Are you looking to take your diving skills to a pro level scuba diving in Thailand? Seafari Dive Centre, our pro dive team (with Pro diving careers and Dive Right Diving internships in Thailand) offers pro-level PADI Diving Courses to the highest PADI standards.
Pro Diving Careers and Seafari Pattaya have combined their professional expertise established over the last 33 years and provide customers with outstanding customer service and leading-edge diver training courses.
You know the saying, “Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life”? If you’re passionate about diving, becoming a dive pro might feel like a wild dream—but it’s probably closer than you think!
Seafari Dive Center, established in 1970 by Bill Burbridge, was Pattaya’s first scuba diving operation and Thailand’s first PADI-certified facility. Renowned for its expertise, Seafari became the nation’s first PADI 5-Star Instructor Development Center. Offering professional training in a friendly environment with access to dive sites perfect for professional training, Seafari is the ideal place to turn your passion for diving into a career.
Whether becoming a Divemaster or PADI Instructor, our experienced team and year-round scuba diving conditions make Pattaya the perfect location to begin your professional diving career.
The PADI Professional Training system is the way you get certified to work in the Professional Diving .
A PADI Divemaster certification is the minimum rating required to work in the diving industry. Your Divemaster qualification will allow you to supervise diving activities and work as a certified assistant or Dive leader. As a PADI Divemaster, you will be just one step away from becoming a PADI Instructor.
PADI dive Instructors are the most sought after dive industry professionals. As a PADI Instructor you can teach all levels from beginner try dives to the Dive master course itself.
As you progress up the professional ladder you can also become a Specialty Master Scuba Diver Trainer as well as a Staff Instructor before reaching the pinnacle of Master Instructor and Course director where you are directly responsible for training up and coming PADI Instructor ready to take their PADI Instructor exams.
The PADI Dive Master Program is the first step on the Dive Professional Ladder. As a qualified PADI Divemaster, you will be able to lead other certified divers, supervise scuba diving activities and assist with student divers in training.
Making your pro level training whilst Scuba diving in Thailand teaches you to be a leader and take charge of diving activities in the worlds most active dive community. Through knowledge development sessions, water skills exercises, workshops, and hands-on practical assessments, you will develop the skills required to organize a variety of scuba diving activities.
Topics and practical workshops include:
The role and characteristics of a PADI Divemaster include supervising dives and assisting student divers, Diver safety and risk management, Divemaster programs and specialized skills, The business of diving and your career, Awareness of the dive environment, Dive site setup and management, Mapping an open water dive site, Conducting dive briefings, Organizing a search and recovery project, Conducting a scuba review and skin diver course, Assisting with Discover Scuba Diving, Deep Diver workshop.
To start the PADI Divemaster course, you must be at least 18, have logged 40 dives, and hold PADI Rescue Diver certification. You’ll also need CPR and First Aid training within the past 24 months, and a medical clearance to dive.
PADI Scuba Instructor Training lets you teach diving and explore the world.!
Make a career out of doing what you enjoy. Travel the world and teach scuba diving.
With the PADI OWSI dive Instructor rating, you can teach diving worldwide and share your scuba adventures with new divers. Here at Seafari Dive Center in Pattaya, we can take you through the complete Instructor Development course and into your PADI IE Instructor Examination.
It takes 14 days to complete a PADI IDC (Instructor Development Course). You’ll be able to organize and present Dive Course information, conduct Dive skill development sessions, and control open water dives.
Become very good at demonstrating your scuba skills whilst continuously managing the students’ safety.
PADI Standards and Procedures for courses you can teach with in-water workshops.
Learning, Instruction, and the PADI System.
Risk Management and Diver Safety.
The Business of Diving and your role as an instructor.
Marketing Diving and Sales Counselling.
To start the PADI IDC (Instructor Development Course), you must be at least 18 years old, a PADI Divemaster (or equivalent), have 60 logged dives, and hold current First Aid and CPR certifications. You also need a medical statement clearing you to dive.
Make the most out of your diving career. Teach speciality courses and enjoy doing even more of what you love! Travel the world and teach Specialized scuba diving. With the PADI MSDT Instructor rating, you can teach Specialist scuba diving such as Wreck diving, Night Diving, Nitrox, Deep and much much more! Here at Seafari in Pattaya, we take you through the Specialty Rating with a course director before giving you access to perfect your dive skills are our local dive sites perfect for speciality diving such as deep diving, wreck diving, drift diving and more!
PADI Specialty Instructor rating can be taken individually or in a package of 5 specs. For each of the Specialties you chose to undertake you must complete:
Knowledge development presentations and open water teaching presentations.
You can choose from: PADI Enriched Air Instructor, PADI Deep Instructor, PADI Wreck Instructor, PADI Digital Underwater Imaging Instructor, PADI Search & Recovery Instructor, PADI Underwater Navigation Instructor and more!
To become a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT), you must be a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) with at least 25 logged dives. You also need to have completed the PADI Specialty Instructor courses for at least five different specialties.
After you have become an openwater instructor and helped people learn to dive, and progressed to Master scuba diver trainer where you trained people to become masters in specialty diving courses your next and final step in the dive instructor training landing is to ascend to the pro level of PADI Staff instructor.
Staff instructors are the ultimate role model, alongside PADI course directors you mentor, teach and evaluate future instructor candidates – guiding them each step of the way through their own IDC journey helping them to score perfect marks ready to pass their PADI instructor exams.
PADI Instructor Development Courses and PADI IE dates for 2026 Season
IDC + PADI IE Instructor exams
IDC + PADI IE Instructor exams
IDC + PADI IE Instructor exams
IDC + PADI IE Instructor exams
IDC + PADI IE Instructor exams
IDC + PADI IE Instructor exams
IDC + PADI IE Instructor exams
Professional Association of Diving Instructors Direct Fees (2025 prices)
Upon passing your PADI Divemaster you must register for your PADI pro membership
Upon passing your PADI IDC you must register for your PADI pro membership
Upon passing your EFRI program you must register as EFRI Membership
Upon successful your IDC course this fee covers your Instructor examinations
Price per instructor specialty rating
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer Application Fee
Divemaster Pro Training Materials + Course Fee
EFRI Course + Materials (*instructor application fees are not included)
IDC Course + Pro Materials (*IE and instructor application fees are not included)
5 PADI Specialty Instructor Ratings
5 PADI Specialty Instructor + 25 Cert Ratings
This price does not include PADI Fees or equipment rental. Please contact us for further details. Certification Fees need to be paid directly to PADI.
1) Contact us: let us know the PADI Pro course
2) Tell Us: Your Name, Email
3) Tell Us: Dates you are interested in training
4) Tell Us: Your Current Dive Stats; dives, certs etc
1) Training Material deposits are none refundable
2) Min 72hrs cancellation notice required
3) Release form must be signed prior to start
4) Balance must be cleared prior to activity
5) PADI Medical Form cleared to start
