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Master Scuba Diver™

Master Scuba Diver™

About Master Scuba Diver™

Join the best of the best in recreational scuba diving and live the dive life as a PADI Master Scuba Diver. The Master Scuba Diver rating places you in an elite group of respected divers who have earned this rating through both significant experience and scuba training. Fewer than two percent of divers ever achieve this rating. When you flash your Master Scuba Diver card, people know that you've spent time underwater in a variety of environments and had your share of dive adventures.

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Requirements

Required Courses

Open Water Diver

Learn how to safely explore and protect the underwater world, perform basic dive skills and set up scuba equipment.

Advanced Open Water Diver

Experience new adventures with an instructor by your side. Designed for novice divers who want to improve their skills.

Rescue Diver

Improve your confidence and become a better dive buddy through fun role-playing and skill practice.

5 Specialty Courses

PADI Specialty Courses – many now available with digital learning – give you the tools to enhance your exploration. Discover your unique diving aptitude - deep diving, photography, videography, fish identification, etc.

Most Popular Specialty Courses

Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver

Extend your bottom time, shorten your surface intervals and dive deeper on repetitive dives.

Deep Diver

Reach new depths, discover new dive sites, and learn about deep dive planning, dive limits and gas management.

Dry Suit Diver

Learn how to control the air in your drysuit, buoyancy, common drysuit problems, and basic repairs and maintenance in order to dive more places.

Peak Performance Buoyancy

Find the perfect balance: Dive with less weight, and improve your buoyancy control and air consumption.

Dive Theory

Take a deep dive into the science of scuba to expand your knowledge or prepare for a divemaster/instructor course.

Contact a Dive Shop

Check with your PADI Dive Center or Resort about starting your journey toward becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver and continuing your diving adventures.

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