Welcome to Alton's Dive Center Divemaster Training  The most complete Divemaster Training in the Honduras Bay Islands.

Considering a move to the professional level of diving clearly means that you are a motivated and enthusiastic diver. You will find professional training both challenging and rewarding and can open the door to a career break or career change. We recognize that your divemaster training is more than simply another certification. To be a successful divemaster in today's competitive dive industry you will need to be knowledgeable, flexible, experienced, and skillful. At Alton's we aim to deliver all of this and more, and those of you who have been diving with us before will know all about our famous welcoming and friendly atmosphere. You'll find all the details here in these pages.

At Alton's Dive Center we believe that the combination of training with experienced instructors, in a lively and busy dive shop with a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, together with Utila's world class diving, is unbeatable.

The divemaster certification is the first step on the way to become a dive professional. As a certified and active dive master you are able to work in a number of areas including leading scuba divers on dives, conduct scuba review or refresher programs for certified divers, assist instructors in all training courses up to and including dive master itself. Working on live aboards, dive resorts, and at dive centers around the world becomes a realistic possibility. And of course you always have the opportunity to work with us after you have completed your training - we look to our own divemaster program for divemasters who wish to work with us on completion of their course. Our philosophy is that we require a professional level of service for our fun divers and we believe that it is only fair to pay those divemasters for that work. As a consequence we have one of the best, if not the best, fun diver service on the island. This gives you a great opportunity to kick off your dive career and also help you to cover your expenses as you gain experience.

Even if you don't wish to work with us after your training all the divemaster packages come with Alton's Divemaster Experience Program and either free specialties or cost price (staff price) specialties to help boost your experience level and your diving resumé.

As a divemaster in training we want you to get as much experience as possible. Rather than simply deliver the required training we also offer you as many dives for free as you can fit in around your scheduled training. So if you are doing nothing else and there is available space then buddy up with another divemaster and go diving!

And let's not forget that it is a lot of fun to train as Divemaster. At Alton's not only do we aim to deliver the highest quality and most complete professional training, we also aim to give you a good time in the process!

Check out the movie made by some of our Divemasters in Training during 2009.



Take a look at the individual divemaster packages we offer just below. There should be something there for everyone, whatever your dive experience.




As a divemaster (in training or working with us) you are in the best position to encounter whale sharks. You are out on the boats a lot either with fun divers, students or simply heading out for a fun dive yourself. The pictures above show the whale shark coming into a vertical position in food rich waters to eat as much as it can.

PADI Divemaster Run over a 2 to 6 week period the PADI Divemaster comes with 3 specialties for free (Deep Diver, Wreck Diver and Nitrox Diver) plus 2 further specialties at cost.  The PADI divemaster is a great course for those that are familiar with the PADI system and want to take their diving to the next level. During this course you will complete all recreational dive theory as well organize and conduct dives and assist instructors in the training of students at Open Water, Advanced and Rescue diver levels over a number of courses. Read more...   PADI Divemaster + Assistant Instructor Package  Purchase this package you will get both sets of training at a cheaper rate than purchasing separately - Read More to see prices. As an AI you can deliver classroom teaching sessions, present underwater skills, conduct some skill evaluations of new students, teach Peak Performance Buoyancy, Project Aware & Coral Reef Conservation specialties, and conduct Discover Scuba Diving experiences. You will also get a great head start on your full Instructor course, reducing the cost and the time required to complete your instructor training. Read more...   PADI Divemaster Packages Ideal for those who don't have the training or experience to start the divemaster straightaway but are interested in a career change or break, or simply want to get the divemaster rating  as simply as possible. These packages come with a few different accommodation options and can take you from a beginner to professional. Read more...   PADI Divemaster and Instructor Package Our Divemaster to Instructor Package is like no other available in the Bay Islands. It includes an extended internship once the divemaster training has completed. This is a high intensity internship designed to give you the maximum experience possible in a relatively short amount of time in order for you to succeed in both your Instructor training and in job seeking after your training. Read more...     Alton's Divemaster Extended Internship Program Alton's Dive Center is the only dive center on Utila to offer a  program to help build the experience of new divemasters. This program is designed to help you find work by helping you to obtain the experience that dive centers look for. You can expect to gain experience of equipment maintenance, boatmanship and handling skills, compressor operation, and dive leads. Read more...