looking for Dive internships?

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good dive internship?

I am looking to get professionally involved in the dive industry. I am searching for an opportunity to work my way up to dive master certification. I don't mind hard work and I am willing to work off accommodations and certifications.

I am a dive enthusiast and an underwater photographer. I have been open water certified for the past four years and I am comfortable diving at depths up to 30 meters. I have completed 23 boat dives and around 50 shore dives mostly in cold water.

I would like the opportunity to work in the dive industry and further my level of certification.

I am a 25 year old male based out of Seattle Washington, willing to travel. I have been employed in the ski area industry for the past seven winters and spend my summers as a student at the University of Washington. Scuba diving in the off season compliments my lifestyle well and I am looking to become more professionally involved in the industry.

I am very proficient in advertising photography and mac savvy.

Thank you for your time

Portfolio:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jordos/sets/7...990875281/show/

I have been open water certified for the past four years and I am comfortable diving at depths up to 300 meters.

Hi Jordan!

You mean diving up to 30 meters... right?!

Just curious

Hi Jordan!

You mean diving up to 30 meters... right?!

Just curious

Thanks

I know that this sort of thing is huge in Australia, up in Queensland.

but your quickest route is to go somewhere and do a zero to hero course (not that i recommend these) and pay to get qualified to instructor and then get a job somewhere nice and tropical.

it may seem like a lot of money to spend .. but it will end up being a lot less than interning somewhere !

In the USA a popular choice is Pro Dive, we have a fantastic IDC center down here in Cayman http://www.caymandivingcollege.com/

I went to Utila, Honduras to get my advanced through divemaster certifications. Courses are inexpensive there, the diving is good, the living is cheap, etc. Some of the shops offer free or subsidized housing if you're in a divemaster course and helping out with classes, dives, equipment, etc. I spent about seven weeks there and was able to have a room in the divemaster house at Cross Creek Dive Center the whole time, and I don't think I ever had to pay for it. (If i did, it was maybe $50.) Food was cheap, lots of travelers were passing through, pretty good nightlife, and some good opportunities for photographing whale sharks, rough-toothed dolphins, and the usual Caribbean reef species. It was a great time. You can just go down there and walk around to see what shops are up to, whether they're taking on divemaster students, how many boats they've got in the water, and compare prices. Some will try to woo you, others will be so busy that you might be turned away or discouraged by the mob. I had a really great time there, and even though getting my divemaster didn't necessarily draw me into a career in diving, it was very worthwhile and (very little) money very well spent.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good dive internship?

 

I am looking to get professionally involved in the dive industry. I am searching for an opportunity to work my way up to dive master certification. I don't mind hard work and I am willing to work off accommodations and certifications.

 

I am a dive enthusiast and an underwater photographer. I have been open water certified for the past four years and I am comfortable diving at depths up to 30 meters. I have completed 23 boat dives and around 50 shore dives mostly in cold water.

 

I would like the opportunity to work in the dive industry and further my level of certification.

I am a 25 year old male based out of Seattle Washington, willing to travel. I have been employed in the ski area industry for the past seven winters and spend my summers as a student at the University of Washington. Scuba diving in the off season compliments my lifestyle well and I am looking to become more professionally involved in the industry.

 

I am very proficient in advertising photography and mac savvy.

 

Thank you for your time

 

Portfolio:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jordos/sets/7...990875281/show/

Hi Jordan,

If I may give you a good advice... take your courses one at a time and pay for them. Look for a diving center (5* IDC [instructor Development Center] Center or a CDC [Carreer Development Center] Center) that has a good reputation and is capable of getting you from OWD up to OWSI (Open Water Scuba Instructor). If you want you can do that in a nice tropical country, but the most important is pay for the service.

Why?

Well, when you are a paying customer you can expect the professional service that you bought and they cannot use you just as a very cheap labour and let you do the work everybody hates to do. From this you will learn nothing and just wastes your time. Second... when a diving center or an instructor calls him self "professional" they will let you pay, because this makes them professional... the definition of a professional is somebody doing work for money.

Also... if you want to get work as a professional instructor it is best to become a PADI instructor. Not that they are better then other instructors, but PADI diving centers can be found all over the world, so it will be easier for you to get a job.

If you any other questions, just message me.

Robert (PADI Master Instructor)

After you attain your Divemaster status whichever way you decide to go about it, don't forget to log in to the professional side of the PADI website.

As a PADI Divemaster, you will have access to a jobs board where you can post your resume and to another section where you can review job vacancies posted by Dive shops/operators looking for qualified staff.

More than a few of these job postings will ask for photographic or videographic experience as part of their qualifications needed to fill a vacancy with their organization.

Good luck with your courses.

Hope everything works out well for you.