Elite Instructor Development Course
Become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor!
Join Dane Durand, our Silver Course Director, and Bruce Weitzenhoffer, our Gold Course Director, for your Instructor Development Course! Both Dane and Bruce have extensive cold water experience, a combined 20,000 dives+ and vast experience teaching and diving all over the world. Interested in living, diving and working in often challenging conditions? Become an instructor in the environment where you’ll teach. Even if you are planning to spend time in the tropics, the skills you learn here, in cold water, will serve you well anywhere in the world!
This is a multi-part program:
1. PADI IDC Preparation Day
2. PADI Assistant Instructor Course
3. PADI Open Water Instructor Course
4. Emergency First Response Instructor Course
5. DAN Diving First Aid (DFA) Provider Course
6. DAN Instructor Suite (DFA & BLS & EO2) Course
7. ENHANCED PADI Master SCUBA Diver Trainer Preparation (MSDT Prep) Course which includes a
total of EIGHT PADI Specialty Instructor ratings – ALSO including EAN and EO2 Student Certifications
if you do not already have these.
Additionally, this includes an optional shop internship for practical sales and client communications training, fill station operation, equipment rental & inspection & cleaning procedures.
We have created a program that includes everything that you will need to teach the most requested SCUBA and Diver Safety courses and to be a valuable diversely trained member of a successful dive shop operation.
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Course Pricing:
Materials & Administrative Fees (payable to Aquarius Dive Shop): $2,709 (plus tax)
Includes IDC Crew-Pak, Skill Prep Slate, Dive Theory eLearning, EanX and E02 Course, EFR Instructor Crew-Pak, DAN eLearning
Materials (payable to Course Director at first in-person session): $90
Includes DAN Slate Pack
Tuition (payable to Course Director at first in-person session): $3,450
Tuition (payable to IDC Staff Instructor at IDC Prep Day): $250
Course Total: $6,499
Plus: Examination, Certification & Processing Fees (payable to PADI): $1,893
Plus: DAN Examination, Certification & Processing Fees (payable to Course Director): $85
Links:
Elite Instructor Development Course Program Learning Agreement
IDC Candidate Information Sheet
For more information: contact us at pro@aquariusdivers.com and one of our Course Directors, Bruce or Dane, will get back to you promptly.
Availability: In Stock
Here at Aquarius Dive Shop, we schedule our IDC to meet the challenging time constraints of our candidates who are local as well as those who have chosen to come to Monterey for the IDC. Our program is designed to synch with the two-day PADI Instructor Exam (IE) administered by PADI Staff scheduled for the weekend immediately following the completion of our course. This timeline reinforces mastery retention of knowledge and skills to best prepare you for success at the IE and when teaching.
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Future IDC Schedule:
August/September 2025 IDC/IE
IDC Prep Day 10AUG25
IDC 15-31AUG25 (Three Day Weekend Format)
IE 06/07SEP25 (Monterey, CA)
EFRI/ DAN/ MSDT Prep Course is included within the ELITE IDC Schedule
November/December 2025 IDC/IE
IDC Prep Day 02NOV25
IDC 21NOV-02DEC (Two Week Format)
IE 06/07DEC25 (PADI HQ - Rancho Santa Margarita, CA)
EFRI/ DAN/ MSDT Prep Course is included within the ELITE IDC Schedule
January/February 2026 IDC/IE
IDC Prep Day 11JAN26
IDC 15JAN-02FEB (Three Day Weekend Format)
IE 07/08FEB
EFRI/ DAN/ MSDT Prep Course is included within the ELITE IDC Schedule
April/May 2026 IDC/IE
IDC Prep Day 19APR26
IDC 23APR-06MAY (Three Day Weekend Format)
IE 09/10MAY
EFRI/ DAN/ MSDT Prep Course is included within the ELITE IDC Schedule
August/September 2026 IDC/IE
IDC Prep Day 16AUG26
IDC 21AUG-07SEP (Three Day Weekend Format)
IE 09/10SEP
EFRI/ DAN/ MSDT Prep Course is included within the ELITE IDC Schedule
*Additional days may be added as necessary.
For more information about our future IDC calendar beyond what is listed above, contact pro@aquariusdivers.com, one of our Course Directors, Bruce or Dane, will get back to you promptly.
