PADI 5 Star IDC Center

January 15, 2009

Archive post from 15 January 2009. Some details have changed since then. Since 2022 our daily thresher shark dives go to Kimud Shoal, not Monad Shoal, and we see threshers there every day of the year. For diving on Malapascua now, see our thresher shark guide and best time to dive.

Today we are very proud to announce that Thresher Shark Divers has been granted the honor of becoming a PADI 5 STAR IDC CENTER! We are now one of the highest levels of PADI Dive Centers and will be teaching a full range of instructor level courses.
As well as regular IDCs, we will be offering Specialty Instructor Courses, MSDT Programs and Staff Instructor courses. A full 6 month Instructor Internship Program is also available for non-divers.
We have been working towards this for a long time and today was a very happy day for us all at TSD.

About Andrea Agarwal

Andrea Agarwal is a PADI Master Instructor and the founder of Thresher Shark Divers on Malapascua Island, Philippines. Originally from the UK, she moved to the Philippines in 2003 and built what is now one of the largest and most respected dive operations in the country. TSD is a PADI 5-Star Career Development Center (CDC) and the only PADI TecRec facility on Malapascua. Malapascua is the world's best destination for daily thresher shark encounters, and Andrea has spent over 20 years diving its waters and making sure the world knows it.