Course overview

Earn your first professional rating with the PADI Divemaster course in Key Largo, the entry point to the Florida Keys and the protected reefs of John Pennekamp. You work alongside instructors on busy charter boats that run reefs, wrecks and drifts year-round, and you build the leadership, dive-management and supervision skills needed to guide certified divers and assist on courses. You finish ready to work as a PADI professional anywhere in the world.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • Knowledge development across nine Divemaster topics with exams
  • Water-skills and stamina assessments including the 24-skill demonstration circuit
  • Practical workshops: deep dive simulation, search-and-recovery and mapping projects
  • Supervised internship assisting real students on the reef and the boat
  • Dive-management scenarios run on daily charters to local sites
  • PADI Divemaster crewpak, digital materials and certification card
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The PADI Divemaster pathway

The PADI Divemaster rating is your entry into the PADI professional ranks and the prerequisite for the Assistant Instructor and Instructor Development courses. Certified Divemasters can supervise activities, lead certified divers and assist instructors worldwide, with access to professional membership and insurance.

Where you'll dive in Key Largo

Training runs out of Key Largo across John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. Internship dives use shallow reefs such as Molasses and Elbow Reef, with deeper work on wrecks like the Spiegel Grove. Calm, warm water (22-29C) and a long April-to-October peak season give consistent conditions for building professional experience.

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Not included? Sort the rest of your trip

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Getting there

Fly into Miami (MIA) · 18-22 hours from India.

Where to stay

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