- Scuba and Snorkel Charters
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Dive with purpose in the Florida Keys and learn about shark conservation, encounter nurse sharks, and earn your PADI AWARE Shark Conservation Diver Certification.
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Do you have a deep and abiding passion for diving? Or, do you merely love it with all of your heart? If so, you should consider doing what you love for a living: become a PADI Divemaster and pursue a career in scuba diving. Working closely with an Islamorada Dive Center PADI Instructor, you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.
PADI Divemaster is the prerequisite certification for both the PADI Assistant Instructor and PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor certifications.
18 years or older
Current physical attesting to your diving fitness signed by a physician
Be a certified PADI Advanced Open Water and PADI Rescue diver or hold qualifying certs. from another organization
Current EFR Primary and Secondary Care certification within the past 2 years
Proof of at least 40 logged dives to start the program (60 dives by course completion)
PADI eLearning Divemaster Course: $1505
PADI’s eLearning system presents you with interactive presentations that include videos, audio, graphics and reading. Short quizzes let you gauge your progress and review and correct anything you might happen to miss. This lets you move through the program efficiently and at your own pace. Other costs – There is a separate application fee due to PADI that needs to be submitted with the Divemaster application once the course is successfully completed. Upon completing the online course, contact Islamorada Dive Center to complete the practical segments of the course and to discuss total course costs, equipment, materials and logistical requirements.
Divemaster eLearning Schedule: 9 days
Divemaster Course Includes: Divemaster crew pack, pool sessions, open water dives, practical applications and certification card.