PADI Divemaster: a Professional Dive Leader

Divemasters help instructors teach scuba courses and can have leadership responsibilities that result in payment. Getting paid for scuba diving means you’re a dive professional.

Prerequisites to take the course:

• At least 18 years old
• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certified
• PADI Rescue Diver certified
• EFR Primary and Secondary Care completed within past two years
• Medical Statement ‘fit to dive’
• 40 logged dives before starting the course
• 60 logged dives when finishing the course

What you can do once you are an authorised PADI Divemaster:

• Supervise training and non-training related diving activities
• Conduct dive briefings, scuba reviews, and skin diver course
• Assist in Discover Scuba Diving programs and lead additional dives
• Lead Discover Local Diving programs

What you have to do to get this rating:

• Complete eight Knowledge Development sections
• Pass the Divemaster Final Exam
• Pass water skills exercises, workshops, and practical assessments