Go Pro with Barefoot Divers

Start your professional diving career off right by choosing a PADI 5 star dive resort that offers personalized training classes, a modern high-tech facility, and job placement assistance.

Start your professional diving life now with online PADI training and complete your program with us here on the warm reefs of Roatan.

• Divemaster As a divemaster you will be leading scuba divers on fun dives in a variety of diving environments
  
• Assistant Instructor Begin to develop your teaching skills by assisting with PADI Courses, teach Peak Performance Buoyancy
  
• Open Water Instructor Get the adventure tourism lifestyle and share your diving passion by teaching scuba fundamentals
  
• Specialty Instructor Dive into your hobby underwater and learn how to teach classes in photography, video, fish identification, and many more
  
• Staff Instructor Take a big step forward -  learn to teach Instructor level programs and assist a PADI Course Director
  
• Divemaster and Pro Course Packages

What make us different?

We are excited to offer the most up to date option in PADI Instructor training with Barefoots eLearning IDC. You can begin your training right away, complete online modules ahead of time at your leisure, and spend more time in the water during your IDC. Take advantage of our unique approach to teaching professionals with enhanced training, more time underwater to develop your diving skills, and our 'Deliberate Practical Training' philosophy. Our unique approach has led to our candidates commenting on their increased level of confidence, greater overall experience, and ease of finding employment.

• Guaranteed maximum class size of 6 students for personalized attention
• Extended instructor course length of 9 days instead of the standard 5 day eIDC
• IDC Prep program includes the new PADI eLearning Dive Theory modules!
• Dive for free as part of the Barefoot Team before or after the IDC
• Modern, comfortable air-conditioned classroom with a 32" flat-screen TV
• Walk in confined water training in the protected Caribbean waters of the resort
• Open water training just a few minutes away onboard one of our 4 dive boats
• Workshops on Discover Scuba Diving, Adventure Dives and Rescue course
  
• Wireless internet access
• Daily lunches provided by the resort kitchen
• Discounts on scuba gear from the Barefoot Divers retail dive shop
  

Post-training assistance with job placement

Worried about what happens after graduation? Put your mind at ease. On Roatan, there are at least 25 dive shops and resorts that frequently have openings for new instructors. If you want to go farther afield, our staff has industry connections worldwide and will help to put you in touch with prospective employers. We’ll also help you to prepare your resume to set yourself apart from the rest.