Title: The Master Scuba Diver Programme
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2The PADI Master Scuba Diver ProgrammewithDiverC
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- The Black Belt of Scuba Diving
- Expand and enhance your scuba skills and
knowledge - Become one of the privileged
- Highest level a diver can reach
- Denotes Superior achievement and proficiency
3Requirements
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
- PADI Rescue Diver
- Any 5 PADI Specialty ratings
- Proof of 50 Logged dives
- A sense of adventure, exploration,
- excitement and a passion for diving
4Which Speciality?
Deep Diver, Equipment Specialist, Night Diver,
Research Diver, Search and Recovery Diver,
Underwater Navigator, Underwater Photographer,
Wreck Diver, Boat Diver, Drift Diver, Dry Suit
Diver, Multilevel Diver, Underwater Naturalist,
Peak Performance Buoyancy, Distinctive
Specialist (varied).
- Its entirely up to you. If you dive mainly in
the UK we recommend the Brit 5 - Deep, Wreck, Dry-Suit, Enriched Air Navigation
5PADI recommends that you
- Try out the most popular
- specialty diving activities
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- Increase your underwater
- experiences
- Explore new environments
6A Few Facts signing on, timeand popular
specialities .
- Chat to a DiverCity Instructor, a diving
education specialist, they will advise you how
to embark on this programme - Completion can take anything from several weeks
to several years. You will decide the pace of
your Master Scuba Diver programme - Many divers choose to complete the 50 dives and
several speciality courses on one of the
DiverCity trips. - Which is the most popular speciality
course? the one that appeals to you!
7Start today with Discover Enriched
Air Nitrox
- Course Overview
- Can be run during the Open Water Diver Course or
any other. - Knowledge Development
- Enriched Air Dive Planning
- Care for Equipment
- Hazard Management
- Use and application of Enriched Air
- Course Completion allows.
- You to dive on a 32 O² mix within the no-stop
limit of the air RDP or air based computer - Max 30m/100ft
- Indirect Supervision of DiverCity Professional
who is Enriched Air Certified. - Please note that you will be required to purchase
a manual for this programme as it can be used for
future reference and full certification
8Rescue Diver
- Course Overview
- Crucial step in expanding knowledge and
experience beyond recreational level. - Rescue divers learn to look after themselves and
to consider safety well being of other divers. - Training prepares you to prevent problems and if
necessary, manage dive emergencies using a
variety of techniques. - Five knowledge development sessions
- Rescue skills
- Practical rescue scenarios
- Exam with 50 questions
- Curriculum is performance based.
9Enriched Air Diver
- Overview
- Planning, organisation, procedures, techniques,
problems and hazards of enriched air diving - Analyse Enriched Air Cylinders content
- Extend your no-stop limits beyond the normal
limits of diving with air - Learn what colour coding, stickers and tags
Enriched Air cylinders should have - Risk factors when diving with Enriched air -
Nitrox
10Deep Diver
- Overview
- Planning, organisation, procedures, techniques,
problems and hazards of deep diving - Risk factors and decompression-tables review
- Safety stops and emergency decompression
procedures - Special equipment, decent lines and
buoyancy-control considerations - Procedures for flying after diving and high
altitude - Orientation to recompression chambers
11Wreck Diver
- Overview
- Planning, organisation, procedures, techniques,
problems and hazards of wreck diving - The preparation and use of lights, air supplies,
special equipment, penetration lines and reels - Limited visibility diving techniques and
emergency procedures
12Underwater Navigator
- Overview
- Planning, organisation, procedures, techniques,
problems and hazards of underwater navigation - Methods of estimating distance underwater
- Natural navigation techniques
- Using underwater patterns
- Dive site relocation techniques
- Compass navigation techniques
13Underwater Search and Recovery
- Overview
- Planning, organisation, procedures, techniques,
problems and hazards of underwater search and
recovery diving - Limited visibility diving and underwater
navigation techniques - Proper techniques and safety considerations for
object location, including the use of various
search patterns, lines and reels - Proper technique and safety considerations for
recovery of - objects using various lifting
- devices
14Night Diver
- Overview
- Planning, organisation, procedures, techniques,
problems and hazards of night diving - Proper procedures for buoyancy control,
navigation and communication - Use of dive lights and buddy-system techniques
- Disorientation
- Emergency procedures
- Orientation to nocturnal aquatic life
15Dry Suit Diver
- Overview
- Planning, organisation, procedures, techniques,
problems and hazards of dry suit diving - Proper procedures for buoyancy control
- Ascent and decent technique training
- Routine, user-level, preventative maintenance and
performance checks on dry suits
16Underwater Photographer
- Overview
- The planning, organisation, procedures,
techniques, problems and hazards of underwater
photography diving - Photographic principles, composition, film types,
flash/available light photography and camera
handling techniques - The preparation, care and maintenance of
photographic equipment
17Equipment Specialist Course
- Overview
- Theory, principles and operation of diving
equipment - Routine, recommended care maintenance
procedures and equipment storage - Common problems with equipment and recommended
professional maintenance procedures - Simple suggestions for comfortable equipment
configurations and an - introduction to new
- equipment
18Boat Diver Course
- Overview
- Planning, organisation, procedures, techniques,
problems and boat diving hazards - Boat Diving etiquette storage of personal
equipment, personal conduct and considerations
for care of the boat. - Basic common boat diving terminology
- Specific Boat Diving Laws and/or ordinances
- Overview of emergency/safety equipment needed
on-board private diving vessels
19Drift Diver Course
- Overview
- Planning, organisation, procedures, techniques,
problems and hazards of drift diving - Special equipment, floats, lines and reels
- Proper procedures for buoyancy-control,
navigation and communication. - Site selection and overview of aquatic currents
causes and effects. - Techniques for staying close to a buddy or
together as a group.
20Underwater Naturalist Course
- Overview
- Planning, organisation, procedures, techniques,
problems and hazards of diving in different
aquatic environments - A basic overview of major aquatic life groupings
(kingdoms and phyla) - Factual information to dispel myths about
potentially dangerous aquatic life - An overview of basic aquatic life interactions
and associations - Responsible human interaction with aquatic life
- Diving techniques used to help preserve bottom
dwelling aquatic life and minimize aquatic life
disturbances
21Peak Performance Buoyancy Course
- Overview
- Peak Performance Buoyancy fundamentals
- Use of PADIs Basic Weighting Guidelines
- An opportunity to polish buoyancy control beyond
the Open Water Diver level
22Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) Course
- Overview
- Planning, organisation, procedures, techniques,
problems and hazards of diving with a underwater
propulsion vehicle - Equipment considerations including but not
limited to, battery care, maintenance and
precautions - Procedures for determining a turnaround point,
vehicle failure, runaway motor, descents
ascents and avoiding propeller entanglement - Techniques for avoiding harming fragile aquatic
life. - Techniques for entering and
- exiting the water with a DPV
23- Increase your diving experience, fun and explore
new environments. Contact DiverCity today.