Divemaster Certification
Take your diving career to the next level; in this private, intensive course, you will learn to supervise dive activities, assist with scuba classes, and hone your leadership and demonstration skills. The Divemaster course is the first step in your professional diving career. Learning within a private course structure, not only do you have full control over your course schedule, you will learn more and push yourself further as our owner and IDC Staff Instructor will work directly with you as you look toward a career as a dive instructor!
Course Structure
The Divemaster course will push you in all aspects of scuba diving. You will expand your knowledge of dive theory, dive setup and management, demonstration skills, how to work with students, PADI programs, equipment familiarity, and leadership abilities. With a minimum course timeframe of 1-2 months, you will learn the following:
Knowledge Development- You will master more advanced dive theory, understanding PADI Standards, and become familiar with all aspects of scuba diving from basic equipment to student management. A final Divemaster exam will help solidify your knowledge development.
Dive Skills & Drills: Throughout the course, you will learn how to give dive briefings, manage dive sites, perform skills at demonstration quality, complete deep dive and search and recovery scenarios, execute advanced navigation, master emergency procedures, and much much more!
Real World Experience: Once all of your private Divemaster-specific training is done to satisfactory levels, you will begin your class audits by working with real students in real classes. You will assist instructors in pools and in the ocean, demonstrate dive skills for students, lead dive briefings, set dive floats, manage dive gear, and truly master what it takes to help run a quality PADI certification course. This portion of the Divemaster certification does not have a set timeframe, but rather is executed on until the instructor is confident in your abilities to represent yourself as a PADI professional.
This course will focus on your training first, where attaining your certification card comes second. Course timelines take a minimum of one month (heavy diving), up to three months (intermittent diving) depending on student schedule and performance.
Private Cost: $1750 per person: includes private instruction directly with our Chief Staff Instructor, Divemaster processing fees, air fills, full gear for all sessions (if not already obtained).
PLEASE NOTE: The only thing NOT included in price is the PADI eLearning materials, which can be purchased directly on the PADI website with easy to follow instructions from us!
Prerequisites:
Rescue Diver Certification
18 Years of Age or Older
Min of 40 logged Dives
Valid EFR/CPR Certifications