Course overview

Earn your first professional rating with the PADI Divemaster course in Tarkarli-Malvan, qualifying you to guide certified divers, assist instructors and supervise dive activities. Training in the calm, sheltered bay beside Sindhudurg Fort and on the boat-accessed reefs of Maharashtra's Konkan coast builds the leadership, dive-theory and demonstration skills that mark a dive professional.

What you’ll learn

• Guide certified divers safely and lead underwater tours
• Assist instructors with students in confined and open water
• Conduct dive briefings, site mapping and risk assessments
• Demonstrate all 24 scuba skills to professional standard
• Apply dive theory in physics, physiology and equipment
• Manage real dive logistics and group control on local boat sites

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 18
• PADI Advanced Open Water (or equivalent)
• PADI Rescue Diver (or equivalent)
• Emergency First Response / CPR and first aid 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 & water skills

   Programme briefing plus swim, float and tired-diver-tow stamina assessments in the calm bay.
2. Day2
   Dive theory & exams

   Work through the dive-theory modules and sit the Divemaster exams.
3. Day3
   Practical workshops

   Dive briefings, site mapping and search-and-recovery practice on boat-accessed reefs near Sindhudurg Fort.
4. Day4
   Skill demonstration

   Polish the 24-skill circuit to demonstration quality in the sheltered shallows.
5. Day5
   Internship & assessment

   Assist on real student courses and complete your practical assessment to certify.

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