Course overview

Become a dive professional with the PADI Divemaster course in the Seychelles, your first leadership rating and the gateway to working in the dive industry. Training takes place across Mahe's varied boulder reefs, wrecks and marine-park sites, where you build stamina, hone rescue skills and learn to guide certified divers through real Indian Ocean conditions. You finish qualified to lead dives, assist instructors and supervise certified-diver activities.

What you’ll learn

• Demonstrate dive-leadership skills and supervise certified divers
• Conduct dive briefings, lead guided dives and manage groups underwater
• Assist instructors with student divers in confined and open water
• Complete demanding water-skills and stamina assessments
• Map a dive site and plan logistics for safe diving
• Apply the PADI Divemaster code of conduct and risk management

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 18
• PADI Advanced Open Water (or qualifying certification)
• PADI Rescue Diver certification
• Emergency First Response (primary and secondary care) within 24 months
• At least 40 logged dives to begin and 60 to certify
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician

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 & theory

   Course orientation, dive-theory study and the first knowledge-development sessions.
2. Day2
   Water-skills assessment

   Complete the stamina swims, equipment exchange and 24-skill demonstration circuit.
3. Day3
   Rescue & problem-solving

   Rehearse the diver-rescue assessment and dive-emergency management scenarios.
4. Day4
   Mapping & guiding

   Map a dive site such as the Coral Garden and practise leading certified-diver groups.
5. Day5
   Practical internship

   Assist with real courses and guided dives across Mahe's reef and wreck sites.
6. Day6
   Assessment & certification

   Final exams, debriefs and sign-off as a PADI Divemaster.

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