During the PADI IDC and PADI IE you will need to demonstrate top quality diving skills and be competent in the theory that you studied during your Divemaster course. If you have not come immediately from finishing your DM course, your skills and theory are likely to need refreshing.

During the IE you are required to take 5 of the Divemaster exams:

Physics
Physiology
Equipment
RDP
General Skills and Environment

To prepare, you will need to have your copies of the Diving Knowledge Workbook and the Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving.

This is also available for you to complete in advance with PADI e-learning.

You will also need to make competent demonstrations of each of the 20 confined water skills, some of which have recently changed.

This course is highly recommended for anyone who has not recently finished their Divemaster course at TSD.

About the PADI IDC Prep Course

PADI IDC Rescue Scenarios The IDC Prep Course offers a thorough review of your dive theory and skills. Your course will be tailored to your needs and will focus on your weak points in order to make you a strong all-round candidate. Duration depends on number of candidates and required tuition. Typically it is 3-5 days and may be spread out over a longer time if you come in advance and/or need more training e.g. if it has been a long time since your DM course, or you were certified as a DM through an agency other than PADI. This will allow you to focus on your IDC and passing it, rather than spend the IDC working on skills you should have already mastered.

During the IDC Prep course you have lectures on theory, take sample exams and review any questions you might have. You will also have plenty of time to practice skill circuits.

On your first day in the water you will be assessed on your current skills and we will see where you need to focus. Each day you will also do some water-work reviewing skills and improving any areas in which you are lacking. This will include Rescue Workshops and Skills Workshops.

If you have just arrived in Malapascua, water-work will include at least 2 acclimatization dives - basically fun dives in your new environment. For those that have not been diving previously in Malapascua, you will need to get wet, perhaps try out new equipment etc. One of these dives will probably be at Monad Shoal so you can see our famous thresher sharks. The other will be at Lighthouse or Bantigi where you will do the majority of your water-work during the IDC.