Well aren’t we in a nice flow. Yesterday we completed our rescue diver course and today I mastered my first divemaster exams like an old pro. For the first one, we went out diving, came up and were told that there’s a missing diver. Back in to the water, a few minutes of search patterns and we found our victim. We took her up, brought her to the boat, provided CPR for the whole time and administered 100% oxygen. While it was exhausting and even a bit scary, it was also great fun and we learned heaps of practical skills. Let’s hope we never have to use them.

The exams were about assisting student divers, guiding certified divers and conducting training programs independently as a divemaster. I scored 100 per cent in the first two, but misread a question in the third and got “only” 95% from that. Anyway, a pass is anything over 75%, so no problem there. These were the easy ones, we’ll get down to business when we start studying physics, physiology, decompression theory and so on.

Yesterday we also got our new equipment and it’s waiting for us in the office until it’s paid for. If everything goes well, we’ll get to try it all out today in the pool. Right now I’m waiting for the dive shop to produce a bill for me to pay. Otherwise we’re clear to go, and I’ll snap some photos if we get there today.

Tags: divemaster internship, diving, exams, pool practise, rescue diver course