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You'll progress toward instructor credentials on the Instructor Development Course in Cabo de Palos, with workshop time, teaching presentations in classroom, confined, and open water, and structured preparation for the Instructor Examination alongside experienced Course Directors.
Workshop blocks cover teaching standards, risk management, marketing basics, and lesson planning before you rehearse classroom, confined, and open-water presentations with structured feedback from Course Directors who run active Murcia programmes.
Repeated presentation cycles polish briefing clarity, in-water control, and candidate evaluation skills so you feel ready for examiner-led assessments rather than only centre practice. Evenings often include knowledge review, presentation prep, and kit maintenance for the next water day.
Institute-style weeks use our centre on Paseo Dimas Ortega 18 plus local confined and open-water sites for teaching practice dives that mirror student courses on Cabo de Palos reefs.
Cohort dives often follow the same routes you will guide students on once you are teaching professionally, including boat days when confined water moves offshore for realistic Open Water skill circuits.
Divemaster certification, the logged dive count required before the Instructor Examination, and current Emergency First Response training are required under PADI rules. We audit your log during enrolment.
Professional attitude, completed knowledge reviews, and a stable calendar for intensive IDC weeks are essential because sessions build on each other daily. Bring dependable teaching kit and PADI materials as directed by your Course Director before day one.
Experienced Course Directors know Murcia sites and holiday-season student profiles, tailoring teaching scenarios to real centre life rather than abstract classroom examples alone.
Credentials earned here prepare you to teach in warm-water destinations and year-round training centres alike, with mentorship from staff who also train Divemasters and specialty instructors on the same harbour base.
Workshops cover PADI standards, marketing, risk management and lesson planning. You complete assigned eLearning and participate in live teaching presentations reviewed by course staff.
Homework reinforces standards numbers and course flow logic.
Confined sessions practise demonstrating skills, evaluating students and rescuing in training scenarios. Peers role-play as students while staff score against IE rubrics.
Repeated runs polish briefing clarity and demonstration quality.
Open water days simulate student courses with integrated presentations, skill circuits and rescue scenarios. Feedback focuses on positioning, control and positive coaching language.
These sessions mirror pressures of the Instructor Examination environment.
Plan about two intensive weeks of workshops and teaching presentations, plus the Instructor Examination schedule.
Sessions build daily, so a stable calendar matters more than squeezing evenings around other plans. Evenings often include knowledge review, presentation prep, and kit for the next water day. Intensive weeks stay aimed at examiner-ready teaching, not admin.
Divemaster, the logged dive count required before the Instructor Examination, and current Emergency First Response are required.
We audit your log at enrolment and expect completed knowledge reviews before day one. Bring dependable teaching kit and PADI materials as your Course Director directs. Intensive weeks stay aimed at examiner-ready teaching, not admin.
The Instructor Examination is the formal assessment that follows IDC prep, covering classroom, confined, and open-water teaching.
Your Course Director prepares you for each segment through repeated presentation cycles. Passing sits with the examiners, so we polish briefing clarity and in-water control rather than treating the IDC as the card itself.
Classroom weeks run at Paseo Dimas Ortega 18, with confined and open-water practice on Cabo de Palos reefs that mirror student courses.
Cohort dives often follow the same routes you will guide once you are teaching, including boat days when skill circuits move offshore. That is deliberate, so exam scenarios feel like real centre life. Intensive weeks stay aimed at examiner-ready teaching, not admin.
You arrange your own lodging in Cabo de Palos or nearby; we can point you toward village options close to the harbour.
Book early in summer because IDC weeks coincide with busy holiday traffic. Walking distance to Paseo Dimas Ortega 18 makes early classroom starts easier. Intensive weeks stay aimed at examiner-ready teaching, not admin. Cabo de Palos harbour briefings keep the plan clear before you start.
Classroom presentations, confined-water skill demonstrations, open-water teaching circuits, and candidate evaluation all sit in the weeks.
Workshops also cover standards, risk management, and lesson planning before you rehearse with structured feedback. Repeated cycles are how you get ready for examiner-led assessments. Intensive weeks stay aimed at examiner-ready teaching, not admin.
Open Water Scuba Instructor status lets you teach entry-level and many continuing education courses, subject to PADI and centre rules.
Employment is separate from the course. Mentorship here is aimed at warm-water destinations and year-round centres, using the same harbour flow you will meet on the job. Intensive weeks stay aimed at examiner-ready teaching, not admin.
Bring teaching kit, PADI materials, completed knowledge reviews, and clothes for classroom plus water days.
A reliable computer, exposure protection, and slates make presentation weeks smoother. Your Course Director will list any extra items before day one. Intensive weeks stay aimed at examiner-ready teaching, not admin. Cabo de Palos harbour briefings keep the plan clear before you start.
Workshop blocks include teaching standards, risk management, marketing basics, and lesson planning.
Those pieces stay practical for a working Mediterranean centre rather than abstract theory. You still spend most of the intensive weeks on presentations and water, which is what the exam measures. Intensive weeks stay aimed at examiner-ready teaching, not admin.
IDC days start at Paseo Dimas Ortega 18 unless a water block is briefed for harbour or boat check-in.
Arrive with PADI materials and an updated logbook so classroom time is not spent on missing paperwork. Kit rinse and evening prep stay at the same harbour base. Intensive weeks stay aimed at examiner-ready teaching, not admin.
About the centre
Cabo de Palos
You'll dive on one of the most celebrated stretches of the Spanish Mediterranean, where the Cabo de Palos headland meets clear open water and protected seagrass meadows. Our team runs relaxed guided days, PADI training, and refresher sessions from a harbour-side base, with small groups and patient coaching whether you're blowing bubbles for the first time or logging another fun dive.
From shore entries and daily boat dives to specialty courses and seasonal dive trips, we keep the day well organised so you spend more time underwater. Equipment hire, briefings, and local site knowledge are part of how we work, and we're happy to help you plan the right experience for your certification level and the conditions on the day.
Operated by Mangamar Dive Center, a partner of adventuro.
