PADI® is challenging members around the world to grow PADI Master Scuba Diver™ ratings with the Master Scuba Diver Challenge. Taking place until 31 December 2024, members showing the most percentage growth in Master Scuba Diver ratings compared to the year prior will win their competitor category.
“The PADI Master Scuba Diver rating is considered the ‘black belt’ of recreational diving,” says Lisa Nicklin, Vice President of Growth and Marketing for PADI Worldwide. “We are rallying PADI members to challenge more scuba divers to continue their education and transform them into confident and prepared divers.”
Member Participation, Prizes and How to Win
The Master Scuba Diver Instructor Challenge is open to any qualified PADI Member, with the first-place prize of a free 2025 PADI Membership Renewal online. In addition, every participating member in the competition will have their Master Scuba Diver application fees waived for 2024.
Members will only compete against others in specific competition groups, with PADI Individual Members and PADI Dive Centers or Resorts evaluated separately for each region and based on their previous rating statistics. Each competitor group (four for individuals and four for dive centers + resorts per region) will be awarded one first-place winner, for a total of 24 first-place prize winners overall.
For more details on the eligibility, competition groups and winner selections view here. Individual Members can register here and Dive Centers and Resorts can register here.
The Bonus Dream Dive Trip Giveaway for Students
In addition to providing members with their own prize incentive, PADI is also offering participating members an extra incentive to their customers: a dream dive trip giveaway to the Maldives, where the winner will receive roundtrip airfare for two people to Male and six nights’ full board accommodation with two dives per day at Vilamendhoo Island Resort & Spa. Two additional winners will receive a recreational PADI eLearning course of their choice.
This giveaway is open for all students who work towards receiving their PADI Master Scuba Diver rating during this competition period. To become a PADI Master Scuba Diver, students must complete their Advanced Open Water Diver course, five Specialty courses, and the Rescue Diver course – in addition to having completed 50 logged dives.
To enter the giveaway, participants will sign up at padi.com and answer the question “Why do you want to be a PADI Master Scuba Diver?” Additional entries will then be given to participants based on the amount of PADI Courses completed en route to becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver. This includes:
- PADI Master Scuba Diver rating – 10 entries
- PADI Rescue Diver certification – 5 entries
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification – 3 entries
- PADI Specialty certification – 2 entries
- PADI Open Water Diver certification– 1 entry
- PADI Club member – 5 entries