Welcome to Bay Islands College of Diving - the way Utila learns to teach!

We offer the highest quality PADI scuba diving instruction, whatever your level

  • Jump into your scuba diving adventures by taking our PADI Open Water course. With the new equipment, the only on-site training pool, the largest boats and some of the most experienced instructors on Utila, you'll be pleased you chose us!

  • Continue your scuba diving training and enroll in one of our advanced programs such as Advanced Open Water or Rescue Diver. As a certified PADI Career Development Center we provide the very best training and personalized courses for everyone.

  • The PADI Instructor Development Course - the pinnacle of scuba training. Our CDC is second to none with over 20 years combined IDC training and a 100% pass rate.  

     

MAY 1st, 2012 IDC! Are you ready to take the plunge?  Sign up now and change your life!

Sign up now...our January IDC is fast filling up because we believe in the individual approach to our training and have a strict policy on keeping classroom sizes small.  This way, we can keep our promise to cater to each individuals need so you get the most out of your IDC experience.  Don't just be a number at some other CDC, come train with us and we will prepare you for your career after the IE, not just how to pass. Don't miss out, you can still sign up here! and get the FREE Instructor Specialty of the month EANx (NITROX)!

 

 

 

DIVEMASTER PROGRAM - your first step towards a dive career!

Our PADI Divemaster takes GoPro training to the top.  Our belief is to prepare you as a working DM that we would want to hire.  So, we have included included some nice extra's such as Hyperbaric Chamber Operator Introduction, Whale Shark certification, AWARE Coral Reef watch, Gas Blender Introduction and more. This program is unique on Utila and all for the same price! Our Divemaster program is linked seamlessly to our Instructor Development Course with attractive package deals available! Why not set yourself apart from other dive professionals and reserve your spot here to participate in the most in-depth Divemaster program in Central America!

 

Our PADI Scuba Diving Courses

At The College, we offer the full range of PADI scuba diving courses, from your first introductory Discover Scuba Diving course right up to a professional Instructor Development Course. Utila is an idyllic place to dive. It is a beautiful island with palmed beaches, great places to make new friends and whale sharks who regularly just come by to say hi. 

All of our equipment is brand new and rigorously maintained and our boats are the biggest and simply awesome.  But let's face it, in the end there's only one thing we're really proud of at The College: THIS PLACE IS FUN!

 

 

 

 5 Star PADI CDC and Divers Alert Network Member

PADI 5 Star CDC

As holders of the coveted PADI 5 Star Career Development Center title, we pride ourselves in being able to offer the highest level of individual training on the island as well as the most value for your course price.  We are not just offering the skills to teach scuba, we are offering a new style of life!  The College is the way Utila learns to be an instructor!

 

 

                      Our on-site Hyperbaric Chamber is the only one on the island and our affiliation with the Divers Alert Network means that you couldn't be in safer hands than when diving with us.