They say if you like working with people, have a passion for diving, and want to live an extraordinary life then become a PADI Instructor. Teaching diving allows you to share your love for the ocean while doing what you love – being in, around, and under, water. The standard PADI Instructor Development Program (IDC)  is comprised of essentially 2 parts – the Assistant Instructor (AI) course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program. Most dive professionals complete the entire IDC in one shot and go on to attend the Instructor Examination (IE) to be certified as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

Our Ninja IDC Program expands on this and starts off with a specialized IDC Prep course to help you refresh your pro level knowledge and skills both in and out of the water. From there you move through our hand curated IDC program, including the Emergency First Response Instructor course and all of the extras that are exclusive to our Ninja IDC! After this we run a mock ‘instructor examination’ with our students to help them prepare and better understand what the examination will be like, so they can rest easy and go to the exams ready to kick some booty like a proper ninja! Our Course Director and Go Pro Team will accompany you to the exams here in Cabo and be there every step of the way to support and cheer you on as you become a certified PADI Instructor!

Our Ninja IDC program includes 3+ additional workshops, all included in the IDC at no extra charge, to help give our instructor candidates a wider skillset making them more employable as well as additional tools to help them be able to create a positive impact on the world around them. Our program includes a specialized ‘Working with Sharks & Rays’ course taught by the brilliant shark scientist Dr. Frida Lara and some of the other incredible marine scientists we work with here in Baja. It also includes the instructor level of our exclusive PADI Whale Defender course. This PADI distinctive specialty course on whale conservation was created right here in Cabo at Dive Ninjas by Jay Clue. So as part of your IDC you will be able to become a PADI Whale Defender instructor and learn about these magnificent titans of the sea. We also have a special workshop on how to utilize & teach Project AWARE’s ocean conservation courses to inspire your guests & students. Plus a workshop on creating sustainable tourism a CCR dry orientation, and more! But it’s not all training either, we didn’t get into diving just to sit in a classroom. So we like to fit in different fun activities based on the season, and we always take a break midway through every IDC to head out to one of Cabo’s untouched beaches and catch the warm Baja sun setting into the Pacific Ocean before having a little beach bonfire, roasting marshmallows under the stars to remind us why we are all here.