Academic

The PADI Divemaster course teaches you to be a leader and take charge of dive activities. Through knowledge development sessions, water skills exercises and workshops, and hands-on practical assessment, you develop the skills to organize and direct a variety of scuba diving activities. Topics and practical workshops include:

• The role and characteristics of the PADI Divemaster
• Supervising dive activities and assisting with student divers
• Diver safety and risk management
• Divemaster conducted programs and specialized skills
• Business of diving and your career
• Awareness of the dive environment
• Dive setup and management
• Mapping an open water site
• Conducting dive briefings
• Organizing a search and recovery project and a deep dive
• Conducting a scuba review and skin diver course
• Assisting with Discover Scuba Diving and leading Discover Local Diving programs

Your instructor may also offer the PADI Deep Diver and Search & Recovery Specialty Diver Courses along with your Divemaster training to help you meet all requirements and to broaden your abilities.

You may be able to get college credit for the Divemaster Course – ask your instructor.

Prerequisites & Requirements

Age Requirement
18 years or older

Course Prerequisites
Rescue Diver, 40 logged dives, CPR and First Aid certification within 24 months, medi- cal clearance to dive

Time Commitment
Approximately 50 hours Tuition: $895.00

Equipment

As a dive professional, you’ll want to have all your basic scuba equipment, including a dive computer, a dive knife, and at least two surface signaling devices. During practical skills exercises, like underwater mapping and search and recovery, you’ll use a compass, floats, marker buoys, lift bags and slates. Your PADI Instructor may suggest additional gear that will be useful throughout your div- ing career.

Your Instructor will get you started by:

Registering you for your PADI Divemaster Online Academic material modules to start now. You can work through eight knowledge development sections using a web-based system that lets you learn at your own pace. You also have access to an online version of the Divemaster Manual for reference during and after the course.

Covering general watermanship, self rescue and lending assistance to another diver, the Rescue Diver Program may utilize confined water for skills development and then progress to 2 days of  open water dives utilizing the skills and techniques recently learned in a variety of diver rescue situations.

A basic CPR/ First Aid certification must be current by the end of this program. The PADI EFR (Primary and Secondary care) fulfills this requirement and may be taken concurrently with the Rescue Diver Program. The minimum age to take the Rescue Program is 12 years of age.

The tuition for the PADI Rescue Diver is  $599. This includes the PADI Rescue Dive E-Learning Program, certification cards and processing, instructor training and mentoring during the 10 Rescue Training Exercises and 2 Open Water Rescue Scenarios. Primary rescue gear such as stretchers, oxygen, first aid kits are also provided. It is recommended that students have their own pocket mask for the simulated CPR related rescue breathing exercises.

Each of the 5 dives that you make in this program are coordinated and directed by your instructor. There are learning objectives for each of the 5 dive outings and pre and post dive briefings reinforce the objectives set out for each dive.

1. An Academic Portion covered through e-learning coupled with ongoing personal discussion & learning during Orientation and Confined Water(pool) Scuba Skill Sessions. There are standardly (3) sessions. Students must be at least ten(10) years of age to begin Open Water Training.
   
   The pool skills development training takes place during each of the pool sessions of your class. You will be taught about the equipment set-up and breakdown. In addition, be in the pool learning hands on all the Confined Water Skills required to become a PADI Certified Open Water Scuba Diver. Our focus is on you learning how to dive safely so you can launch into a world of new adventures!
   
   
2. We provide the use of all the scuba equipment you’ll require during training except for a few personal items. These are simply a mask, snorkel and fins. So, the e-learning, orientation and three(3) pool sessions are all included in these two(2) portions of the PADI Open Water Certification. The cost of these (2) portions is $599.00/person.  Standardly the training group consists of six(6) students. If you have your own pool and would like to do your training individually we will come to you and the cost would be $599/ person.
   
   
3. The final stage of your PADI Open Water Certification consists of four(4) Open Water Dives. Open Water Dives can be performed literally anywhere in the world. Whether it be in a quarry, a lake, or an Ocean. These dives are standard $50.00/dive. However, the cost may vary depending on if you’re joining us on a Group Trip to Florida, The Bahamas, etc.

When you’re ready to purchase your own Scuba Gear your PADI Instructor will be there to help advise you thru every step of the process.

To begin your new experience or to gain further information please contact us any time . Your new experience awaits you!!

Please go to our Course Schedule, Dives & Trips page to view all Course Schedules and Upcoming Trips.