Each package is tailored to your own requirements, but to get an idea of the packages we offer, please see below:

Budget Divemaster Package

Inclusions
Courses
  • Open Water Diver (if required)
  • Advanced Open Water Diver (if required)
  • Emergency First Response (if required)
  • Rescue Diver (if required)
  • Divemaster

More details on courses

All required books, slates and teaching aids*
  • Open Water Diver Manual
  • Adventures in Diving manual
  • Rescue Diver Manual
  • Emergency First Response Manual
  • Divemaster Manual
  • Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
  • Scuba Tune-Up Guide
  • Current PADI Instructor Manual
  • RDP table, metric
  • eRDPML
  • Data Carrier
  • Accident Management Workslate
  • Divemaster slates (set of eight)
  • DSD Instructor Cue Card

Additionally:

  • Skin Diver Instructor Guide
  • Discover Snorkeling Instructor Guide
  • Scuba Review Instructor Guide
  • Discover Local Diving Instructor Guide

If you enter as an already certified diver, the price includes materials only for the courses you take with us. You will need your own RDP table which you may have from your Open Water course. If not, they are available for purchase.

Fees
  • PADI PIC certification fees for all courses
    (PADI Divemaster application fee not included)
  • Marine sanctuary fee
Free diving Free diving for the duration
(limits apply)
Dive Equipment
  • Optional: Dive equipment rental for the duration - mask, snorkel, fins, booties, wetsuit, BCD, regulator, weights, tank
  • Optional: Full set of personal dive equipment to keep, with all additional accessories needed to work as a Divemaster
  • 10%-20% off other dive equipment purchases
  • Note: There are some items you should have of your own such as a dive knife and signaling device. Also recommended is a dive computer/timing device.
Accommodation
(optional)
  • Palm Place budget room
  • Electric and water
  • Upgrades are available
Transportation
(optional)
  • Airport pickup
  • Airline advice
Visa Renewal
(optional)
Visa assistance - we will renew your visa, just give us your passport and we will arrange its renewal. No expensive immigration or border runs necessary.
Employment Assistance
  • Free career advice and advice on job opportunities
  • Optional employment workshop
  • Access to to the PADI employment board with hundreds of job listings every month.
Free
  • Thresher Shark Divers t-shirts
  • Thresher Shark Divers log book
  • Tea and coffee on the boat
  • PADI Pro Bag
  • PADI Pro Log Book
Optional free extras
  • Learn how to operate a compressor
  • Learn how to drive our boats
In the Pub Upstairs
  • Shark bite shot for every certification. Developed by the owners especially for our newly certified divers
  • The infamous snorkel test for our newly certified Divemasters. Mixed lethally by your Instructor in scuba training's ancient tradition.
Internet Access Free wi-fi (with your own mobile device)
Discounts
  • Bars and restaurant
  • Special Intern discounts
Most importantly... The chance to embark on the biggest adventure of your lifetime and change your life in ways you could never have imagined possible!

Premium Divemaster Package - The Full Monty

We have tried to include everything you need in this package, with the exception of food, drink and personal items. Below is the standard package of non-diver to Divemaster although each Divemaster and Instructor package is individually tailored depending on your previous diving experience and requirements. There are also many package upgrades you can choose.

 

  Inclusions
ALL THE ABOVE INCLUSIONS PLUS:
Courses
  • PADI Thresher Shark Diver Specialty Course, unique to TSD
  • PADI Enriched Air Nitrox course, to double your bottom time with the sharks
  • PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Instructor Course, including free of charge the 10 nitrox dives required as a pre-requisite (Value P16,000)

More details on courses

All required books and slates and teaching aids
  • Nitrox Crew Pak
  • Nitrox Instructor Manual
Equipment Full set of personal dive equipment to keep, with all additional accessories needed to work as a Divemaster
Accommodation
  • At Palm Place or similar in a standard room for the duration of your package
  • Upgrades and downgrades are available
Transportation
  • Airport pickup
  • Airline advice
Visa Renewal
  • Two month package includes visa for 59 days
  • 3 or 4 month package includes visas for 119 days
  • 5 or 6 month package includes visas for 179 days

PADI IDC Dive Instructor Training Package Prices

Packages are priced on an individual basis so please contact us for your specially priced package. Please tell us

  • Current level of certification
  • Total number of logged dives so far
  • A little about your previous diving experience and goals for the future
  • Preferred duration and start state

Please note

  • If you enter as an already certified diver, the price includes materials only for the courses you take with us.
  • If you enter as a non-diver you will need to do a 6-7 month package unless you take a break in between (minimum package is 3 months). You need to have been a certified diver for 6 months and have 100 dives before becoming an instructor.
  • If you enter as a Rescue Diver, we assume you have a current EFR Primary and Secondary Care (CPR) certification. Please tell us if that you have otherwise.
  • Start dates. Intern programs can start at any time and be for any duration, but dates for the instructor course are fixed. See our IDC schedule.

If you are on a very tight budget, there are ways that you can cut down on the package price. Please contact us for ideas.

There are many package upgrades you can choose.

What else will you need to spend your money on?