Course overview

Take your first professional step in one of the Red Sea's busiest dive hubs, working alongside instructors across Sharm El Sheikh's full range of sites from Ras Mohammed walls to the SS Thistlegorm. The PADI Divemaster programme blends dive theory, demanding watermanship and a real internship guiding certified divers. It is the gateway to a career in diving.

What you’ll learn

• Dive theory and physics to professional standard
• Demonstration-quality skills
• Guiding and supervising certified divers
• Dive-site mapping and briefings
• Risk management and rescue assessment

Prerequisites

• PADI Rescue Diver
• EFR within 24 months
• Minimum age 18
• 40 logged dives to start, 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
   Theory and assessments

   Knowledge development plus watermanship and rescue assessments.
2. Day2
   Workshops

   Skill demonstrations, mapping and dive-management practice.
3. Day3
   Internship

   Supervised guiding of certified divers across multiple sites.

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