At Blue Ocean Diving, all Divemaster training is much more than a course that you attend, learn and receive another certification card – it’s an extensive experience program to build real world skills and practical application to prepare you for life as a Dive Professional.

The Divemaster internship is GREAT FUN – introducing you to the lifestyle behind the scenes in the dive industry; and if you like blowing bubbles – you’ll have virtually unlimited opportunity to get underwater.

After registration and an initial theory session, ALL YOUR DIVING IS FREE !!! - whenever you dive in the Pool, Leybourne Lakes and at Stoney Cove as part of the Divemaster Internship, you pay nothing for the diving.

You’ll do over 30 pool dives & log about 40 open water dives on the program.

Because the range of experience required to complete the internship includes several dive trips to the Lakes & Stoney, the internship is a minimum 3 months duration – so you get excellent experience and value for money.

You need to be committed to diving – and want to be part of a busy Dive Team : becoming involved in all aspects of dive planning, logistics & control takes a lot of time and effort – teamwork builds some great friendships & a good social life with everybody working in the Dive Centre.

It is not an easy program to complete – there are significant challenges for everyone participating: the instruction builds on your individual strengths and works on any weaknesses to ensure excellence in all areas of work as a DM.

During the course you will participate in skill circuit development to perfect the skills learned in the pool as a student on the Open Water Course.

This will build towards Excellent Demonstrations & Control when assisting with students in training.

The DM training involves a series of lectures to give you the background info on the role of a PADI Divemaster as an instructors’ assistant, dive organizer, dive guide and equipment expert, as well as detailed theory of diving physiology, physics and decompression models.

Being a DM is quite a physical role – so there’s a series of watermanship stamina tests to complete all against the clock to achieve the best times possible:

800m snorkel, 400m swim, 100m Rescue tow & 15min tread-water

The Divemaster Internship is a great option for any keen mad bubbler who loves being underwater, wanting to be more involved in the dive club and who takes diving seriously…

Being a PADI Divemaster isn’t a qualification – it’s a lifestyle !