How many DiveMasters?

[battles2a5]

hmm, i've read the DM book, so i know exactly what it involves, unfortuantly, i'm also a really good swimmer and would get full marks on all the tests. But, i am putting nails into the coffin of your illustrious, experienced diving career. Pay your money, get your qualification, then pay more money every year to keep doing it ;]. DM is a lame qualification, again i repeat, it is a good introduction to people who want to eventually become instructors, which really should know what they are doing before taking this route. Unfortuantly people regularly do DM, because they see it as the next step from rescue diver, which unfortuantly PADI have deemed it to be (i know they dont claim this, they just don't offer anything else)

Wow, grossly misinformed once again. "Reading the DM book" and swimming a few laps does not mean you know what the training involves. I have not made any claims to have an illustrious diving career. I do hope to be an instructor eventually, but want to take my skills a whole lot farther before I do that. But since you know it all, here's a few more reasons why being a DM is not "lame":

1) Crew on a boat = FREE diving. Here in NC, that is going to save you mucho moola on offshore dive trips, will more than pay for your DM dues over and over again
2) Work with a shop = free fills, everything else at cost. Again, if you are a frequent diver or involved in any tech diving, this is huge. Filling a couple of sets of doubles with nitrox every week or two is not cheap.
3) Share your love of diving with new divers. Working with new divers is rewarding, even if you aren't getting paid for it
4) Building your network of divers.

 

[LavaSurfer]

DM qualification is lame. i doubt half the DM could handle their own problems, if the **** hit the fan, let alone someone else!!

Nice, Intelligent remark. '
And you didn't even answer the question. Trolling for a response maybe?

 

[Ironman]

DM qualification is lame. i doubt half the DM could handle their own problems, if the **** hit the fan, let alone someone else!! … hmm, i've read the DM book, so i know exactly what it involves, unfortuantly, i'm also a really good swimmer and would get full marks on all the tests. But, i am putting nails into the coffin of your illustrious, experienced diving career.

So did you come to this realization as a PADI AOW diver? Or because you took DIR-F? I'd like to throw some **** in your fan and see how you handle it. … Wow, grossly misinformed once again. "Reading the DM book" and swimming a few laps does not mean you know what the training involves.

Battle, you shouldn't waste your time trying to teach a pig to sing. It can't be done, and it just frustrates the pig. Or, put another way, as Larry the Cable Guy (or one of those redneck comedians) says, 'You can't fix stupid'.

 

[Ice9]

hmm, i've read the DM book, so i know exactly what it involves, unfortuantly, i'm also a really good swimmer and would get full marks on all the tests.

Ya. Right.

I once read the flight manual for the Boeing 737-400. I also have over 60 hours of flight time in Cessna 172s. So by your logic I should be able to march right out onto the tarmac and fly a 737.

I have an idea: Try the course before you pass judgments. I'm finding its a LOT harder than it would seem.

But, i am putting nails into the coffin of your illustrious, experienced diving career.
Pay your money, get your qualification, then pay more money every year to keep doing it

If you think you are putting nails into the coffin of anyone's career, you are suffering from delusions of grandeur.

 

[DeepSeaExplorer]

finished my dm this year
49 yrs old-a little strenuous but i survived!!
internship was a blast-i still help with the new open water students
i'm dm #234518-thats total # of padi dms

My number is of the 172xxx series from 2000. So that would make just over 60,000 divemasters in 7 years.

 

[Druid]

finished my dm this year
49 yrs old-a little strenuous but i survived!!
internship was a blast-i still help with the new open water students
i'm dm #234518-thats total # of padi dms

My number is of the 172xxx series from 2000. So that would make just over 60,000 divemasters in 7 years.

It doesn't work like that. I qualified this year and my number is 644xxx, but I am certified by PADI International, all of whose certifications are 6xxxxx range.

 

[battles2a5]

Battle, you shouldn't waste your time trying to teach a pig to sing. It can't be done, and it just frustrates the pig. Or, put another way, as Larry the Cable Guy (or one of those redneck comedians) says, 'You can't fix stupid'.

Ya, you are right. It just annoys me to see these www.divers spout this bs. Especially when people are hee asking for constructive feedback on diving. Well, if this guy ever actually "dives" in real water, let's just hope a well trained DM is there to save him

 

[Hank49]

It doesn't work like that. I qualified this year and my number is 644xxx, but I am certified by PADI International, all of whose certifications are 6xxxxx range.

Does your number change when you become an instuctor? I don't have my DM card anymore but my owsi # is 462664 and I was certified in 1999 in the Philippines. (PADI International?)

 

[j yaeger]

i was misinformed and stand corrected

 

[Druid]

Does your number change when you become an instuctor? I don't have my DM card anymore but my owsi # is 462664 and I was certified in 1999 in the Philippines. (PADI International?)

No, the number stays the same.

Phillipines - PADI Asia Pacific?