PADI Underwater Dance Courses

The PADI Underwater Dance course introduces you to the foundations of underwater dance. You’ll develop your understanding of breath-hold techniques, equalisation, underwater movement and the equipment used for dance. In the water, you’ll practise basic dance positions and techniques, building control and confidence as you move underwater.

This course is for certified PADI Mermaid or PADI Freediver participants, or those with a qualifying equivalent. It includes knowledge development and confined-water training. An optional open-water dive may be available to participants with the required qualification.

Take your underwater performance further with the PADI Advanced Underwater Dance course. You’ll explore advanced breath-hold techniques and the foundations of underwater choreography, then practise more complex movements and work towards performing a choreographed dance sequence.

To enrol, you need to be certified as a PADI Advanced Mermaid or PADI Freediver, or hold a qualifying equivalent, and have completed the PADI Underwater Dance course. The course includes knowledge development and confined-water training, with an optional open-water dive.

The PADI Underwater Dance Instructor course is a professional development pathway for eligible PADI Mermaid and PADI Freediver instructors who want to teach the Underwater Dance Specialty. You’ll build on your student-level Underwater Dance training and develop the knowledge and skills needed to conduct the course in line with PADI standards.

Applicants must hold active teaching status as a PADI Mermaid Instructor or PADI Freediver Instructor and have completed the PADI Underwater Dance course, or meet the applicable equivalent and crossover requirements.

Already qualified to teach Underwater Dance? The PADI Advanced Underwater Dance Instructor course builds on that professional rating and prepares eligible instructors to teach the Advanced Underwater Dance Specialty. It combines advanced student-level dance training with the professional prerequisites for teaching the advanced course.

Applicants must hold active teaching status as a PADI Mermaid Instructor or PADI Freediver Instructor, be a PADI Underwater Dance Instructor, and complete the PADI Advanced Underwater Dance course.