Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor

Earn the rating to teach recreational diving from Open Water up to SDI standards.

Overview

The Open Water Scuba Diver Instructor qualifies you to teach recreational diving from Open Water up as a certified SDI instructor. You will develop lesson planning, demonstration-quality skills and student-management ability, then prove them through mentored teaching and evaluation to agency standards.

What you'll learn

Teaching academics, briefings and dive planning for this level
Demonstration-quality skills and in-water control
Managing, coaching and assessing students safely
Standards, risk management, paperwork and certification procedures

What's included

All academic and teaching-practice sessions
Agency instructor materials and registration
Mentored teaching experience with real students
Evaluation and standards preparation

Prerequisites

SDI Divemaster (or Assistant Instructor) plus the SDI Instructor Development Course and Instructor Evaluation. Ask us about the IDC/IE schedule.

Kit for this course

Recommended gear

The configuration we'd dive for this course, tap any card to drill into products, or shop it as a ready-made bundle. Not sure what suits you? Take the gear guide →

Base configuration

Single-tank recreational

Single cylinder + recreational BCD
Single regulator set with alternate (octo)
Dive computer
Mask, fins and exposure suit

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Add-on

Teaching / leadership kit

Demonstration-quality regulator and mask, plus spare and loaner gear for students
Slates, wet-notes and lesson / dive-planning tools
Primary and backup SMBs and spools
Surface signalling, first-aid and oxygen (O2) kit

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Add-on

Cold-water (dry suit)

Dry suit + appropriate undergarment
Dry or wet gloves
Dedicated dry-suit inflation hose

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Shop this kit as a ready-made bundle, drill into each product and add to your enquiry.Build the Open Water Starter →