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Learn to Teach
Become a PADI Pro

Explore new skillsets to teach others how to dive in beautiful North Sulawesi — The Land of Smiling People.

Courses & Dates

Divemaster Course

  • May 1, 2023
  • July 3, 2023

Including:

  • Divemaster Manual
  • Hand-outs
  • Digital Instructor Manual
  • Required equipment
  • Required boat dives
  • Coffee, tea, water

Instructor Development Course

  • June 5, 2023
  • August 7, 2023
  • November 6, 2023

Including:

  • IDC candidate crew pack
  • Slate pack
  • Required equipment
  • Required boat dives
  • Coffee, tea, water
  • IDC Application fee
  • IE fee
  • EFRI fee

Emergency First Response Instructor Course

Can be done before or after the IDC, depending on IE scheduling.

Including:

  • Digital EFRI instructor manual
  • Digital student manual
  • Required teaching materials
  • PADI application fee
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An unforgettable adventure…

Your course in North Sulawesi makes for a lifetime of awesome memories. The way to your new diving career is paved with fun, sun and working with the best instructors in the business.

Thalassa Manado swimming pool with guest
Newly certified instructors after an IDC
Diving crew and guests at Bunaken
Thalassa Manado bungalow
Amazing diving

The Bunaken National Park in North Sulawesi is a gorgeous diving hot spot in Indonesia. The water temperature is around 30 degrees Celsius, and the marine life is just super diverse.

Live the resort life

Combining your course with a stay at our resort makes for a super comfy home away from home. Our accommodation is tucked away in an oasis of peace & quiet.

Spectacular North Sulawesi​

On your days off, go for a massage, explore the area or hop into a bus to the city. North Sulawesi is full of loving and warm people that will go out of their way to spoil you.

Meet your PADI Course Director

Simone Gerritsen

Teaching you to teach

Simone Gerritsen

A native from Amsterdam, Simone has over 40 years of diving experience. She has been living in North Sulawesi since 1996, teaching underprivileged kids to dive, become dive guides and empower themselves through education and conservation.

Maja

Simone’s teaching is straight to the point and her methods ensure the material sticks in your head forever. She is passionate about shaping divers properly. My IDC at Thalassa was exactly what I had wished and hoped for, especially compared to my prior Divemaster course elsewhere.

Are you going to join us?

Become a PADI Pro in 2023

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