How much did it cost you guys then to get to divemaster level or better? if you calculate everything I mean absolutely everything? because you have to have a certain amount of dives as well don't you? as for getting my driving licence it cost me about £300, horse riding unknown. I've been quoted £4,000 to get to divemaster in egypt that incl everything. I would be happy to pay £1700 for everything up to divemaster is that possible?
Hmm... let's see.. a rough approximation of the costs up to, and including, DM training (total diving spend) - over the space of (the first) 10 years:
Courses
Open Water - 450.00
Advanced Open Water - 300.00
Rescue Diver - 350.00
Deep Diver - 250.00
Drysuit Diver - 200.00
Nitrox Diver - 250.00
Wreck Diver - 300.00
EFR w/AED - 250.00
Divemaster - 750.00
Sub-Total -3100.00 GBP
Equipment
Apeks Regulators - 550.00
AP Valves BCD - 450.00
Mares Fins - 55.00
Cressi Mask x2 - 75.00
Suunto Vyper - 250.00
Bodyglove Drysuit -850.00
4th Element Undersuit - 85.00
Sub-Total -2315.00 GBP
Diving
240 Dives (@ 30) - 7200.00
Air Fills x 240 (@2) - 580.00
Sub-Total - 7780.00
Approx Total Spend (10 years from OW to Divemaster), mostly diving in the UK -
13,195 GBP
*Not including air-fare, car petrol, dive insurance, small items and maintenance/service of kit.
Really.... that
was cheap. It didn't start getting expensive until I started on the technical diving route. Post-Instructor/DM qualification (the last 10 years), I spent a lot more on kit, but most of my (4500+) subsequent dives were free/paid for.
If asked how much of my money I've spent on scuba diving in the last 20 years, my honest answer would have to be "
most of it".
Seriously....