Diving Internships
Our diving internships on Malapascua offer hands-on professional training at a world-class dive destination.
Diving Internships Malapascua
PADI Divemaster & Instructor Internships in the Philippines
Make the beach your office.
Our PADI Divemaster and Instructor internships at Thresher Shark Divers turn your love of diving into a working career, on one of Southeast Asia’s most iconic dive islands. We’ve trained thousands of dive pros over the past 20 years from our PADI 5 Star CDC on Bounty Beach. CDC stands for Career Development Center: the highest tier of PADI dive centres, awarded only to a handful in the world for a sustained track record of training professional candidates.
What you get
- A path from your current level to PADI Divemaster or PADI Instructor in 4 weeks to 8 months
- Real working experience inside an operational dive centre, not a separate “internship classroom”
- Daily thresher shark dives at Kimud Shoal as part of your training
- Premium packages that include accommodation, course fees, certification fees, training materials, visa renewals, and a full set of personal dive gear to keep
- Optional free conservation module
- Bonus: our unique PADI Thresher Shark Diver Specialty, only available at TSD
Personalised, not assembly line
Class sizes are small, often one-on-one. We tailor a programme to your starting level, goals, and budget rather than slotting you into a pre-set track. After your initial enquiry we’ll work out what you actually need and plan around it.
Why Malapascua
Daily thresher shark sightings (the only place in the world for this), seasonal hammerheads, manta rays at Monad Shoal, plus wreck dives, mandarin fish, muck diving, and macro that experienced divers travel here specifically to see. Your “commute” is a 5-minute walk down a palm-fringed beach.
Where to start
Our dedicated internship site has the full programme breakdown, current pricing, schedules, and FAQs. Or contact us directly and we’ll plan a programme around you.
Please contact us for more info.
