Professional development · Lead the way
PADI Divemaster
The first professional PADI rating: develop leadership, supervision, problem-solving and instructional-assistance skills.
Divemaster is the start of the PADI professional pathway. It develops dive leadership, supervision, site management, emergency planning and professional conduct for guiding certified divers and assisting instructors.
PADI Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver or qualifying certifications, current EFR within 24 months, at least 40 logged dives to begin, medical clearance, swimming ability and fitness.
Professional Divemaster certification normally requires a minimum of 60 logged dives and opens the route toward instructor development.
The shape of the course
What happens
- ✓Watermanship and stamina assessments
- ✓Rescue evaluation
- ✓Dive-skill demonstration circuits
- ✓Underwater mapping
- ✓Search and recovery
- ✓Deep-dive scenarios
- ✓Site setup, briefings and supervised guiding
Under the surface
What you learn
- +Supervising certified and student divers
- +Dive briefings and site management
- +Physics, physiology and decompression theory
- +Equipment and recreational dive planning
- +Emergency planning, environmental awareness and industry conduct
Ready when you are