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Divemaster Course - Intensive Option

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Go Pro with the PADI Divemater Course - Intensive Option

PADI Go Pro Challenge

The intensive version of the PADI Divemaster course is run over 2-3 weeks and is aimed at experienced divers who already have 40+ logged dives, or for those divers who are already very comfortable with their diving. Its a great way to reach that first level of professional diving certification, and its run on Bunaken which means that you can Go Pro whilst diving one of the top dive locations of North Sulawesi and Indonesia.

Two Fish Philosophy

Our philosophy on the Divemaster course is to give you a professional course, and give you the experiences needed to be certified as a PADI Divemaster.

Why choose Two Fish for your DM Course

We think that we are different from other dive centers:

Great diving & staff

The diving is excellent & our staff are really friendly. We have had many Divemaster candidates with us and they have all found it hard work but great fun.

You will be on a tropical island and will have a full island experience: interacting with the local staff to get what you need (eg tanks loaded on boats), learning some of the language, helping to deal with guest and courses, doing lots of diving, and doing a professional DM course. Its great to do the Divemaster course here, but be warned as you will definitely be spoilt - there is no other diving like this in the world!

Experienced mentors

Unlike your previous courses, the DM course is a mentoring course and you will develop a strong mentor-type relationship with your instructor. This is why all our DM mentors are at least qualified as Staff Instructors, this means that they have already done many DM courses and therefore have the necessary experience to give you a very high quality DM course.

We have 2 Staff Instructors on staff that share the mentoring of the DM candidates. We also have 2 other instructors on staff that will help with some of your training, you will therefore be exposed to some different styles of instructors and this is a great benefit. We also have a 50% ratio of male/female instructors, and this adds another very interesting dimension to doing courses with us.

No Cheap Labour

We do not use our DM candidates as cheap labour as they do in some other shops, where you work in the dive shop and do the minimum number of dives. One of our strengths is the number of entry-level and advanced courses that we run, and we regularly use our internship candidates on these. We try and assign courses for you to look after, and we would expect you to help as follows:

  • set up equipment
  • help with dive site preparation and briefing
  • assisting with teaching underwater
  • leading dives
  • washing and storing equipment on return
  • de-briefing the guests with fish books, etc.

We even try and use our DM candidates when possible to help our guides with the guests so that you can get some experience with looking after certified guests underwater as well as on the land. Our benefit is that we can provide a better level of service for our diving customers.

Whats Included

The price of the Divemaster Intensive course includes:

  • Divemaster Course
  • Use of our library of PADI course manuals and videos/DVDs
  • Full dive equipment rental. We do not have dive computers for use so we would expect you to have your own dive computer. We can provide Suunto computers for sale at very competitive prices.

Whats Excluded

What is not included in the price of the Divemaster Intensive course :

  • Accommodation - our normal cottages range from €18 to €25 pp/night, but most of our Divemaster candidates choose a budget room for €12 pp/night with shared bathroom. These prices are full board to include food, coffee, tea and drinking water.
  • Fun diving – we make a small charge of €12/dive for any non-course fun dives that you want to make. We also extend this price to our resort in Lembeh so you can end your holiday with a great value 3-day dive-pack in the muck-diving capital of the world.
  • DM Manuals & Materials – the DM Crew Pak costs €180 and includes DM Manual, Knowledge Workbook, Diving Encyclopedia, RDP (RDP Table and eRDP-MultiLevel), DM slates and Instructor guides for programs that DM may conduct. These are mandatory for the DM course.
  • PADI DM Membership - at the end of your internship you will need to send off your DM application to PADI and there is an annual fee of A$105 (Australian dollars).
  • Visa - you can get a 30-day visa on arrival in Manado Airport, the price is about USD25. If you want to stay in Indonesia longer, you can get a 60-day visa, the price is about USD50. You can get this longer visa from an Indonesia embassy in your country before you leave; if you are already in Asia then the Indonesian embassies in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur can be used as well.
  • Entrance Fee - there is a fee of approx €12 for entrance fee into the Bunaken marine park.
  • Airport Transfers - we only ask for a bottle of wine and some novels to add to our library - these are hard to get here and is something that we miss about living on a tropical island!

Pre-requisites for the DM Course

Minimum requirements for starting the Divemaster course are:
  • certified as PADI Rescue Diver or equivalent
  • have First Aid course certified in the last 12 months (PADI EFR, or equivalent course that includes CPR & AV training)
  • have completed and logged 20 dives
  • have medical clearance for diving signed by a doctor, attesting to fitness to dive. The medical clearance must be current within the previous 12 months

Life after the Divemaster Course

On top of the Divemaster course, depending on your dates, you can add the Assistant Instructor Course (AI) or the Instructor Development Course (IDC).

Assistant Instructor Course

This can be done as a 3/4-day addition to the Divemaster Intensive Course, or as an extra 1-week to the Divemaster Internship Course. Find out more about the Assistant Instructor Course.

Instructor Development Course (IDC)

The IDC course is a 10-day course, and can be done after the Divemaster or Assistant Instructor courses.

We have a special offer of a 10% discount
on our IDCs for those who do the DM course with us!

We only run an IDC on Bunaken in May/Sep each year, therefore the timing of your Divemaster Course is important to the IDC. If your timing is not good for an IDC on Bunaken, you could do one of the IDCs run throughout the rest of the year in Thailand. Our Course Director works in Koh Lanta, Thailand in the season Oct-May and runs IDC courses during this time, and he will give the same 10% IDC discount to those who do the Divemaster course with us.

Working after the Divemaster Course

Unfortunately we cannot provide any work after your Divemaster course as Indonesia is very strict when it comes to work visa's. Also, it is very expensive to get work visa and we can only get work visa's for 1 year. The best thing we can offer is some guidance after your Divemaster Course. Our Course Director works in Koh Lanta, Thailand in the season Oct-May and he has some very good contacts in the area.
 

Special Offers

Half-price Buddy Discount

PADI COURSE DiscountS

When fun diving, take your Advanced course for only €157.50 - other course discounts available


2009 Photo Competition

2010 Photo Competition

Win a FREE 5-day dive holiday in either Bunaken and Lembeh


Free night dive

Free night dive

Stay and dive in both Bunaken and Lembeh and get a night dive for FREE


 

Whats New at Two Fish

Buy dive insurance when you arrive

Dive_Insurance.jpgThinking about buying dive insurance for your holiday? Purchase it in Bunaken or Lembeh online when you arrive at great prices prices, eg daily EUR3.14 , weekly EUR14.90, monthly EUR28.15 and annual EUR57.96.
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New blogs for Bunaken & Lembeh

New Blogs for Bunaken & Lembeh

We now have two new blogs for each area, so you can check out your favourite locations! Funnily enough they are called Diving Bunaken and Diving Lembeh, hope to see you there.

Suunto dive computers at great prices

Suunto D4 redWhy not buy a Suunto dive computer when you are here at great prices only offered in Indonesia: Zoop only US$290, Vyper only US$350, D4 only US$495, more....
I could have stayed there. It was so HARD to leave. It paid off to stay 2 weeks. The dive help became really friendly and close. If we stayed 3 weeks
 
Pam, USA (Sep 2003)
(Pam did return in Sep 2005, Sep 2006 and again in Sep 2008!)


Nitrox available


Divemaster & Instructor Internships
in Lembeh & Bunaken

PADI Instructor GoPRO Challenge

Next IDC in Bunaken/Manado - 23 AuG 2010
check out all the dates for 2010



Reef Conservation

Member of North Sulawesi Watersports Association

As a member of the local conservation group North Sulawesi Watersports Association (NSWA), Two Fish Divers is active in reef conversation and all guides and guests are encouraged to look with their eyes and not their hands.

Member of Green Fins Project

We are also a member of Green Fins (sponsored by the Reef-World Foundation) - we abide by the Green Fins Code of Conduct and encourage the Green Fins Friendly Diving practices.




 
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