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

How long will it take?

• Two weeks - three months

What course materials are required?

The following materials are required unless they are unavailable in a language understood by the student diver.

• PADI Divemaster Manual*

• Recreational Dive Planner (RDP) – all three versions (Table, Wheel and eRDP including associated Instructions for Use booklets)

• The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving

• Diving Knowledge Workbook

• Divemaster Slates

• Instructor Guides for the programs that may be conducted by PADI Divemasters. You may purchase these guides from your PADI Dive Center/Resort or you may download PDF versions by clicking on the links below.

* The PADI Divemaster video must also be viewed.