PADI Divemaster

Your full or part-time career in diving begins with the PADI Divemaster rating. After successfully completing PADI Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver training you will be ready for the Divemaster Course, where you'll work closely with a PADI Instructor to expand your diving skills and knowledge to the professional level. Then, in the most fulfilling and rewarding part of the course, you'll learn and practice supervising diving activities and assisting with student training.

As a certified PADI Divemaster, you may supervise and assist with both training and non-training dive activities in a variety of environments. PADI Dive Centers and Resorts employ PADI Divemasters to help with classes as well as lead guided dive tours off boats or the shore. You may also conduct the PADI Discover Local Diving experience and Scuba Review program for certified divers. Non-divers may also enjoy a visit to the underwater world under your supervision during the PADI Discover Snorkeling experience and PADI Skin Diver course.

Course Key Standards:

Prerequisite Certification: Advanced Open Water Diver, Advanced Plus or equivalent, and PADI Rescue Diver or equivalent.
Prerequisite Dives: 20 to start training with 60 required before certification
Minimum Age: 18 years by course start date
Maximum Candidate-to-Instructor ratio for confined and open water training activities: 6 students to 1 instructor.
Minimum Instructor Rating: PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor

Knowledge Development Modules:

The role and characteristics of a PADI Divemaster
Supervising general diving activities for certified divers
Dive theory introduction
Physics
Physiology
Equipment
Decompression theory and dive tables
Divemaster conducted programs
Risk management
Business of diving
Furthering your dive career

Training Exercises:

Under Water Mapping
Equipment Exchange
Divemaster Conducted Programs
Internship Program
Waterksills and Stamina assessment