It's Official, I'm Now A Divemaster

[Laurie S.]

The paperwork finally went through and I'm officially a DM now. I went as far as Master Diver in SSI, and then switched to PADI to enter the DM program about two years ago. I took my time because I only had about 27 dives when I started. I'm at 158 now, so I've been doing some diving. :cool2:

I'll go for the Assistant Instructor certification sometime next year. Again, no rush. But it sure is nice to reach a goal!

 

[TMHeimer]

Funny, I was at exactly 158 dives when I started PADI DM.

 

[exposure]

Congratulations. Welcome to the club

 

[Rhodesaz]

Congratulations. I applaud your efforts.

 

[Scuba_Noob]

Congrats on being a pro diver.

Not in my goals in the near future, but I might eventually do it and instructor training to travel the world...when I'm retired.

 

[endurodog]

Congrats!!!!

 

[tye1138]

Congrats!

I think you should go straight to instructor next. The whole assistant instructor thing isn't worth the step in my view. Its better to just take the IDC and get it out of the way, then you're free to do whatever you want from there on.

 

[antattack]

Congratulations! (Me too)

 

[DMDavid]

Congratulations and welcome to the Divemaster club.
Did anyone teach you the secret DM Handshake yet?

 

[TMHeimer]

Congratulations and welcome to the Divemaster club.
Did anyone teach you the secret DM Handshake yet?

I haven't received my magic PADI Decoder ring yet, have you?