• Elite Instructor Development Course

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 on spending time in the tropics, the skills you learn here, in cold water, will serve you well anywhere in the world!

This is a three-part course - the Assistant Instructor (AI) course, the Emergency First Responder (EFR) Instructor course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program.

Course Pricing

Materials & Administrative Fees (payable to Aquarius Dive Shop): $2,709 (plus tax)

     Includes IDC Crew-Pak, Skill Development Prep Slate, Dive Theory eLearning, EanX and E02 Course, EFR Instructor Digital Crew-Pak, DAN Provider/Instructor 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

 

Click here for a complete IDC Program Overview

 

Links:

Instructor Development Course Program Learning Agreement

Diver Medical

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.

Starting from
$2709.00

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.

 

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
 
*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.

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