HomeBlogDiving Industry

10 Top Tips for Dive Instructors teaching Student Divers

The day after an IE always has a Sunday feeling about it and I enjoy hiding away from the world in my office catching up on e-mails. Last month whilst most of Koh Tao’s newly certified OWSI’s where either nursing a well-earned hangover or merely enjoying the first day of the rest of their lives […] .....

Climbing The PADI Pro Ladder

I’m living the dream. I’ve got a job that most people are jealous of – I’m a PADI Instructor. Bright Lights – Big City Here is a little story about myself. My names Nicole Yong and I’m from Kuala Lumpur, the largest and most modern city in Malaysia. Four years ago, I had a stable, […] .....

PADI Business Academy, Bangkok

Key Tips to being a successful PADI Professional This is the first in a series of short blogs by IDC Koh Tao’s PADI Course Director; Matt Bolton, offering some tips for success in the scuba diving industry. Business Academy Most people associate a career in the scuba diving industry with the sun, sea and lots […] .....

How to be a successful Dive professional?

« Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. » Douglas Adams (Author) « The only source of knowledge is experience. » Albert Einstein « Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience. » Paulo Coelho (Author) When one starts down a […] .....

Who Are PADI?

The most common statement I hear from customers over the 17 years I have been a PADI Member is ‘I want to do my PADI’. The customer is of course referring to the world’s most popular entry level scuba training course; The PADI Open Water course. In 2014 over 500,000 new divers where certified worldwide as […] .....
1 2