Utila Lodge-Bay Island College of Diving

Set on the waterfront in Utila, Honduras, Utila Lodge – Bay Islands College of Diving is a PADI 5 Star Career Development Center backed by a team of 10 PADI Instructors. From an onsite training pool and classroom to a hyperbaric chamber and an award-winning PADI IDC Instructor Development program, it's built for divers who want to go deep into their training.

Courses and diving

The center runs the full ladder of PADI courses, from Open Water diver right through to IDC Staff Instructor, alongside PADI TecRec technical and trimix diving, underwater photography and videography, and marine conservation internships. Air fills, nitrox, trimix and mixed gas are all handled onsite, with equipment sales and scuba rental on hand.

Utila's waters bring encounters with sharks, whales, turtles, rays, eels, molluscs and crustaceans, corals and anemones. With waterfront rooms, food and drinks, an onsite conservation NGO, and staff speaking English, Spanish, Dutch, French and German, it suits new and career-minded divers alike.