Professional rating
PADI Divemaster
Divemaster
The first professional rating.
₹90,000per candidate · excludes 18% GSTProgramme fee only
The Divemaster programme turns a competent recreational diver into a working dive professional. You develop demonstration-quality skills, learn to conduct dive briefings, guide certified divers, assist instructors with students, and take responsibility for other people in the water.
Duration4–8 weeks, depending on entry level
Max depth40 m
Minimum age18 years
PrerequisiteRescue Diver, EFR within 24 months, 40 logged dives to start and 60 to certify
What’s included
- Full Divemaster internship at a PADI 5 Star Dive Resort
- Knowledge development and all practical assessments
- Demonstration-quality skill coaching
- Real supervision experience with students and certified divers
- Air fills and tanks throughout the internship
Not included
- 18% GST
- PADI application fee and Divemaster crew-pak materials
- Personal dive equipment
- Accommodation and meals
Course structure
- Knowledge development + water skills + practical assessment + internship
How the days run
Phase 1Knowledge development across nine sections, plus the dive theory exam.
Phase 2Waterskills and stamina: 400 m swim, 800 m snorkel, 100 m tired diver tow, 15 min tread.
Phase 3Twenty-four skills demonstrated to demonstration quality.
Phase 4Practical application: mapping, search and recovery, deep scenario, and student assists.
Phase 5Internship — guiding certified divers and assisting on live courses.