Make sure you are ready! We find that frequently IDC candidates have not had much experience with helping on courses as a Divemaster.
100% Pass Guarantee. Free Post-IDC Internship. 10% Off for Two Fish DM Graduates.
The PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) is the final step from Divemaster to certified PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. We run IDCs from our PADI 5-Star centres in Bali — Amed, Nusa Penida, and Sanur.
You’ll train directly with Course Director Restuning in small groups. No handoffs to staff instructors. Real mentoring, honest feedback, and thorough preparation for your Instructor Examination.
After your IDC, you can take advantage of our free Instructor Internship — up to 2 months of real teaching experience at our centres. Just pay room and board.
Not sure you’re ready for the full IDC? See our guide to the PADI Assistant Instructor rating — it can be taken as a stand-alone first step.
Save 10% on your IDC course fee. That’s more than IDR 2,500,000 off. Complete your DM with us first
If you complete our IDC and don’t pass your Instructor Examination, we’ll provide additional training and a free IDC retake — at no extra cost. The IE is run independently by PADI, not by Two Fish. Our guarantee means you’ll arrive prepared. It doesn’t happen by accident.
Indonesia’s first female Course Director. Direct access throughout — not handed off to staff instructors. Small groups, real mentoring.
Morning yoga is part of the IDC schedule. Builds focus and body awareness — the foundation of confident dive instruction.
3 IDC centres across Bali — Amed, Nusa Penida, and Sanur. Sanur is 30 minutes from the international airport, accommodation at all budgets.
Up to 2 months as an instructor intern at our centres after certification. Real students, real experience.
Complete your DM with us, save 10% on your IDC. The most economical full pathway to PADI Instructor in Indonesia.
The highest rating PADI awards. Your training meets international standards. Your certification is recognised worldwide.
Two Fish Divers have been running IDCs for more than 12 years. Our Course Director is Restuning — the first and only female Indonesian PADI Course Director. She’s been teaching on IDCs for more than 9 years, the last 3 with us. We don’t use freelance Course Directors.
Diving has always been her passion, and her bubbly personality and professionalism have helped make her become one of the most popular and respectable dive professionals in the area. We’re proud to call her our Course Director and part of the Two Fish team.
The PADI IDC will develop your abilities to prepare academic presentations, as well as confined & open water teaching. You’ll also learn about business and marketing principles, teaching children, risk management, and other important topics relevant for the well equipped dive professional.
The course contains the following:
A typical day of the IDC looks like:
The most direct route to your IDC is completing your PADI Divemaster with Two Fish first. You get real training across Indonesia’s best dive sites, and you unlock a 10% discount on your IDC — saving more than IDR 2,500,000.
Prerequisites:
Make sure you are ready! We find that frequently IDC candidates have not had much experience with helping on courses as a Divemaster.
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We can organise up to 4weeks with us prior to the IDC to gain experience as a Divemaster working at one of our dive centers, under supervision and professional guidance of one of our experienced instructors.
During the DM Experience Programme you will get all your diving for free, but the priority will be helping your instructor teach courses, re-doing your theory if necessary, and getting the experience you need to pass your IDC with flying colours. You will also need your own set of diving equipment and access to your DM Manual & Materials.
IDR15,000,000 for the 5 Spec Pack
The Master Scuba Diver Trainer allows you to train PADI Speciality courses. We highly recommend it for two very good reasons:
We run our MSDT Prep after every IDC over 3 days, and you can choose to train up to 5 instructor specialty courses. For each speciality, you will watch the professional DVD, this gives you the objective of the course and tips on how to teach it. There are some knowledge reviews to be done, and the Course Director will take you through some training exercises on land, before practicing on 1 or 2 dives.
You can select 5 specialities from the list below. In choosing you need to decide what options and specialties work best for you. What interests you? What will be the most successful in the area you will be teaching? Our Course Director will be happy to advise you.
** You must hold user level certification before training for teaching these specialties
More specialty ratings available, please contact us for more information.
IDR7,500,000 excl any materials
The IDC Staff Instructor course is run over 12 days, and is conducted in conjunction with every IDC program.
In addition to all the courses you can teach as a PADI Instructor, as a PADI IDC Staff Instructor you will also be able to independently teach PADI Assistant Instructor courses, and assist PADI Course Directors in conducting IDCs and other instructor-level continuing education programmes.
You need to be a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer and Emergency First Response Instructor before you can begin the IDC Staff Instructor Course.
IDR4,125,000 excl any materials
You can join one of our IDCs If you are already a PADI IDC Staff Instructor and need more staffing credits.
FREE if you bring a candidate to an IDC which you staff
All of our locations are based on tropical-island dive resorts in Indonesia with world-class diving right on your doorstep – the world-famous reefs of Bunaken, the muck diving magic of Lembeh Straits, the mantas and mola molas of Nusa Penida/ Nusa Lembongan, and the world-famous sites near Amed such as Tulamben & the Liberty shipwreck. No other IDC can offer you all of these fantastic locations!
Our Course Director is also a Yoga Teacher & Instructor and she offers FREE yoga sessions (optional) for you to join every day of your IDC. Not only that, our CD is also a Freediving Instructor and you will get a FREE Intro to Freediving session during your IDC so you can find out what all the fuss is about Freediving. No other IDC can offer you these extra’s!
We don’t like crowds, so we aim to have small class sizes on each IDC, giving you more attention from your course director and more chances to help in the dive center and get real-life experience.
We have 5 busy dive centers and our IDC candidates and Instructor Interns get preference for any job opportunities.
We run IDCs from Amed, Nusa Penida, and Sanur throughout the year.
If you complete our IDC and don’t pass your IE, we provide additional training and a free IDC retake at no extra cost. The IE is run independently by PADI. We prepare you thoroughly; the guarantee means we stand behind that preparation.
Mention it when you enquire — we’ll have your records on file. The 10% discount applies to your IDC course fee, saving you more than IDR 2,500,000.
Spend your divemaster internship diving the main Bali sites found around Amed like Tulamben’s USAT Liberty wreck, as well as drop-offs, coral slopes and a bit of muck.
Spend your divemaster internship diving with the Mantas and Mola-Molas of Nusa Penida/ Nuisa Lembongan that made Bali famous, combined with exhilarating drifts, beautiful corals and amazing underwater life.
