PADI Pro Development Philippines

What would you do in this scenario? 👉 Cayman’s been assigned “Missing right arm, regulator recovery”. He’s now trying to problem solve the scenario before the in-water training, along with Ana & Cynthia.

IDC Specialty | Adaptive Teaching Techniques 🎉 This might just be our favourite to teach. Not only is it fun, but it’s impactful, inclusive, and helps EVERYONE to dive - because we truly believe everyone should ❤️

Next IDC on 29 July 2026 - couple spots left
📍 - Alona Beach
🎉 Course Director - Troy Murray

No tan to be seen 👀 😂 Would you choose Twinset or sidemount?

Why is this PADI Instructor diving with his arms?

Actually, this is correct for this particular course 👇

Welcome to becoming a PADI Specialty Instructor — today’s course is Adaptive Techniques.

Throughout the course, candidates are given different scenarios and task limitations to help them better understand how to support divers with varying abilities underwater. The goal is to encourage problem-solving, communication, adaptability, and teamwork during the dive experience.

This course is extremely close to our hearts at Sierra Madre Divers, and it’s one of our favourites to teach.

Some of the scenarios we worked through were:

👉 Limited leg mobility | Compass Navigation
👉 Reduced lower body mobility | R + R BCD
👉 Single-arm task management | Regulator Recovery

Just to give you an idea.

We truly believe diving should be accessible to EVERYONE, and being able to train Instructors in adaptive techniques and underwater problem solving makes the world feel like a much better place.

📆 JULY 29 IDC is coming up (still a couple spots!) 🤿 You’ll complete the IDC training by 11 August, and the IE between 12-13 August. So... in just under 3 months you’ll be fully qualified to teach scuba diving anywhere in the world calling your name.

👉 In this reel, we’re doing some IDC specialties (Adaptive Techniques). Adding specialties to your diving repertoire boosts your chances of hireability.

🤔 Now, we have seen some posts go viral on social media talking about “if theres always people becoming Instructors, how are they all realistically able to land jobs?” - there are SO many ways to land a job (and your dream one at that).

🤝 We help you with all of the career ins and outs during your IDC at Sierra Madre Divers.

😎 Keen to meet you soon!

📆 Spots are limited for July (it’s going to be suuuuch a great course!)

Fololowing on from yesterday, a snippet of the pre-dive training brief before getting on the boat. Dive 2 builds directly on basic technical foundations. You will practice trim and positioning, buddy checks, simulated out-of-air (air sharing) scenarios, hovering at neutral buoyancy off the bottom, and the initial ex*****on of regulator/tank valve shutdown drills.

🌊 Technical diving relies on strict team awareness and gas redundancy. During this dive, you and your buddy will practice taking turns simulating a regulator failure or out-of-air situation

🤿 Proper hovering is critical for conducting decompression stops safely without damaging the environment or dropping through your depth limits.

🪸 You will learn to properly handle gas switches and alternate regulators, ensuring you can manage your valves and regulators without losing control of your buoyancy.

And more, but remember - this is just a very tiny snippet of a pretty in-depth technical diving course.

Our team at dives tec multiple times per week. If you’re reading this far, drop us a DM or reach out - we’d love to chat with you about beginning your Tec journey.

On Tec40 dive two with Johnny - learning to deploy an SMB in a tec sidemount configuration requires meticulous buoyancy control and strict task management. Because you have multiple independent cylinders, the goal is to deploy the buoy smoothly from a stationary, horizontal trim position without floating upward or snagging any equipment.

First try here, and he did pretty well!

The next dive was perfect - but Instagram is always a highlight reel, and honestly - we are keen to show the learning process a little bit. You might see a whole lot os absolutely perfect trim in tec on social media... but these course dives are always the starting point, and we think it’s important to share some of what ACTUALLY goes on beneath the waves.

Teaching Tec is super close to my heart. If you’ll be around Bohol and thinking of starting you Tec journey, come and chat with us at on Alona beach. We’d love to teach you!

45m dive over shopping in aisle 5 🪸