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PADI Instructor Development Courses

Costs

For your convenience, our prices include EVERYTHING (except applicable taxes and additional supplies as listed below) necessary to complete the PADI Instructor Development Course and the PADI Instructor Exam.

DescriptionCost
Total cost $2,985
Open Water Scuba Instructor - full IDC

$1200
PADI eLearning IDC Online Presentations                         $320
PADI IDC Application fee $105
IDC Crewpak (see contents list below) $450
($700 value)
Emergency First Response Instructor (EFR) $300
EFR Instructor Application fee $75
EFR Instructor Manual $50
PADI Instructor Exam Fee $485

A la carte menu of classes

DescriptionCost
All a la carte prices include instruction only. Add supplies, Instructor Exam, and other filing fees as applicable.
Assistant Instructor $500
Open Water Scuba Instructor (for Previously Certified Assistant Instructors) $800
PADI Crossover $800
IDC Staff Instructor $300
Emergency First Response Instructor $500

IDC Crewpak Includes:

  • PADI Specialty Instructor Manual
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Instructor Outline
  • Project AWARE Specialty Instructor Outline
  • AWARE – Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Instructor Outline
  • PADI'S Guide to Teaching
  • The Best of the Undersea Journal book
  • The Business of Diving book
  • Law and the Diving Professional book
  • Children and Scuba Diving book
  • Open Water Aquatic Cue Cards
  • Confined Water Aquatic Cue Cards
  • Adventures in Diving Aquatic Cue Cards
  • Rescue Diver Aquatic Cue Cards
  • Confined Water Lesson Plan Slate
  • Open Water Lesson Plan Slate
  • Open Water Diver Quizzes and Exams booklet
  • Rescue Diver Final Exams booklet
  • Divemaster Final Exams booklet
  • PADI Adventure Log Teaching/Supervising module
  • PADI Backpack

Additional supplies you must provide

  • Current Student Manuals, including:
    • Open Water Diver
    • Adventures in Diving
    • Rescue Diver
    • Divemaster
    • Encyclopdeia of Recreational Diving
    • Diving Knowledge Workbook
  • RDP, Both formats and associated Instructions For Use Booklets:
    • eRDP ml
    • Table
    • Wheel
  • Divemaster Aquatic Cue Cards
  • Discover Scuba Diving Aquatic Cue Card
  • Calculator (non-programmable, cell phone calculators will not be allowed at the IE)
  • Personal laptop for entire IDC/IE (Only if using the digital format of the PADI Instructor Manual)

If you need to purchase any of these items, Maui Dreams can help you at a discounted rate.

For more information contact Teri Leonard at: idc@mauidreamsdiveco.com