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.
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
- 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