PADI Master Scuba Diver Rating – Reach the Highest Non-Professional Level
The PADI Master Scuba Diver rating is the ultimate achievement in recreational diving, showcasing your dedication, experience, and advanced skills. At The Diving Academy, we provide a clear path to help you earn this prestigious title through expert instruction and a wide range of specialty training.
Why Choose The Diving Academy for Your Master Scuba Diver Training?
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Experienced PADI instructors to guide your development
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Specialty courses tailored to your interests and diving goals
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Practical dive training across top UK dive sites in Reading, Swindon, Oxford, Bristol, and surrounding areas
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Flexible scheduling to suit your lifestyle
Master Scuba Diver Requirements
To earn the Master Scuba Diver rating, you need to:
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Be at least 12 years old
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Hold PADI Open Water Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver, and Rescue Diver certifications
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Complete five PADI Specialty Diver courses
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Log at least 50 dives
Specialty Courses to Choose From
At The Diving Academy, we offer a variety of PADI Specialty Diver courses, such as:
These specialty programs are conducted across multiple dive environments, providing hands-on experience in a range of underwater scenarios.
What This Rating Means
Achieving the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating places you among an elite group of divers who have demonstrated a high level of training, skill, and underwater experience. It’s a mark of distinction that represents your passion and dedication to the sport.
Start Your Journey Today
Take the next step in your diving career with the Master Scuba Diver rating at The Diving Academy. Our professional team is ready to support and guide you from your first specialty course to final recognition. Join the ranks of accomplished divers in Reading, Swindon, Oxford, Bristol, and beyond
What You Need To Complete
Step 1. Core Training
You will need to complete the following core PADI certifications and become:
- PADI Open Water Diver
- PADI Advanced Open Water
- PADI Rescue Diver
Step 2. Speciality Courses
You will need to earn five PADI Specialty Diver certifications.
Step 3. Dives
You need to have competed & logged 50 open water dives.
Step 4. At The Dive Centre
Once you have completed the above steps or you would like some advise, please contact us, and book a session with one of our Master Scuba Diver Trainers, who will be able to guide & support you on your journey.
Youth Academy
Youth Diving At Diving Academy
For children and young adults, mastering the art of scuba diving is an experience like no other. Your child’s first breaths underwater mark the beginning of a life changing journey as a PADI diver. With great benefits for both educational and personal growth, diving provides the opportunity to put classroom knowledge into practice, while learning new skills and building long-lasting friendships.
Diving requires patience, dedication and great sense of humour. While mastering PADI’s specific performance requirements, students will develop positive characteristics such as communication, trust and open-mindedness, all while gaining a great sense of personal achievement.
Encourage them to push the boundaries of what they dream possible.
As an PADI approved Youth Training Centres we adhere to strict health and safety practices and comply with government legislation for working with young people.
This includes implementing our Dive Centre Child Protection Policy with dedicated liaison and carrying out comprehensive DBS (Disclosure Barring Checks) with all PADI professionals before allowing them to work with our young people.
When you choose to work with us as a PADI Approved Youth Training Centre, you can feel confident your young persons are enrolled with the most instructionally sold diver training system available worldwide.
Your child’s introduction to the underwater world with PADI will open the door to a lifetime of discovery and exploration.
Course Locations
Dive Centre
Diving Academy – Dive Centre, Sunfield Business Park, New Mill Road, Wokingham, RG40 4QT
Pool Training Sites
Wokingham – The Forest School, Robin Hood Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham, RG41 5NE
Yateley – Yateley School, School Lane, GU46 6NW
Hagbourne – Hagbourne School Pool, Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LR
Swindon – Halo Highworth Recreation Centre, The Elms, Highworth, Swindon SN6 7DD
Open Water Training Sites:
London – Wraysbury Diving Lake, Station Road, Wraysbury, Berkshire, TW19 5ND
Radstock – Vobster Quay, Upper Vobster, Radstock, BA3 5SD
Leicester – Stoney Cove, Sapcote Road, Stoney Stanton, Leicester, LE9 4DW