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PADI - DiveMaster Course
  • DiveMaster Course Fee - $450

MAKE NO MISTAKE! The Padi Divemaster course is the toughest and most educational of any certification agency.Padi Divemasters are the most sought after divemasters in the world. YOU'RE HIRED!

Take the first step in your dive career and become a PADI Divemaster. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, you'll expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills as you become a dive professional. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities by training you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.

What can PADI Divemasters do?

  • Work at local dive centers, on live-aboard dive boats, yachts and at exotic resort locations
  • Assist PADI Instructors with students
  • Lead PADI Scuba Divers on guided dive tours
  • Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers
  • Teach PADI Discover Snorkeling programs
  • Conduct PADI Scuba Review programs for certified divers
  • Lead certified divers on Discover Local Diving experiences
  • Teach Emergency First Response programs after successful completion of an Emergency First Response Instructor course.
  • Teach any of the Diver's Alert Network courses upon successful completion of that particular instructor course.

What do I need to start?

  • PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or qualifying certification from another training organization
  • PADI Rescue Diver certification or qualifying certification from another training organization.
  • Medical clearance signed by a physician
  • 20 logged dives
  • 18 years old

What will I do?

  • Learn dive leadership through classroom and independent study sessions
  • Complete water skills and stamina exercises in confined and open water
  • Training exercises to test organizational and problem solving abilities
  • An internship or series of practical training exercises
  • Learn the physics of diving,the physiology of diving,dive equipment, decompression theory and the RDP wheel,table and computers,divemaster conducted programs,Risk management, the business of diving,your diving career.

How long will it take?

  • Two weeks - three months

What materials are needed?

  • Divemaster Training Package
  • Divemaster Video
  • Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving
  • Diving Knowledge Workbook
  • PADI Instructor Manual
  • Log Book