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Our Marbella IDC College is the highest rated PADI dive center in Spain – it is the only PADI 5* Career Development Center and PADI Gold Palm 5* IDC Center in Spain. In addition it is the first ever NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC dive center in Spain and therefore joins the PADI – NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC VIP dive center club as its first member. Divers are taught from beginner level to instructor level and beyond.

Furthermore PADI Europe is doing the Instructor Examinations at IDC College because it is the only PADI IE location in southern Spain.
All diver training is done to PADI's highest 5* level and NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC strict environmental rules. Divers and instructor candidates can be sure that their training will be done at the highest standard in southern Spain.
All our staff are well trained and multi-lingual. Instructional courses at all levels are done in English, German, Spanish and French.
Instructor Development Courses & Instructor Examination (IDC& IE) take place in May and November 2008 at our IDC College's premises.

Divng is Fun“ is the slogan of IDC College, which take place in the PRO DIVE „IDC Villa“. The villa is situated in a quiet residential area close to the dive center and provides quietness and a perfect studying atmosphere. The villa consists of a total of 5 bedrooms, a big fully fitted kitchen, a spacious living room, its own pool and a separate building with an apartment and outdoor BBQ area. Supermarket and restaurants are in walking distance.

PRO DIVE IDC candidates can also stay in the villa and can at all times be at the place where the IDC happens. Staying in a far away hotel, spending lots of time on the road while driving to the IDC every day, eat alone and prepare your presentations for the next day alone doesn`t exist.

The PADI slogan „Diving is fun“ is always present – even there is a lot to learn during the IDC. We laugh a lot, tease each other in a funny way, have a good and close relation to the Course Director and the Staff since we cannot agree that the PADI slogan is valid for all PADI diver courses but not for an IDC.

Dive Sites

The dive sites are approximately 5 to 30 minutes by boat or car.

At present there are in total 20 dive sites, 10 sites for boat dives and 10 sites for shore dives. Dive sites are spread over about 50 km of coastline, in the area between Marbella and Playa de Casares which is approx. 15 km south of Estepona. Therefore there are many different dive sites.

How to find our main centre

Coming from Málaga direction; take the N 340 coast road towards Cadiz/ Algeciras and continue all the way around Marbella, then through the town of San Pedro de Alcántara. At the end of San Pedro there is a large white arch spanning the road with the words Marbella/ San Pedro. Approximately 1 km after this arch you will find the exit signposted 'Benahavis'. Take this exit and you will come to a roundabout where on your right hand side is a petrol service station. Turn to the left at this roundabout and go under the N 340 road to the other side and towards the sea. After you have gone under the main road continue for about 200 m until you see the word STOP painted on the road. Turn to your left (water tower) follow this road and the signposts for 'Atalaya Park Hotel'. On the hotel premises you find us at the beach.

Coming from Estepona direction; take the N 340 road towards Málaga/ Marbella. After about 10 km there is on your left hand side a shopping center and shortly after a red and blue house "the bed & sofa centre".
Approximately 1 km past this red and blue house there is a sign for 'Benahavis 250 m'. At this point on the right hand side is the 'Unicaja' bank in a white building with green windows and the exit for 'Isdabe'. Take this exit, go under an arch with the word 'Isdabe', and then immediately turn left. Continue across another road and on for about 200 metres, at which point you must follow the road around to the right. It will be signposted for 'Atalaya Park Hotel'. On the hotel premises you find us at the beach.

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