Our 5* IDC Facilities

Warm Water Divers operates two 5* PADI Dive Centers and
one 5* Instructor Development Center , all located in Patong Beach , Phuket ,
Thailand.

All our Instructor Development takes place in our NEW IDC dedicated training
Centre, opened in July 2006, with the water work taking place at our 5* Instructor Development Centre located in Patong Beach.

The ground floor of our NEW training centre houses our Technicians Work Shop - very useful if something goes wrong with your equipment during the IDC / IE - and also stores all our rental equipment with a large secure area for washing, drying and storing dive equipment.

The next two floors are dedicated to Instructor Development.

The top floor is where our main IDC classroom is located - this was purpose built for IDCs with state of the art facilities.

The main classroom here seats 14 students and staff
and is complete with carpet, wooden panelling, sound proofing, air conditioning, white boards, video, projector screen, LCD projector, computer and offers full multimedia support. Each table even has it's own power sockets to accommodate the increasing number of IDC candidates using computers and digital accessories.

Our PADI library, complete with all digital products, is also located here.

There is also an area here with an endless supply of coffee, tea, hot chocolate and cold water complete with refrigerator and bathroom.

There is a staircase to the open roof area - a large shaded recreational area with a view over Patong and a haven for those that need that cigarette (or 3) before the next presentation.

The middle floor contains another classroom of the same standard as our main classroom and is used for a variety of purposes: the IDC Prep is run here whilst the IDC Staff Instructor Course takes place upstairs and during the larger IDCs we split into two groups at the end of the day for the IDC candidates Classroom presentations - the second group using this classroom.

We also use this classroom for the practical sessions of the DAN Oxygen Provider, DAN Oxygen Instructor Courses as well as skill development of the Emergency First Response Instructor Course as we have more floor space here.

We use a costume build 5 x 15 meter pool for our diver training. This is an excellent pool for training - with a nice shallow end and gentle slope to the deep end making it perfect for conducting the various skills with different depth requirements during your IDC.

For the Open Water training of the IDC we use the local reef of Kata Beach which is only a short drive from the training facility.

Conditions are calm for most of the year making it ideal for IDC training.

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