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Master Diver

Master Diver

The Master Diver course is the highest, non-leadership course and provides the student extensive knowledge and diving skills.

The master scuba diver course provides the fundamentals for progression into leadership training. Subject areas include diving science, physiology, diving environment, equipment and dive planning.

Students will also develop personal scuba diving skills and become proficient in specialty areas including: deep, navigation, night diving, search and recovery and underwater mapping.

General Prerequisites

To enroll in the NASE Worldwide Master Scuba Diver course, students must:

  • Meet all of the prerequisites outlined in the NASE Worldwide General Course Standards and Procedures.
  • Possess NASE Rescue Diver certification, or the equivalent from a recognized agency.
  • Be at least 18 years old by the start of the course.
  • Have completed and logged a minimum of 25 dives or 500 minutes of total bottom time.

Open Water Training

The NASE Worldwide Master Scuba Diver course consists of a minimum of eight (8) open water dives. The core dives consist of the following: Underwater Navigation (2 dives), Deep Diving (2 dives), Search and Recovery, Night Diving and Underwater Mapping (2 dives).

The scuba training dives are organized to expose students to variety of variety of realistic open water environments, allowing the student to apply skills and knowledge from previous scuba training to new experiences and conditions.

Examples include:

  • Beach or shore dives
  • Boat dives
  • Freshwater versus saltwater
  • Currents
  • Wrecks

Dives are organized and conducted following detailed dive planning (as listed above) and focused on enhancing the skill level of each student diver. Scuba Instructors organize dives in a way in which skills learned on previous dives can be applied on additional dives in the course.

Bottom Time and Number of Dives

During the eight open-water scuba training dives included in the NASE Worldwide Master Scuba Diver course, students are to accrue a minimum of at least 240 minutes of actual bottom time. No more than four training dives may be conducted during any 24-hour period with the following considerations: Students ability to safely perform dives with respect to fatigue, nitrogen levels, comfort and overall readiness.