New in 2007 for all Divemaster and Instructor candidates: Check out our new 'Beautiful Oceans' Science Instructor Development Center and 'Utila Center for Marine Ecology', UCME.  As the most committed and dedicated facility in the region we are also able to provide the highest and most credible programs in marine biology to give you a better understanding, education, and rating to pass onto to other divers.  You'll also get the opportunities to participate in our 'Dolphin Survey' specialty, written by our team of environmentalists, approved by PADI and used by the University of Missouri's 'Marine Mammal Cognitive & Psychology Behavioral department'. This 2 day program, along with our Beautiful Oceans Science Diver courses, UCME specialties and Whaleshark awareness specialty, from PADI's Project Aware, are now available to all our professionals in training. This training is unique to Utila Dive Centre and we'd love for you to join us in our weekly Dolphin and Whaleshark surveys and research, and help make the environment around Utila, a better place for divers today and in the future, contact us for more details.

From this moment on, the Utila Dive Centre can lead you through your career in diving and education. As a Padi Career Development Center and Gold Palm Resort. we have the highest rating awarded to an Instructor Development Center. Our resident course director and staff instructors can provide expert guidance and professional instruction from all levels, beginner to technical Instructor.

Our professional training programs include;

Accommodation packages in the beautiful Mango Inn hotel
Guaranteed group sizes 4:1 for Divemaster training and 6:1 for Instructor training
The most experienced professional staff in Central America
Support tuition in Spanish, German, French and Hebrew
All course materials and equipment
Retail equipment store with 20% discount for our trainees

Rebreather try dive (only facility in Central America to offer this)
Equipment repair workshops
Employment programs in our facility to help earn your way and supplement expenses
Wireless internet in Utila Dive Centre and Mango Inn, plus desktops with internet available free of charge
2 in house PADI Course Directors
Technical training to trimix Instructor, no other PADI Career Development Center in Central America can offer this!
Dolphin and Whaleshark surveys and specialty training, approved by PADI and accredited with the University of Missouri
Training as technical support diver...if you desire adventure then you'll have the opportunity to assist, within recreational limits, our technical divers on thier deeper adventures, again another exclusive benefit of training with Utila Dive Centre

Weekly BBQ's and social events

Free diving for life!!!!!