Our 2024 IDC dates are here! - The Go Pro Family

Our PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) dates for 2024 have just been announced for Playa del Carmen.

2024 looks set to be a really exciting year for The Go Pro Family. We can’t say too much at this stage but we are looking forward to sharing news about our professional-level training facilities real soon!

We are excited to be running a full program of PADI Instructor Development Courses throughout Mexico in 2024. In addition to our IDC dates in Playa del Carmen, we will also be running IDCs in Mahahual and Huatulco, and will be announcing dates for those just as soon as we can.

Read on to see our IDC dates and to find out how you can save money by signing up now!

2024 IDC dates for Playa del Carmen:

IDC	IE	MSDT Prep
10 – 25 January	26 – 28 January	30 Jan – 3 February
28 February – 14 March	15 – 17 March	19 – 23 March
8 – 23 May	24 – 26 May	28 May – 1 June
26 June – 11 July	12 – 14 July
4 – 19 September	20 – 22 September	24 – 28 September
20 November – 5 December	6 – 8 December	10 – 14 December

Don’t see the dates you want? Contact us to let us know your preferred IDC dates. Sometimes more dates are added if we have enough interest so we can keep you up to date with new dates when we get them.

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We know that we deliver great value for money with our IDCs. Through the rich experience of our award-winning Course Directors; passion and support through the training and beyond; and high quality, solid training. All of this gives our candidates the best start to their scuba careers.

But inevitably our prices need to increase to reflect inflation, so that our high quality and great value can remain. With new digital EFR Instructor materials due in the new year we are anticipating a significant increase in our IDC training and material costs for 2024.

But, there is a way for you to take advantage of our generosity and SAVE BIG! By signing up for your 2024 Playa del Carmen IDC before the end of the year we promise to keep our 2023 prices*. It doesn’t matter if you take your IDC with us in January or December 2024, you will pay 2023 prices. All you have to do is sign up and pay your deposit before 31 December 2023.

(*price freeze applies to our IDC and materials fees for IDCs in Playa del Carmen only. It does not apply to PADI fees)

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The Go Pro Family is PADI Platinum Course Directors Angel Navarro (from Spain) and Jo Armitage (from the UK), and their team of pros. Together, they have personally trained over 900 PADI Instructors, and have issued over 4000 professional-level certifications. Based in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, The Go Pro Family offers professional-level scuba training as well as technical, cave diving and freediving.