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If you are complete stranger to scuba diving, to consider yourself to get trained and eventually become a certified diving professional might be an alien thoughts. Why would you? What are the reasons to consider?

Just like any other jobs that you are venturing into, knowing what you can get out of it is very important. Whether its going to be a short term or long term plan – its your career that we are talking about here.

So, why should you become a Divemaster?

Reason#1 Work For The Biggest Office In The World

The divers’ office is the biggest office so far in the world. You don’t believe? Look at how big the area covered with water. Its 2/3 of the whole planet: that is

A few years back, when I was still working for an island dive resort, I remember talking to one non-diver guest about the difference between a Divemaster and an Instructor – but that came later in our conversation.

That lady in her forties came to resort with a few more divers friends – I can’t remember the exact number. Anyway, she was the only non-diver in the group. They were on the island for a few days.

Here is the story: For about two days, she was talking about getting certified as scuba diver and that she will be looking around for a Divemaster in her hometown, sign up for the diving course, get trained and eventually get certified. But wait a minute – a Divemaster to train her? Yes. You read it right. (more…)

According to Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) – one of the biggest scuba diving certification agencies in the world – the next level of scuba certification is called Advanced Open Water Diver (AOW).

Advanced Open Water course offer a wide range of training dives to choose from. You are only required to complete 5 training dives prior to certification. Normally, the course can be completed within 2 days.

A few years back, PADI introduced the Adventures In Diving Program with PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification as part of it. The other one is called PADI Adventure Diver certification where a student diver needs to complete only 3 Adventure Dives.

You can sign up for the AOW course immediately, if you prefer, after your PADI Open Water Diver course or have a qualifying certification from another training organization (This is defined

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It may take months or even years, after becoming a newly certified diver, to come to know your options that you can consider taking seriously. After the entry-level course was completed, you don’t really remember asking anyone or even yourself what to do next in terms of continuing your scuba journey.

A walking example is me (the author): I had a valid reason:-  I was a university student by than. So I needed to give study a priority. But, what waited after that; I didn’t really have a clue. Just hang the wall certificate somewhere and be proud of the achievement? Boast to friends or relatives or anyone that I’m part of the biggest underwater community? That I’m an explorer of the deep? That I’m following the footsteps of the famous Jacques Cousteau?

That will be a big

This is a recap of the articles on scuba diving that I have written so far. In case you haven’t realized, the articles are actually connected to each other. I have been laying out the ROADMAP to scuba diving all along – no secret and no hidden agendas.

Note that the FUN part of your journey to scuba diving has finally arrived after going through all the learning processes, equipments selections and the last bit is the diving holiday part.

Before we continue, I have always been assuming that you are a non-diver who is embarking on a journey that will change the way you look at life forever: the scuba diving journey. A journey that is SAFE, fun-filled, thrilling, full of adventures, meet new people and many more. You name it, we got it BUT be sensible of course.

But, if you are a certified diver, active and may be

The question is how to get certified as scuba diver? Simple, you need training. That’s all. To get trained you need to find a trainer or an instructor to teach you. You need some quality training too as you are in this for the rest of your life. Get trained how to use scuba equipments and swim the deep blue sea.

But wait a minute. You don’t simply show up at some random dive shop/centre/resort and sign up for the course. This is especially true when you are going to do your entry-level certification.

No matter where you are going to do the course, you need to do some research. You need to do some digging here. Your research SHOULD include these:

1. Find a reputable dive shop: good track record
If, for example, there are a few dive shops in the area where you live, find out which of those shops