PADI Instructor Examiner
Mexico, Dunedin, Auckland, Fiji, Indonesia/Temor-Leste
"I am the envy of lots of people, I have worked and travelled all over the world and now I have a real career doing something that I love, in a place that I love, amongst all my friends and family."
"After my Diploma I headed to Mexico’s Riviera Maya where I worked in a resort in Tulum teaching Discover Scuba Divers, Open Water, Advanced Open Water and took snorkelling tours to both the ocean and the amazing cenotes. After returning to New Zealand in 2006 I joined the Dive Otago team. I continued my own training to become a PADI Staff Instructor which enabled me to assist teaching divers to b...
PADI Master Instructor
Dunedin, Cayman Islands
"The underwater world is such a diverse place and it’s fantastic to be in such an unexplored environment which doubles as my office.
Every day is a brand new adventure."
I was hooked right from my first Open Water Dive when on a working holiday in Oman in the Middle East. I was treated to crystal clear, warm water and the marine life was stunning - there was not even a chance of looking back. After a dozen more dives in Oman, and a handful in Samoa, I enrolled into the February Diploma of Professional Scuba Instruction at Dive Otago and have been working and livin...
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainier
Fiji, Cayman Islands
Dive Instructing is the perfect career if you want to do something you are passionate about, travel the world, meet lots of interesting people along the way and get paid to do something you love.
I have been working at Mamanuca Region of Fiji, at Subsurface Fiji which is the main dive shop that operates from Musket Cove and i lived at Plantation Island which was just a 20 minute walk away! I was employed as a dive instructor and i was in charge of a lot of the marketing and admin for the dive center. On a typical day my day would start at 8am with a walk down to Musket Cove ...
PADI IDC Staff Instructor , PADI Freediving Instructor
Hamilton, Dunedin, Coffs Harbour
"Keep your mind fresh
because theres always something about the underwater world that is worth learning"
"As a dive instructor I have worked in both New Zealand and Australia. In my job at Jetty Dive Centre we do regular trips overseas and I have had the opportunity to dive on the SS President Coolidge ship wreck in Vanuatu and experience the ultimate Shark Diving experience in Fiji. A normal day diving starts at 7am when we get all the customers and students ready with dive gear and tanks before loa...
PADI Divemaster, ADAS Offshore Diver Medical Technician and ADAS AS 2815 Part 3 Diver - South Island, Tasmania
"The coolest thing I have seen is the inside of the turbine chamber in the Waitaki dam! It is massive and I liken it to a huge concrete cathedral."
"Since graduating I have mainly been working in the South Island of New Zealand. Some of the places I have worked and tasks I have undertaken include the Tekapo Ohau Canal, installing a flow meter for Meridian Energy at Pukaki Ohau Canal, Lake Wakatipu, installing a depth guage for ski field operations at Lake Alta, installing a stilling pond at Lake Aviemore (Aviemore Dam), swam into the turbine ...
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
All over the world
"This is beyond a dream experience. After finishing my study I received a scholarship for one year of dive travel and research all over the globe"
"I am currently on an experienced based underwater scholarship called the Rolex Our-World Underwater Australasian Scholarship (owussaustralasia.org). The scholarship emphasises breadth of experience, aiming to give me the broadest range of opportunities possible. I aim to undertake a multitude of projects within the marine biology and underwater archaeology fields...
Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Cairns, Australia
"I am having a blast teaching people
to dive and enjoying putting the skills I learnt at Dive Otago to use."
"I am currently working for Pro Dive Cairns as a 5 day instructor. I spend two days based in cairns where I teach the theory open water sessions and the confined water pool sessions. Along with instructor duties on the boat, I also help out with deckhand duties such as mooring the boat and driving the rescue tender - so I have learnt a lot of new skills as well. The diving is fantastic and I seem ...
Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Lady Elliot Island, Australia
"I've been instructing in Australia now for nearly 4 years and want to say a big thank you for your help in getting me here in the first place"
"Hey guys! I've been instructing in Australia now for nearly 4 years and want to say a big thank you for your help in getting me here in the first place. I've worked in Airlie Beach, Cairns and now an amazing island called Lady Elliot where I've dived with Manta Rays nearly every day for the past 2 and a half years. After more than 1200 dives I've seen Tiger Sharks, Hammerheads, hundreds of turtle...
Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Australia, Malaysia
"Two years ago I drove past Dive Otago...1 later I graduated with a Diploma, made lifelong friends and had fallen in love with the underwater world!
"Today I am sitting on a beach on a tropical island in Malaysia, doing something I love and marvelling at the places this job has taken me. From Mexico, to Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia....and I'm only just beginning.
None of this would have happened if I didn't get the expert training and education from Dive Otago."...
Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Australia
"I decided to enrol in the 36 week Diploma in Professional Scuba Instruction course at Dive Otago in Dunedin. This turned out to be one of the best decisions I have ever made."
At the start of 2010 I thought that I needed a little excitement in my life so I decided to enrol in the 36 week Diploma in Professional Scuba Instruction course at Dive Otago in Dunedin. This turned out to be one of the best decisions I have ever made. I entered the course having zero experience at all; I was even almost afraid of the sea and had only ever been snorkelling a few times in my life....
Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Port Vila - Vanuatu
"I was straight into running courses and taking Discover Scuba Diving sessions. The diving here is awesome and at some sites we get up to 40m visibility!"
"Hey guys, just a few words to give you an update of what I’m doing here in sunny Port Vila, Vanuatu. I arrived at Nautilus Watersports just over a month ago and had a couple of weeks to learn how the place runs before I was straight into running courses and taking Discover Scuba Diving sessions. The diving here is awesome and at some sites we get up to 40m visibility! There are heaps of wrecks to...