Make your 2008 mean something and get the best start ever and become a PADI Instructor with our IDC held on Utila, Honduras
If you are a PADI Divemaster (or equivalent) then you can enroll in either our upcoming PADI IDC's that will run from April 16th to the 27th with the exams on the 29th/30th. Then our May IDC of 2008 will run from the 14th to 25th with the exams on the 27th/28th right here on Utila. There's never been a better time to become a PADI Instructor with a booming dive industry through Central America and the Caribbean, from Mexico to Panama, with a demand for PADI Scuba Instructors to work the upcoming season. Make your year mean something and join us for the most exciting and dynamic PADI IDC in Central America, arrive early for free diving and preparation program, please contact us on info@goproutila.com for more information and read on to find out what makes our program and staff the most chosen and awarded in Central America.Read the latest Utila Dive Center NewsletterUtila, hot off the digital press. Get the October newsletter and read the latest and greatest from the most professional, friendly, eco-orientated and innovative dive team in Central America. In the October 2007 edition we have updates from the summer, festivals and great sightings, summer promotions and Whale shark news!!
- See our brand new schedule for PADI Instructor Development Course in 2008, we now have more options and dates for you with 11 scheduled PADI Instructor Examinations in the best part of Central America and the Caribbean!
This summer saw two of the busiest weeks for visitors to Utila recorded. The week long Utila Carnival entertained islanders and tourists alike with nightly parties, beauty pageants, beach games and a street parade.
One week after the Carnival closed the 11th annual SunJam rave on the beautiful desert island of Watercaye attracted over 1000 visitors for 24 hours of summer loving fun, music and dancing. DJ's from Central America and the USA entertained revellers till the early hours of the morning, and already we are looking forward to summer 2008. See SunJamUtila for more photos.Winners of PADI's 2006 'Environmental Achievement Award.............Congratulations to Utila Dive Center's team of PADI Divemaster, Instructor and support staff for receiving this award from PADI for their environmental and conservation efforts in 2006. Only a handful of dive resorts and centers worldwide recieve this award and is a reflection of all the hard work, investment and dedication that UDC staff have shown through their environmental clean-up's, research activities, educational programs and setting up a new ecological facility at UDC. A special show of appreciation and thanks was delivered to the owners of the Utila Dive Center for their generous investment and commitment to setting up the only non-profit, NGO, in Utila that specialises in courses covering ecological areas, mangrove concerns and marine research, with the 'Utila Center for Marine Ecology' (UCME) headed by biologist Stephen Box. The UCME is open to all divers on Utila, especially Divemaster and Instructor (IDC) candidates and interns, as a way to improve their own education and understanding of ecological matters on a local level by studying the meso-american reef system that runs from Mexico, to Belize and into Honduras, and also on a global level.