DIVEMASTER

What is the Divemaster course?

The Divemaster course is the first professional level certification. During the course you will learn how to work with divers, lead certified divers, and act as a dive guide showing divers underwater dive sites and the marine life that inhabits those dives sites. You will increase your knowledge about physics and physiology as well as increase your proficiency with your scuba and snorkeling skills.

Who this course is for:

•   - The advanced diver interested in working in the dive industry as a professional dive guide or moving on to become an instructor

What will I learn?

The Divemaster course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more:

•   - SDI standards and procedures
•   - History of SDI
•   - Code of ethics and professionalism of a Divemaster
•   - Products and procedures
•   - Liability and insurance
•   - Knowledge Development
•   - Leadership development

Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include:

•   - 800 meter swim with mask, snorkel, and fins non-stop without the use of arms in less than 17 minutes
•   - 400 meter swim on the surface, non-stop, any stroke, without the use of swimming aids, in less than 10 minutes; swim goggles permitted
•   - Scuba skills - minimum equipment: all equipment required for a SDI Dive Leader
•   - Bring a diver, simulating unconsciousness, up from depth, not greater than 6 meters/20 feet; at the surface tow them 100 meters in less than 4 minutes
•   - Confined water skills:

Minimum requirements:

•   - Satisfactorily complete the Divemaster written examination, or online version with a minimum score of 80 percent and 100 percent remediation
•   - Complete all water requirements
•   - Demonstrate to an active SDI Instructor the ability to solve in-water and out-of-water diver problems
•   - Demonstrate mature and sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution
•   - Operate as a Divemaster in a wide variety of environments

How do I take this course?

•   - The Divemaster course is available in eLearning
•   - Pool and open water training not included. Contact us for full course cost.