tell stories. And with your guidance, divers learn how to uncover those stories responsibly. This course not only improves their diving skills—it fuels their curiosity and sense of discovery.
Why Become a Wreck Diver Instructor?
Wreck diving is one of the most popular and exciting PADI specialties. As more divers seek unique underwater experiences, this course allows you to meet that demand while setting yourself apart as a specialist in the field.
As a PADI Wreck Diver Instructor, you’ll attract adventure-driven students who are ready to go beyond reef dives. You can also bundle this course with Deep Diver, Enriched Air, or Navigation to create high-impact training packages that deliver more value.
Train Divers with Skill, Structure, and Safety
You’ll teach divers how to evaluate wreck conditions, use lines and reels, avoid hazards, and navigate around and through structures. You’ll also guide them in identifying potential risks, managing silt, and maintaining buoyancy around fragile or sharp objects.
While following PADI’s General Standards and Procedures, you’ll bring real-world context to your teaching—whether your students are diving warm coastal wrecks or cold-water historical sites.
Build Your Teaching Confidence Through Practical Workshops
At Diving Academy, we believe hands-on training creates impactful instructors. Your program includes:
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Course outline and dive planning
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Line laying and penetration workshop
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Student briefings and safety protocols
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Equipment preparation and redundancy setups
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Marketing and pricing for wreck diving courses
By the end, you’ll confidently lead divers on unforgettable journeys into underwater history.
Become a PADI Wreck Diver Instructor and guide your students through the past—one wreck at a time.
👉 Contact us to enrol or ask any questions.
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.
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