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Underwater Naturalist Instructor

PADI Instructor Specialities

Underwater Naturalist Instructor

Turn a passion for marine life into a specialty you can teach

1 dayDuration
£150.00Price from
• PADI Assistant Instructor, instructor candidate in training, or PADI Divemaster (some specialties have additional prerequisites)Prerequisites
BerkshireLocation

Berkshire

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About this course

Underwater Naturalist Instructor

Every dive is more interesting when you can actually identify what you're looking at, and the Underwater Naturalist Instructor course is about giving your students that ability. As with our other specialty instructor programmes, this course is focused on the teaching side of the specialty - how to organise, promote and run the PADI Underwater Naturalist Diver course well, and how to communicate to divers just how much value proper species and habitat knowledge adds to their diving.

Rather than reteaching the marine life content itself, the course concentrates on instructional technique: structuring sessions, engaging students who might assume a naturalist course is just for hardcore biology enthusiasts, and helping them see identification and ecological awareness as a genuinely practical diving skill rather than an academic add-on.

You'll come away with teaching tips and hands-on experience passed on directly from your local PADI Course Director, giving you a head start before you run the course independently for the first time.

To join, you'll need to already hold PADI Assistant Instructor status, be an instructor candidate currently in training, or hold a PADI Divemaster rating - as with other specialties, there can be a few additional prerequisites depending on your background. Once certified, Underwater Naturalist Instructor counts toward Master Scuba Diver Trainer, which requires at least five specialty instructor certifications, making it a useful and popular addition to an instructor's specialty line-up.

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What's included

What's included

• teaching tips and hands-on experience from your local PADI Course Director

Prerequisites

• PADI Assistant Instructor, instructor candidate in training, or PADI Divemaster (some specialties have additional prerequisites)

Packages

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Underwater Naturalist Instructor

£150per person

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  • Underwater Naturalist Instructor Course
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“🌊 IDC No. 8 – April-May 2026: AMAZING! 🌊 An incredibly intensive course that truly prepares you to become the kind of instructor you wish you had when you first decided to breathe underwater 🤿 It lasted nearly a month online and 10 days in person.💪💪💪 You need to trust the process, because the program is designed not only to teach diving skills, but also to help you grow into a more professional, confident, and responsible person 💪 During these 10 days, you’ll be so focused on learning and improving that you probably won’t even have time to take photos 📚🔥 The entire IDC Sardinia staff is always there for you — guiding, supporting, motivating, and helping you through every challenge. They seem to have a sixth sense for knowing exactly when you need encouragement, and they won’t let you give up, even when the summit feels far away 🌟 And don’t worry… there will also be moments of…”
Greta ValotiSardinia · Google review★★★★★
“I just did my IDC with IDC Sardegna and it was the most amazing experience in my life. I love all of the staff with all my heart. The support, the training, the organisation and in generall every day was structured perfect. It was a challengig time, but I fully enjoyed it and was able to do a big step in my diving live. Special thanks to the Course Director Luca, who is one of the most inspiring persons I met in my whole life. Lets see what time does, but if I ever gonna do a contiuing education I will do it with him. Grazie”
Simon SablotnySardinia · Google review★★★★★
“I did the IDC with them and everything was truly fantastic. They're professional, helpful, and ready to help you both with the course and if you have any issues with the equipment. They truly take care of every detail. Luckily, I don't have to do it again 😄 ✌🏼, but if I did, I'd definitely choose them again.”
Christian FalcettelliSardinia · Google review★★★★★
“Becoming a diving instructor has recently become my biggest dream in life :) And this dream has finally come true, largely thanks to the wonderful team at IDC Sardegna, who shared all their love and knowledge of diving with me in the best possible way! I can only recommend that you take an instructor course with them so that you too can join this wonderful world in the most beautiful way possible 🙂”
Enzo MenichiniSardinia · Google review★★★★★

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