Aqua Clara Dive Schools of Florida, Inc.
 

Email:  training@aquaclaradive.com

Mail: P.O. Box 4309, Clearwater, FL 33758

Primary phone: 1.727.510.7138

Alternate phone: 1.727.535.6902

Fax: 1.727.535.8190

 

 

Lead Instructor:

  Robert W. Murphy:  

Master Scuba Diver Trainer:  

  PADI #26314:  

 
 
 

Home eLearning Basics eLearn Purchase Course Admin About ACDS FL
 

 

Home
Learn at Home
Open Water
Nitrox
Advanced
Adventures
CPR / First Aid
Rescue
Dive Master
O2 Provider
Equipment
Deep Diver
Boat Diver
MSD Rating

 

Many divers as they progress through more advanced PADI training come to a crossroad after completing Advanced and Rescue training. Do I take the professional track of DM, Assistant Instructor, and on to Open Water Instructor? Or, do I stick with the non-professional recreational track?

For those who have no desire to teach or be involved in the business end of PADI, the Master Scuba Diver ("MSD") rating is for you.

The MSD rating is the highest recreational diver rating in the PADI system and denotes a diver with superior experience and achievement.

Many divers have taken PADI specialty courses and may be closer to having the qualifications for the MSD rating than they realize. Virtually all of today's experienced divers are using Nitrox. If you got that certification via PADI, you have one of the five specialties already.

The actual MSD rating certification process is administrative only. It entails a PADI instructor:

  • verifying your Advanced and Rescue certifications

  • verifying your five PADI specialty certifications

  • verifying the minimum 50 logged dives

  • submitting an application to PADI for approval

Unlike other courses you may have taken, your MSD certification will actually be approved at PADI once the application has been reviewed and deemed complete.

  

 

 

 

PADI Master Scuba Diver  Rating

 

 

 

 

 

 

Close up of Master Scuba Diver in scuba mask

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

Scuba Diving in a school of fish in Malaysia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharpen Your Skills with the PADI Master Scuba Diver Rating

You have the passion. You want to join the best of the best in recreational scuba diving. You want to live the dive lifestyle and explore the underwater world and go places and see things you have never experienced.

More than a pipe dream?

Absolutely! Do it by becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver – a rating that puts you in a class of distinction – writing your ticket to endless adventure and opportunities through the experience and scuba training that sets you apart.

The Fun Part

With the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating, you have reached the highest non professional level in the PADI System of diver education. It means that you have acquired significant training and experience in a variety of dive environments. See all the specialty diver courses offered in the below chart. Aqua Clara Dive Schools of Florida, Inc. can provide certifications in those listed in the menu at top left. Click here for more information.
 

Prerequisites

  • 12 years old (12-14 year old divers may earn Junior Master Scuba Diver certifications) 

  • PADI (or Junior) Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)

  • PADI (or Junior) Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)

  • PADI (or Junior) Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)

  • Minimum of 5 PADI specialty diver courses in addition to Advanced and Rescue certifications [No crossover courses from other training organizations.]

  • Minimum of 50 logged dives

For more information on becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver, click here to contact Aqua Clara Dive Schools of Florida, Inc. and we can explore PADI course options. You may already be further along with this certification than you realize if you have taken prior specialty courses.

 
PADI Courses Flowchart

 

 

 

 

Training Florida Divers Since 1987
© 2012 Aqua Clara Dive Schools of Florida, Inc., All Rights Reserved