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1-month Divemaster Program - Costa Rica
Rich Coast Diving
Duration: 30 days
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Rich Coast Diving
$1,390
Deposit: $695

About your trip

Start your professional scuba career with the 1-month Divemaster Internship in Playas del Coco — one of the highest-rated dive leadership programs in the industry.

Rich Coast Diving offers a supportive, hands-on internship designed to prepare you for work as a dive professional while you live and dive in paradise.

During your internship, you’ll gain real-world experience assisting on dive trips and courses, participate in professional workshops, and enjoy unlimited diving as you build confidence and career skills.

Prerequisites

To enroll in our Divemaster program, candidates must:

  • Be at least 18 years old

  • Have logged a minimum of 40 open water dives

  • Hold Diver Stress & Rescue and React Right certifications (or equivalent)

  • Be certified in Deep Diving, Navigation, and Night & Limited Visibility from a recognized agency

  • Provide medical clearance for diving from a physician within the last 12 months

Missing Some Prerequisites?

If you don’t yet meet all the certification requirements for the one-month program, we’ve got you covered.

You can choose to add:

  • Specialty Package Add-On
    Includes Deep Diving, Navigation, and Night & Limited Visibility specialties.

  • Pro Prep Week Add-On
    Includes Diver Stress & Rescue, React Right, Perfect Buoyancy, Deep Diving, Navigation, and Night & Limited Visibility.
    (Please note: this option requires one additional week prior to starting the Divemaster program.)

We’re happy to guide you on the best pathway depending on your current certification level and timeline.

What's included

1-month Internship

Hands-on divemaster training & workshops

FREE Specialty Cert

Science of Diving

Dive Guide certification

Certifications upon completion of the course requirements

Mentoring one on one

With one of our experienced instructor

Divemaster Certification

Upon completion of the course requirements

Academic Sessions

Workshops

Training Dives

Pool / Open Water

Divemaster Workshops

Dive briefing, Customer service & sales

Digital Materials

Available in the MySSI app / platform

Divemaster crewpack

DIVE for LIFE membership

and career support

What's not included

SSI Pro membership fee

Active status dive professional status required before participating in the ITC

Accomodation

Accommodation available on request at the Divemaster Intern house

Travel, Food

and personal expenses

Additional training

and certifications

Equipement rental

and personal mandatory equipment

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About your organizer

We are a Dive Center in Playas del Coco, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.  We offer Costa Rica's best Scuba divingSnorkeling toursDiving courses, Tours & Accommodation packages.

 

Looking for a career in Scuba Diving? 

We are Costa Rica's first and oldest Career Center and we teach the full range of (Professional) Training CoursesDivemaster Internships and Instructor Courses.


Are you looking for Dive or Snorkel Gear? We are authorized distributor and dealer for CressiMares and ScubaPro.

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