PADI Divemaster Course

If you love diving and want to share your experiences with others the PADI Divemaster course is for you. The Divemaster course is your first professional diving course on the PADI Pro ladder. Working closely with our staff and instructors you will learn the ins and outs of the diving industry, fine tune your diving skills, improve your rescue skills, learn how to anticipate and problem solve and become a role model for divers everywhere.

So Why Choose Aquanauts for your course?

Get to work with the busiest dive centre in the South West, teaching the full range of courses. Get treated as a peer and complete the course in a reasonable time frame, learn how to crew on a professional dive charter, gain management skills through supervising and organising diving activities, plus learn at a schedule that suits you!

Join our dive club after you pass and receive free equipment hire when you dive with us and free air whenever you want - making diving an affordable hobby. Our club dive boats are just £15.  Friendly, very active dive club that dives all year, in Plymouth, around the UK, and abroad. We also have marine conservation, nautical archaeological, and shipwreck diving groups that you can join, and a large membership base that welcomes new members and will buddy up with new people. Our courses are completely flexible, weekends, evenings or weekdays, we will fit around you.

Our safety equipment is first class, we are the only boat that carries multiple GPS and VHF radios, Radar, Night Search Lights, Night Navigation Equipment, Full Diver Emergency Facilities, First Aid Kits, Oxygen and an Automated External Defibrillator. We are open and staffed 7 days per week, year round. Our shop and online shop is one of the cheapest for equipment in the country and we operate a UK price guarantee - we cannot be beaten on price and if you see something for sale anywhere in the UK cheaper, we'll match it and you still get our excellent local service and free help putting it all together.

What You Recieve

So when you book onto your PADI Divemaster Course you will receive your Divemaster Crewpack which contains; PADI Instructor Manual, Divemaster Manual, Divemaster Slates, The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving, Scuba Tune-Up Guidebook and The Professional Training Log Book. This all comes in a handy PADI Pro Satchel.

Course Details

There are 3 sections to the Divemaster course; Knowledge Development, 9 chapters covering what you need to know howvere expand your knowledge base by reading around the subject using the The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving and othe materials; Practical Application, the teaching and assisting aspect of the course. Assist in teaching and helping divers over come obstacles, refresh their skills and guide divers in open water giving them confidence and great memories; Fitness and Stamina; it does take a certain physical fitness to be a divemaster so there are timed swims, snorkels and stress tests involved.Final qualifying dives are completed from a very large, comfortable hardboat , with a rear diver lift to make getting in and out while wearing equipment very easy. We also supply tea, coffee or hot chocolate throughout your day.