PADI Instructor Apprenticeship in Mexico

Become a leader in PADI education specialising in creating awareness of the precious marine environment.

Durations: 30 weeks
Fieldwork hours50 hrs of fieldwork per week
Participant ratio1:6 staff to participant ratio
GVI experiencesIncludes GVI Experiences
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Travel flexibility, because life happens! Modify your booking, even up to 48 hours before departure. T&Cs apply.

Program information

This comprehensive course takes you from a recreational diver to PADI Instructor in 30 weeks. The course includes a specific coral research and marine conservation focus, exclusive to GVI programs, allowing you to become a marine protection advocate when training recreational and professional divers in your new globe-trotting career as a PADI Instructor.

Included in your program, at no extra cost.

Make the most of our unique programs with these exclusively curated local adventure and wellness experiences.

Offered once a month, expand your adventure with GVI Experiences. These are just some of the activities offered on your program!
Learn to cook traditional Yucatan food
Take a beach yoga class
Learn about hyperbaric medicine
Stand-up paddleboard at sunrise
Climb rock formations in the jungle
Learn the unique geography of the Yucatan Peninsula
Ancient Aztec cocoa experience
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Want to connect with some of our past participants about their adventures? Get in touch with hundreds of friendly ambassadors all over the world who would be more than happy to answer any questions.

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