Hey can anyone verify that PADI lowered the dive master age from 18? My friend told me they did and I checked it out online and couldnt find any age requirements.
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Prerequisites only. Used to be 40 required to enter the program, I must have missed the change to 20 on my updates. Maybe the'yre trying to catch up to the YMCA, and maybe Naui (which required 50 dives for their Instructor IDC) which had required for years only 15 dives to enter the leadership program. PADI still requires 60 dives to complete the DM program... the poster left that out.Aquanautchuck:Put Another Dollar In...18 years old and 20 dives. I don't know about others but there is no way I think that is qualified to be a DM. What's next, 6 yrs OW certs.:shakehead
Sorry, just had to vent for a moment. I'm better now.![]()
Charles