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PROFESSIONAL/DIVEMASTER
Divemaster
Step into dive leadership, refine your skills to demonstration quality, and learn how professionals supervise, lead, and assist dive operations worldwide.
Maximum 2 : 1
Student : Instructor
Course format
Performance-based
Dives
40 logged dives to enrol · 60 to certify
Prerequisite
(Jr) AOW + (Jr) Rescue Diver; EFR within 24 months
Minimum age
18 (Junior from 15)
Languages
English · 中文 · Cantonese
RM 4,500/ pax
What is this course for?
PADI Divemaster is the acclaimed first step into professional diving (Junior DM for ages 15–17 as a non-supervisory development track).
Prerequisites: PADI Rescue Diver, EFR Primary/Secondary Care within 24 months, 40 logged dives to start (60 to certify). You master dive theory, waterskills, briefing, site management, and student supervision.
What you'll learn
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- Master professional dive theory (physics, physiology, gear, environment, RDP/decompression).
- Demonstrate 24 core scuba skills to exemplary, demonstration-quality standards.
- Plan, map, brief, and lead certified diver group dives safely in diverse conditions.
- Assist PADI Instructors with student divers in confined and open water sessions.
- Build professional risk management, customer service, and dive operation leadership.
How it works
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01
DEVELOP
Strengthen dive knowledge, water skills, rescue ability and the professional standards expected of a dive leader.
02
ASSIST
Work through workshops and practical assessments that place you alongside real or simulated dive operations and student-diver activities.
03
LEAD
Demonstrate the organisation, judgement, communication and professionalism required for the rating you are completing.
What you'll need
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- Professional-level training requires the applicable prerequisite certifications, logged dives, current CPR/first-aid training and medical clearance.
- Junior Divemaster has separate age, activity and supervision limits.
What's included
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Included
- PADI Divemaster eLearning / materials
- PADI e-Certification
- Waterskills development and assessment
- Dive skills workshop and assessment
- Practical application skills and assessments
- Divemaster-conducted programme workshops (ReActivate, DSD, snorkeling)
- Emergency assistance plan development
- DYVUM Guild membership
Not Included
- Scuba equipment and professional-level personal equipment
- EFR training if not current and not specifically packaged
- Required logged dives not included in the training package
- Travel insurance
- Dive insurance
- Food & drinks
- Transportation
- Accommodation
- PADI professional membership / application fees unless specifically stated
- Gratuities
DYVUM is built for divers who want more than just another dive — more skill, more confidence, more stories, a deeper connection with the ocean, and a community to keep exploring with.