Spend a month at sea.
Come home a divemaster.

For most people, it’s exactly right — and it goes faster than you think. The boat is comfortable, the food is excellent, the diving is constant, and the days are full but well-paced. If a continuous month is genuinely difficult for you, get in touch — we can sometimes split the program across two consecutive trips.

Yes — the same internationally recognised PADI Divemaster rating, valid worldwide. Your training meets all PADI standards, your instructor is a qualified PADI Pro, and your application is processed directly with PADI.

Get in touch. We can build a custom prep package that includes the Rescue course, the missing dives, and any other prerequisites — so you arrive on Celesta ready to go straight into Divemaster training.

You can realistically expect to log around 40 dives over the four weeks, and on a strong month with good weather and back-to-back itineraries it can be more. The exact number depends on weather, the trip schedule, transition days, and PADI’s pre-flight surface intervals — but you will dive far more than in any land-based program of the same length.

Neither. You are a student first — your training comes ahead of everything else. The “internship” part means you also get hands-on experience supervising real divers, giving real briefings, and supporting real courses, all under your instructor’s guidance. It’s the difference between learning the theory of being a divemaster and actually being one.

The Red Sea is generally calm, especially compared to oceanic destinations. Celesta is a stable 40-metre vessel and we always have anti-sickness medication on board. Most people who worry about it find the boat much steadier than they expected. If you’ve been on a smaller boat without serious problems, you’ll be fine on Celesta.

You retake it. The PADI exam is challenging but very passable when you’ve put in the work — and we will not let you walk into it unprepared. Re-takes during your stay are at no extra cost.

Diver safety is the foundation of how we operate. M/Y Celesta is a 2026 new build with dual main engines, SOLAS-rated life rafts, hardwired fire detection, emergency oxygen and AED on board, satellite communication, and a professional crew of 12 trained to PADI and EFR standards. Every voyage starts with a full safety briefing.

A shared guest cabin, all meals and soft drinks, unlimited diving with all tanks/weights/air, the full PADI eLearning materials, the PADI application and certification fees, Hurghada airport transfers, and a Celesta crew shirt and logbook. The only things you pay for separately are flights, your visa, dive insurance, your personal dive gear, and any alcohol or gratuities.

You can join any standard (non-tec-exclusive) Celesta expedition. Take a look at the upcoming trips on this page, then get in touch and we’ll help you pick the right starting voyage and confirm availability.

Personal gear (mask, fins, wetsuit, dive computer, torch) is not included and you should bring your own. Tanks, weights and air are all provided. If you’re missing one or two items, just let us know in advance — we can usually arrange rental locally.

We help where we can. We’ll write you a reference letter, pass on contacts in the wider liveaboard and dive-shop industry, and — if there’s a fit and a need — sometimes hire former interns ourselves. The Red Sea liveaboard community is small and well-connected.