PADI dive centre software for the work PADI's systems don't do

Where PADI ends and DiveOps begins

Run a PADI centre and your day splits into two halves. One half is certification: digital learning, eLearning records, processing certs, instructor and shop credentials. PADI's own systems own that, and DiveOps does not touch it. We do not issue cards, we do not file certifications, and we make no claim to.

The other half is the business: the flood of WhatsApp enquiries, who is on which boat, whether the gear is serviced, who paid and who still owes, and what your week actually looks like. That half is usually run on a whiteboard, a paper diary, a spreadsheet and three chat apps. DiveOps is the single system for that half, sitting next to your PADI workflow rather than replacing any part of it.

• PADI's systems keep doing certifications, eLearning and credentialing, exactly as today
• DiveOps runs enquiries, bookings, payments, boats, gear, team and finance
• No double entry of the parts that matter: your schedule, prices and dive menu live in DiveOps
• Your instructors still log into PADI's tools for anything certification-related

A WhatsApp AI that answers like your best front-desk staff

Many dive enquiries now arrive on WhatsApp, often at night, often from another timezone, often in another language. The centre that replies first usually wins the booking. When you are teaching a course or on the boat, that reply does not happen, and the lead goes cold.

DiveOps puts an AI on your own WhatsApp Business number that answers in under 2 minutes, in the diver's own language, around the clock. It knows your real course options, prices, daily schedule and dive sites, and it captures the diver's details straight into your bookings. Anything off-script, such as a medical question, goes to your team with the full conversation attached. It is built on the official Meta Business API and DiveOps is a Meta Tech Provider, so the number stays yours with no reseller and no ban risk.

• About 92% of enquiries handled automatically, the rest handed to a human with full context
• Under 2 minutes average reply time, day or night
• 24/7 coverage on your existing number, in the diver's language
• Roughly 8 hours a week of admin handed back to you and your team

One system for the rest of the shop

The WhatsApp AI is the front door. Behind it, DiveOps is full dive centre management software that runs the operation end to end, so your team works from one login instead of stitching tools together.

Everything connects: an enquiry becomes a booking, the booking lands on the trip sheet, the trip sheet drives the boat manifest and gear, and the payment flows through to finance. Your PADI certification step slots in wherever it already does, untouched.

• Bookings and payments, with deposits and balances tracked automatically
• Dive groups and courses, so instructors and students are organised per trip
• Boats and live GPS, plus the daily trip sheet and year schedule
• Gear and servicing, so cylinders and kit are tracked and in date
• Team and HR, finance and POS, and a morning overview with the numbers that matter

Built by someone who has stood behind a PADI dive shop counter

DiveOps was built by a former Koh Tao dive professional who went on to become Global Head of Technology and Cybersecurity Oversight at Revolut, one of Europe's largest fintechs. The product's roots are on Koh Tao, and the concept was validated with 20 Koh Tao dive centres before launch.

It is already trusted in demanding, high-volume operations, including one of the world's largest SSI dive centres. The operational problems are the same whichever agency you teach under: too many enquiries, too much admin, and not enough hands. DiveOps was designed for exactly that, while leaving your certification agency's systems to do what they do best.

Important: not affiliated with or endorsed by PADI

To be clear, DiveOps is independent software. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, certified by, or partnered with PADI in any way. PADI is a separate organisation and its own systems remain the system of record for all certification and credentialing.

DiveOps works alongside your PADI workflow. We handle your centre's operations; PADI handles certifications. If you teach under more than one agency, the same applies to each: DiveOps stays in its lane and leaves certification to the agency.