PADI Course Directors and IDC Staff Instructors
During the PADI IDC and IE, you want to know that you are in the very best hands at all times. Our PADI Platinum Course Directors and Master Instructors will be there at all times to assist you right the way through the entire IDC and IE process.
Our combination of International PADI Course Directors and Master Instructors will ensure that you have the most up to date knowledge and resources available to you. Through out the period of the IDC, our staff will provide you with all the support that you need to fulfil the curriculum and prepare for the IE.
Blue Season Bali's team is led by Bali's only resident Platinum Course Director, Jonathan Cross. Jon is assisted by very experienced Master Instructors on every PADI IDC! Blue Season Bali employs the island's only native English-speaking Course Directors and offers full professional development support in French, German, Dutch, Indonesian, and Japanese. We can teach you everything you need to know- in your language!
Jonathan - Platinum PADI Course Director
PADI Course Director Jonathan has been diving for over ten years and has logged over 3500+ dives. Jonathan is actively involved with all of the Blue Season Bali internship programs and with conducting the PADI IDC's in Bali.
With many years experience of teaching divers of all levels, Jonathan is able to offer a wealth of information to our IDC candidates. Being the Director of Blue Season Bali also makes him a great source of information. Having lived in Indonesia for more than ten years, Jon has a great network of dive contacts when it comes time to think about future employment opportunities.
When he's not busy diving, teaching, and running Blue Season Bali; Jon enjoys beating Westy at pool .
INFO:
- British
- 35 years old
- 3500 + logged dives
- 13 years diving experience
- 1000 + certifications
- Chosen by PADI Asia Pacific as the WINNER of the 2010 Instructor Development Award
Email JONATHAN for more info about the Bali IDC.
Tom - PADI Course Director
PADI Course Director Tom West is the Professional Development Manager for Blue Season Bali and has a wealth of knowledge about diving in many specialised areas. Tom works directly with all internship participants- teaching specialty courses, running the divemaster programs, and adding special skills like reverse finning, helicopter turns and advanced buoyancy clinics. An avid technical instructor, he has a habit of trying to turn everyone into what he calls a "sexy diver," but we're trying to help him with that...
Tom ended his corporate consulting career in 2005 and focused himself on recreational and technical diving. He is dedicated to providing you with the best possible chance of succeeding during your internship and to help you during your PADI IDC. With over 2500 logged dives, Tom has a lot of experience working in the seas around Asia- including New Zealand, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Tom joins Jonathan Cross and Thomas Barrett as the only three native English-speaking PADI CDs working full time in Bali.
Tom is the technical guru here at Blue Season Bali and is our head technical diving instructor trainer. At only 31 years old, Tom's depth of knowledge and experience has led him to certify other PADI Course Directors in Bali in DSAT TecRec programs. Just get in the water with him and you'll understand...
INFO:
- American
- 31 years old
- 3000 + logged dives
- 6 years diving experience
- 700 + certifications
- Recognized by PADI for Excellence twice in 2009
- DSAT Technical Instructor Trainer
- TDI Technical Instructor
Email TOM for more info about our scuba diving internships.
Wakaba - PADI Master Instructor
PADI Master Instructor Wakaba is also a company director and owner of Blue Season Bali. Wakaba has been teaching for many years and has vast experience within the Indonesian archipelago.
Wakaba assists on the PADI IDC's and Internships to provide support for our female Divemaster and Instructor candidates along with our Japanese divers.
INFO:
- Japanese
- 40 years old
- 2000 + logged dives
- 17 years diving experience
- 150 + certifications
Email Wakaba for more info about the Bali IDC.
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