International Diving Educators Association


The International Diving Educators Association or was founded in 1952 as the Florida Skin Divers Association Scuba Training Committee, and later changed its name to the Florida Scuba Divers Association. Then, in February 1976 the FSDA Scuba Training Committee members voted to create the International Diving Educators Association, based on the principles of the FSDA to make the organization an international Scuba diving certification agency.
IDEA has affiliates operating in Asia and Europe.
IDEA Europe is a member of RSTC Europe.

Courses

Divers

IDEA offers the following diver qualifications:
IDEA offers the following specialty courses:
The Star System is a diver qualification system that is intended for use in Europe:
IDEA offers the following instructional qualifications: