Where to become dive master

[sean888]

hi all,
I recently got my open water cert and fell in love with diving. I have only logged 5 dives so far. I am looking for advice on where to go to get my scuba dive master. I am leaning towards somewhere in the Caribbean. Any advice on what country, island, or school/shop I should go to? I would like to find something decently priced and preferably including accommodations.

 

[Marie13]

If you've only got 5 logged dives so far, you would be better off to spend time actually diving. There's nothing wrong with having a goal to work towards, but you need to actually get dives under your belt. How many of those logged dives are outside of your OW class?

 

[sean888]

they were all part of my OW class. I understand the requirements for rescue diver and dive master are not met and realize I will have to do a bunch of dives to meet those requirements. I have found some schools that allow unlimited "fun dives" to meet those requirements and others that offer them at a decent price. My plan is essentially a minimum 2-3 month "vacation" to complete all the dives/requirements.

 

[scubadada]

@sean888

There have been many previous threads on SB regarding "zero to hero". The responses you will receive are pretty predictable

Best of Luck

 

[sean888]

I see that. I just joined the forum and am finding my way around.
Thanks

 

[scubadada]

What would you do with your divemaster status once you had it? Training in the Caribbean generally prepares you to work in a similar environment. It wouldn't generalize very well to you current home territory.

 

[sean888]

Honestly.. I'm not too sure at this point. Im going to be leaving my current job soon and while I'm unemployed I want to do something fun. I may get my divemaster and then go back to work and only dive once or twice a year on vacation or I might try to work as a divemaster somewhere for some time then move on to instructor and pursue a career in scuba diving.

Im currently a helicopter pilot and was looking into getting my divemaster in antigua because they have a helicopter on the island. In a perfect world I would be able to be a part time divemaster and part time helicopter pilot.

 

[sean888]

I found an OW to divemaster course with antigua scuba school that seemed really cheap. Don't get me wrong, I like to save money, but I don't want to be jipped training that I might need. I don't want to go to that school then find out that I can't use my divemaster cert, if I decide to, because of their bad reputation (not saying they have a bad reputation but idk)

 

[stuartv]

If you want to work as a divemaster, your best bet would be to do your training where you want to work.

Since you don't really have experience yet to have a good, informed opinion of where you'd want to work, you might want to spend the first part of your planned time off just going to a few different places and diving a lot. That might help you figure out if you really want to work in the diving industry, and, if so, where.

 

[sean888]

Are there any schools that would provide me with a better opportunity to work elsewhere then others?