Course overview

Become a PADI Divemaster amid Neil Island's relaxed dive operation, where you can log the required practical dives while learning to guide visitors around sites the local pioneers themselves charted. You will map a dive site, run skill workshops and assist on courses across reefs from Coral Safari to the deeper Wall.

What you’ll learn

• Guide certified divers safely on Neil's reefs
• Conduct dive briefings and site mapping
• Demonstrate and evaluate the 24 dive skills
• Assist instructors on courses and lead skin-diving programs
• Manage dive logistics and diver risk

Prerequisites

• 18 years or older
• PADI Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver (or equivalent)
• EFR within 24 months
• 40+ logged dives to begin, 60 to certify; medical clearance

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Orientation

   Review standards, the Divemaster role and watermanship baseline.
2. Day3
   Skills and theory

   Demonstration-quality skills plus knowledge-development topics.
3. Day6
   Site mapping

   Survey and map a Neil reef such as Coral Safari.
4. Day9
   Internship

   Assist instructors and guide certified divers in open water.

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