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Do you want to become a Divemaster or Scuba Instructor? Great! But have you really thought it through?
Diving can be addictive\u2014you\u2019ve probably noticed that already, otherwise you wouldn\u2019t be here. You love being underwater, you\u2019re not put off by the effort it takes, and you want to inspire others.
For most people, a long-term career as a dive instructor isn\u2019t the goal. You want to fill a gap year (or a few), travel the world for a while on a low budget, do a job you\u2019re happy to get up for in the morning. Or you\u2019re looking for something you can do occasionally alongside your main job\u2014maybe for a few months as extra support during high season. That\u2019s exactly what the path to becoming a dive professional is perfect for. And for some, over the years it turns into a real, solid profession.
At Punkfish Diving and in the Punkfish Academy, we support you throughout the entire journey into\u2014and through\u2014your work as an SSI Pro. Our focus isn\u2019t on stacking as many courses as possible as quickly as possible; we want you to become a truly good dive professional. That\u2019s why you\u2019re always welcome to stay on La Palma for as long as you like during any Pro course and join as many dives as you want: in every course, you should have the chance to gain real experience. And we\u2019ll show you how to teach skills from the very beginning without kneeling\u2014you\u2019ll see, this concept simply produces better divers. And if you already have experience as an SSI Instructor, you can qualify with us for various specialties, or take the step to Assistant Instructor Trainer and help train the next generation of dive professionals.
Caught the bug? Feel free to browse our site, and get in touch if you\u2019re interested in a course. <\/p>\n
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This page is for divers who want to prepare for the next professional step. <\/span><\/p>\n This could be preparation for the Divemaster. It could be the path towards Assistant Instructor or ITC. But it could also be the situation where you’ve been diving for a long time, helping out in dive operations or assisting with courses, and you realize: I want to better understand what I’m doing\u2014and why. Regardless of whether you take the courses with us on La Palma or elsewhere in the world, you can learn a lot online here, prepare for courses, or refresh your knowledge. <\/span><\/p>\n PUNKFISH PRO is also for people who don’t want to simply wait before a course until someone tells them what’s coming up. Those who sort things out, practice, and identify gaps beforehand start their training more calmly, clearly, and usually with more enjoyment. If you get fit in theory beforehand, you can fully concentrate on excelling in the water and in the other practical units during the course itself. <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”35px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n On these pages, you will find a valuable supplement to your course materials. Much of it is not tied to you taking the course with SSI\u2014even if you become a Divemaster or Instructor with another organization, you can find a lot here that will still help you. Especially the theoretical foundations are the same across all organizations. 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In recent years, she has increasingly focused on diving instructor training, technical diving and, above all, diving theory. [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Dominik Elsaesser” image=”https:\/\/punkfish-academy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Dominikneubreit.webp” alt=”Dominik Els\u00e4sser, Punkfish Academy” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” body_text_align=”center” image_icon_custom_margin=”0px|20px||20px|false|false” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”|30px||30px|false|true” custom_padding=”|30px||30px|false|false” body_text_align_tablet=”center” body_text_align_phone=”center” body_text_align_last_edited=”on|tablet” border_radii_image=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_color_all_image=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n SSI DMI and astrophysicist at TU Dortmund University<\/span><\/p>\n On land, Dominik works as a scientist at TU Dortmund University, among other things in the field of gamma-ray astronomy. As La Palma not only has fantastic diving areas, but also excellent conditions for astronomical observations, there are also large telescopes for this energy range. So it was perhaps even foreseeable that at some point one could find the other, and Dominik discovered his passion for diving. This passion has not let go of him to this day, and so he trains punk fishermen with great enthusiasm on various topics, in theory just as much as in practice. <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title=”Angela Schreiter” image=”https:\/\/punkfish-academy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SBP8252-scaled.webp” alt=”Dominik Els\u00e4sser, Punkfish Academy” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” body_text_align=”center” image_icon_custom_margin=”0px|20px||20px|false|false” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”|30px||30px|false|true” custom_padding=”|30px||30px|false|false” body_text_align_tablet=”center” body_text_align_phone=”center” body_text_align_last_edited=”on|tablet” border_radii_image=”on|5px|5px|5px|5px” border_color_all_image=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Assistant Instructor Trainer and Base Manager of Punkfish Diving<\/span><\/p>\n Angela joined Punkfish Diving just in time for the move to Fuencaliente and has grown together with the new center to become the base manager. [\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Becoming a dive professional – what is the best way to become a diving instructor and travel the world as a dive instructor?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10897,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13474","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat do we offer here?<\/h3>\n
For those pursuing the SSI path, we offer complete preparation: You can get the course materials from us, along with an online course to prepare for your training. Depending on the course, this includes different things that will in any case make the practical part of the training easier. <\/p>\nWhere to start?<\/h3>\n
Become an SSI Dive Pro – and keep learning<\/h2>\n
Here you will find a lot of additional material to help you prepare adequately. <\/p>\nPunkfish SSI Pro Training Team<\/h3>\n
In her life before diving, she studied social sciences and German as a teacher. A short break after her traineeship led to a completely different career path, but one that still has a lot to do with education. <\/p>\n
With her years of experience as a full-time diving instructor, she trains up to Assistant Instructor and can teach many Specialty Instructor courses.<\/p>\n