BSAC Advanced Instructor · AI · Hurghada
BSAC Advanced Instructor Course in Hurghada
From teaching a lesson to running the training. Advanced Instructor develops an Open Water Instructor’s planning, leadership and dive management into the judgment needed for more complex teaching, deeper environments and coordinating other instructors, taught across the reefs, wrecks and boats of Hurghada.
What is a BSAC Advanced Instructor?
A BSAC Advanced Instructor is a higher-level qualification in the British Sub-Aqua Club instructor training scheme, developing an Open Water Instructor into someone who can teach and manage more complex diving activities, coordinate other instructors and exercise real instructional judgment. Candidates must be at least eighteen, hold BSAC Open Water Instructor and normally BSAC Advanced Diver, with the applicable teaching experience and current BSAC prerequisites. The program covers advanced lesson planning, dive management, instructor leadership, teaching in more demanding environments and expedition-level planning. Red Sea Diving runs the program in Hurghada for £1,500 per person, with BSAC membership, assessment and certification fees charged separately, subject to BSAC authorization and Instructor Trainer availability.
Moreover, the step from Open Water Instructor is a step in responsibility, not only in diving depth: an Advanced Instructor is expected to support other instructors and keep standards consistent, not just teach a good lesson alone. Therefore we review your instructor and diver qualifications before we confirm a program, and we explain in writing any BSAC fee that applies. The program follows the standards published by the British Sub-Aqua Club for advanced instructor development.
BSAC Advanced Instructor in Hurghada at a glance
| Course | BSAC Advanced Instructor (AI), a higher-level BSAC instructor qualification |
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| Price | £1,500 per person, Red Sea Diving instructor-development program only |
| BSAC fees | Membership, event, materials, assessment and certification fees, charged separately |
| Minimum age | 18 years |
| Instructor prerequisite | BSAC Open Water Instructor |
| Diver grade | BSAC Advanced Diver, subject to current BSAC requirements |
| Focus | Advanced lesson planning, dive management, instructor leadership, teaching in advanced environments, expedition and dive planning |
| Assessment | BSAC Advanced Instructor assessment requirements apply |
| Duration | Scheduled per candidate according to existing experience and required training |
| Authorization | Run through the BSAC instructor training structure with a qualified Instructor Trainer; dates confirmed per event |
| Next level | BSAC’s higher instructor-training and Instructor Trainer pathways |
| Location | Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt |
| Operator | Red Sea Diving, a BSAC training center in Hurghada, diving since 2000 |
How does BSAC Advanced Instructor differ from Open Water Instructor?
An Open Water Instructor teaches a lesson. By contrast, an Advanced Instructor runs the training day: coordinating other instructors, planning for more experienced students and more demanding environments, and stepping in when a plan needs to change. Consequently the emphasis moves from your own teaching toward supporting and maintaining the standard of everyone teaching around you.
Furthermore, the diving prerequisite reflects the same shift. An OWI candidate needs Dive Leader; an Advanced Instructor candidate needs Advanced Diver, the grade built on expedition planning and seamanship. In other words, Advanced Instructor asks you to be both a better diver and a better organizer, not only a better teacher.
In short, this is also the point where BSAC’s instructor and diver pathways meet: an Advanced Diver who is already an Open Water Instructor is exactly who this course is written for.
What does BSAC Advanced Instructor development cover?
Advanced teaching skills
Adapting instruction to more experienced divers and more complex training situations: student experience, objectives, conditions and assessment together.
Advanced lesson planning
Learning objectives, student capability, site suitability, gas, depth, environmental conditions, emergency procedures and an alternative plan for each one.
Dive management
Above all, organizing divers, planning buddy teams, briefing, monitoring the activity and coordinating instructors as conditions change.
Instructor leadership
Communicating clearly, supporting other instructors, maintaining standards and spotting a problem early enough to fix it.
Advanced diving environments
Likewise, greater depth, current, reduced visibility and more complex dive plans, always within BSAC standards and candidate qualifications.
Expedition and dive planning
In addition, objectives, team structure, boats, gas, decompression, weather, communications and emergency arrangements for more ambitious diving.
Instructor judgment
Reading student ability, instructor capability, weather and sea state, and knowing when to change or cancel a training activity.
Developing other instructors
Furthermore, supporting newer instructors as they build their own teaching, which is what separates this level from teaching alone.
Coordinating a team
Finally, running a training day with more than one instructor working, so the standard stays consistent across all of them.
However, leadership here is demonstrated through judgment rather than simply holding a qualification. In other words, the program develops real capability, and BSAC’s assessment requirements confirm it.
How is BSAC Advanced Instructor development scheduled?
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Review, before anything else
To begin with, we review your OWI qualification date, diver grade, courses taught, dive-management and rescue experience, and current BSAC membership.
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Gap plan
Then a written development plan, because candidates arrive with different teaching experience and different gaps toward the assessment requirements.
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Advanced planning and leadership
Next, advanced lesson planning, dive-management exercises and leadership development, worked through on paper before they go to sea.
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Advanced environments
Afterward, teaching practice in more demanding conditions, deeper sites, boat operations and coordinating alongside other instructors.
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Assessment
Finally, preparation for and completion of the BSAC Advanced Instructor assessment requirements that apply to your route.
However, there is no fixed duration. Consequently the schedule follows your existing experience, the authorized event and current BSAC assessment arrangements.
Who can become a BSAC Advanced Instructor?
- BSAC Open Water Instructors ready to take on more responsibility
- Also, BSAC Advanced Divers, subject to current BSAC requirements
- Likewise, at least eighteen years old
- In addition, current BSAC membership and the medical declaration completed
- Furthermore, real teaching experience to build on, ideally across more than one course
- Above all, instructors who want to support a team, not only teach alone
Not there yet? The BSAC Open Water Instructor course is the step before this one, and Advanced Diver supplies the diver grade. Moreover, both can be planned together if your logbook and teaching record allow it.
What does the £1,500 price include?
Included
- Advanced instructor development with a qualified BSAC Instructor Trainer
- Also, advanced lesson planning and dive-management exercises
- Leadership development and instructor feedback
- In addition, teaching practice in the open water activities included in your program
- Standard 12-liter cylinders and weights for included dives
- Likewise, the dive boat where included, lunch, soft drinks, tea and coffee on those days
- Furthermore, hotel transfer within central Hurghada on training days
Possible extras
- BSAC membership and event fees
- Also, instructor-training materials and assessment fees
- Official examination and certification fees
- In addition, full equipment rental, Nitrox, 15-liter cylinders and technical gases
- Liveaboard trips, unless your quotation specifically includes one
- Likewise, accommodation, flights, visa and insurance
- Certification and administration charges
Therefore your written quotation shows the program price and each applicable BSAC fee as separate lines. In fact, the assessments belong to BSAC, which is why their fees never sit inside our price.
Why train in Hurghada?
An Advanced Instructor needs advanced environments to practice in, and Hurghada supplies them within one day’s range: sheltered reefs for the basics, walls and current for real judgment, wrecks for planning complexity and daily boat operations that never run exactly the same way twice. Consequently the coordination and leadership this course develops gets tested against a working dive center, not a classroom scenario.
Moreover, the same base runs daily diving and liveaboards, so an Advanced Instructor here works alongside real teams managing real logistics. Our procedures sit on the diving safety page.
Furthermore, we teach both BSAC and PADI, which means our instructor team already coordinates across systems every week, exactly the kind of consistency an Advanced Instructor is asked to maintain.
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Advanced instructor development in pictures
What comes after BSAC Advanced Instructor?
Higher instructor training
Experienced Advanced Instructors can continue through BSAC’s higher instructor-training pathways, subject to the applicable prerequisites.
Instructor Trainer
By contrast, the route that eventually lets you train instructors yourself, running IFCs and instructor development for others.
National Instructor
Then the top BSAC instructor level, recognizing sustained instructional excellence across the whole training scheme.
Overall, the BSAC instructor route runs: Instructor Foundation Course → Assistant Diving Instructor → Open Water Instructor → Advanced Instructor → National Instructor. Meanwhile, the parallel diver route runs through Advanced Diver and First Class Diver.
Why us
Why train with Red Sea Diving
Safety first
Above all, a training activity changes or stops whenever conditions require it, because good instructional judgment includes knowing when not to teach.
Since 2000
Indeed, more than two decades of diving and liveaboard operations out of Hurghada, on every Egyptian route.
A real instructor team
Furthermore, several instructors teaching every week means real coordination to practice, not a simulated one.
Advanced environments on the doorstep
Moreover, deep walls, wrecks and current-swept sites all within one day’s range of the marina.
Transparent pricing
In addition, we explain the £1,500 program price and every applicable BSAC fee in writing before you confirm.
A place to keep going
Likewise, daily diving, liveaboards and Advanced Diver training under the same roof, so development never has to pause between steps.
Questions
BSAC Advanced Instructor questions and answers
Price and booking
How much does BSAC Advanced Instructor development cost in Hurghada?
The Red Sea Diving program price is £1,500 per person. However, official BSAC membership, event, assessment and certification fees are separate unless your quotation specifically states otherwise.
Are BSAC assessment fees included in the £1,500?
No. The assessments belong to BSAC. Therefore we charge their fees separately and confirm them before booking.
Can I complete Advanced Instructor training in Hurghada?
Suitable training can be arranged subject to candidate eligibility, BSAC requirements and appropriately qualified instructor personnel. Consequently we confirm your event in writing before you travel.
Are liveaboard trips included?
Not automatically. Any liveaboard component must be specifically stated in your quotation.
Requirements
What instructor qualification do I need?
Normally BSAC Open Water Instructor, reviewed alongside your teaching experience before we confirm a program.
What diver grade do I need?
Normally BSAC Advanced Diver, subject to current BSAC requirements.
What is the minimum age?
Eighteen years, alongside current BSAC membership, medical and experience requirements.
Is Advanced Instructor the same as Open Water Instructor?
No. Advanced Instructor develops higher-level instructional, leadership and dive-management capabilities beyond Open Water Instructor.
The program and after
Does the program include dive management?
Yes. Dive management and advanced planning are important elements of Advanced Instructor development.
Does the program include leadership development?
Yes. In fact, instructor leadership and supporting other instructors sit at the center of this level.
What comes after BSAC Open Water Instructor?
The next major instructor-development qualification is BSAC Advanced Instructor, provided you meet the applicable prerequisites.
What comes after Advanced Instructor?
Experienced Advanced Instructors can continue developing through BSAC’s higher instructor-training and Instructor Trainer pathways, subject to the applicable prerequisites.
Book your BSAC Advanced Instructor development
Send us your full name, your age, your BSAC membership number, your current diver grade and instructor qualification, the date you qualified as OWI, your number of logged dives, your teaching experience and the courses you have taught, your dive-management and rescue qualifications, your preferred dates and the number of candidates. Then we review your experience and confirm the appropriate program and price in writing. For liveaboard diving in Egypt see also redsealiveaboard.net, and read the current fitness guidance from Divers Alert Network.
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This page was last reviewed by the Red Sea Diving instructor team in September 2026.
