During your Divemaster course or internship you will develop the dive skills required to not only assist in teaching sessions, but also be proficient in all dive situations. There are 24 specific dive skills you will need to master which are often referred to as the dive skills circuit. These are listed below.
How do get scored? The scoring for the skill circuit is based on a rating from 1 to 5.
- You are unable to do the skill
- You are able to do the skill with significant difficulty
- You perform the skill without illustrating any details of the skill. In other words you just did the skill. If you were to remove and replace your mask during a dive you just do it, but there was no teaching involved.
- You performed the skill slowly and pointed out specific details of the skill. For instance pointing out that you blow out of your nose, that you look up, and placement and ensuring there is no hair in the mask when removing and replacing a mask.
- You performed the skill perfectly, slowly, showing details of the skill in a beautiful fluid manner