The beginning of your diving career as a professional diver is the PADI Divemaster program.
Working closely with a PADI Instructor, you will expand your diving knowledge and refine your skills to a professional level.
During the PADI Divemaster training, your leadership skills are specifically developed.
You will learn how to supervise diving activities and actively assist instructors in the training of student divers.
The program teaches leadership skills through classroom sessions as well as independent study.
In addition, you will complete water skills and stamina exercises, along with practical training tasks
that strengthen your organizational and problem-solving abilities.
You will then put these skills into practice during an internship or through various training sessions.
Assemble, adjust, prepare, don and remove, and disassemble equipment
Pre-dive safety check
Deep water entry
Surface buoyancy control – establish neutral buoyancy
Switch between regulator and snorkel
5-point descent
Regulator recovery and clearing
Remove, replace, and clear mask underwater
Out-of-air exercise and breathing from an alternate air source (stationary / 30 sec)
Ascent while breathing from an alternate air source
Breathing from a free-flowing regulator
Neutral buoyancy (“pivoting” – using inflator and oral inflation)
Correct 5-point ascent
Controlled emergency swimming ascent
Hover motionless underwater (“hovering” 30 sec)
Swim underwater without a mask
Remove and replace weight system underwater
Remove and replace scuba unit underwater
Remove and replace scuba unit at the surface
Remove and replace weight system at the surface
Skin diving – headfirst vertical descent
Skin diving – swim at least 15 meters / 50 feet underwater on a single breath
Skin diving – clear snorkel using the blast method
Skin diving – clear snorkel using the displacement method
Included in the Course Price
• Training by PADI Instructors
• PADI eLearning
• Divemaster Crewpak
• International certification
• Digital PADI eCard
• PADI App
• (Diving equipment not included)
• (PADI membership not included)
By booking the diving course early and paying a deposit of €399, you receive exclusive access to PADI eLearning, the online diving theory.
With the digital self-study option, you can complete the theoretical part of the diving course at home – saving valuable vacation time.
Theory Topics:
Course orientation
The role of the PADI Divemaster
Assisting with diver training
Introduction to diving theory
Diving physics
Diving physiology
Diving equipment
Decompression theory and RDP
Programs conducted independently by Divemasters
Risk management
Diving as a business
Your diving career
What Will You Learn?
As a PADI Divemaster, you progress from an experienced recreational diver to a professional dive leader.
You will learn how to safely plan and guide dives, actively assist instructors during courses,
and deliver informative, professional dive briefings.
You will be qualified to conduct refresher programs and help certified divers gain confidence
and safety underwater. The Divemaster course provides leadership skills, practical knowledge,
and responsibility – the perfect foundation for a career in diving.
Divemasters who have completed the Discover Scuba Diving internship are authorized,
under the supervision of a PADI Instructor, to conduct Discover Scuba Diving programs
and safely introduce new divers to scuba diving.
The PADI Divemaster Course
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