PADI Divemaster Internship Indonesia

Hands-on divemaster internships at world-class diving locations in Indonesia – Bunaken, Penida and Amed. Max 2 DM candidates per location gives you real teaching time with experienced instructors, not a production line.

Become a PADI Divemaster

Your PADI Divemaster internship runs for a minimum of 4 weeks at our PADI 5-Star dive centres in Amed, Nusa Penida, or Bunaken. Do it at a single location, or make the most of our multi-location network with a 2-location rotation — up to 2-weeks at each centre gives you experience across completely different marine ecosystems. We are the only operator in Indonesia that offers this.

Single Location or 2-Location Rotation - Your Choice

Single location (4 weeks)

Immerse yourself in one dive environment. Choose from Amed (wrecks, macro, coral slopes), Nusa Penida (mantas, mola mola, drift dives), or Bunaken (walls, turtles, marine park).

Route 1 — Amed + Penida (Bali combo)

Stay in Bali and experience two completely different dive environments — wrecks, macro, and coral slopes in Amed, then manta rays, mola mola, and exhilarating drift dives in Nusa Penida.

Route 2 — Amed + Bunaken

Bali's diverse macro and wrecks combined with North Sulawesi's world-famous walls. 

Route 3 — Penida + Bunaken

Big animal action meets pristine wall diving. Manta rays and mola mola in Bali, then towering coral walls and turtles in Bunaken Marine Park.

Divemaster Course Packages

Basic Internship

IDR 18,640,000/per person
4 weeks, 1 location
Choose: Amed, Nusa Peniida or Bunaken
Included:
- Unlimited fun diving during your internship
- Two Fish Divers dive log book & t-shirt
- Airport transfers
Not Included:
- PADI Digital Crewpak and Divemaster Slate Pack (mandatory) – IDR 5,000,000
-DM Application Fee to PADI – 302 AUD
- Accommodation — available for all budgets from IDR 400,000/nt (varies by location and season)
- SMB, compass, whistle and dive knife — personal ownership mandatory, price on request
- Diving insurance — available on arrival if you don't have cover - lean more about our dive insurance
- Speciality add-ons: Deep Diving, Nitrox, Night Diving, Coral Reef Conservation, and more). Price on request

Standard Internship

IDR 19,590,000/per person
4 weeks, 2 locations
Route 1: Amed + Penida
Route 2: Amed + Bunaken
Route 3: Penida + Bunaken
Included:
- Unlimited fun diving during your internship
- Two Fish Divers dive log book & t-shirt
- Airport transfers & transfers between centers (excl flights)
Not Included:
- PADI Digital Crewpak and Divemaster Slate Pack (mandatory) – IDR 5,000,000
-DM Application Fee to PADI – 302 AUD
- Accommodation — available for all budgets from IDR 400,000/nt (varies by location and season)
- SMB, compass, whistle and dive knife — personal ownership mandatory, price on request
- Diving insurance — available on arrival if you don't have cover - lean more about our dive insurance
- Speciality add-ons: Deep Diving, Nitrox, Night Diving, Coral Reef Conservation, and more). Price on request

Extended Internship

IDR 29,390,000/per person
6 weeks, 2 locations
More time to build experience and log dives before your assessment
Included:
- Unlimited fun diving during your internship
- Two Fish Divers dive log book & t-shirt
- Airport transfers & transfers between centers (excl flights)
Not Included:
- PADI Digital Crewpak and Divemaster Slate Pack (mandatory) – IDR 5,000,000
-DM Application Fee to PADI – 302 AUD
- Accommodation — available for all budgets from IDR 400,000/nt (varies by location and season)
- SMB, compass, whistle and dive knife — personal ownership mandatory, price on request
- Diving insurance — available on arrival if you don't have cover - lean more about our dive insurance
- Speciality add-ons: Deep Diving, Nitrox, Night Diving, Coral Reef Conservation, and more). Price on request

Options after:

  • Diving Discount – immediately after your course you could do some fun diving at some of our other locations with generous discounts of up to 20%.
  • Course Discount – 10% discount on the price of our IDC, that’s a saving of more than IDR2,500,000!

Why Choose Two Fish Divers for your divemaster internship?

Unlimited diving

Our programmes include unlimited diving at world-class sites. You’ll log serious bottom time across diverse marine environments.

Train across 2 locations in Indonesia

We are the only operator in Indonesia offering multi-location DM internships. Why settle for one reef when you can master two completely different ecosystems?

Free 2-month internship after your DM

Depending on guest numbers, we offer a free post-course internship so you can build real-world experience before heading out into the industry.

Maximum 2 DM candidates per centre

You get genuine teaching time and personal mentoring — not a production line. Our small numbers mean you’re working alongside instructors, not watching from the back.

Experienced Instructors

Our instructors have years of DM training experience across multiple environments, from walls and wrecks to macro and megafauna.

Ready to become an instructor?

Complete your DM with us and get 10% off your PADI IDC — saving over IDR 2,000,000. Our IDC runs from Sanur, Bali. See our IDC programme

Divemaster Internship Overview

The PADI Divemaster course is your first step towards a professional diving career. While it can technically be taught in 2 weeks, that leaves you with minimal practical experience and unprepared to work as a PADI Divemaster.

We run the DM course as an internship over a minimum of 4 weeks. During this time you work closely with our experienced PADI Instructors — assisting with student divers, leading certified groups, and developing the leadership skills that make the difference between a certificate holder and a working dive professional.

Experience Life as a PADI Divemaster

You’ll see what it’s really like to work as a Divemaster in a busy dive centre — meeting guests, briefing dive sites, guiding certified divers, and assisting instructors with training courses. Your duties include pool demonstrations, equipment setup, planning and conducting dive excursions, customer service, and of course plenty of diving.

This isn’t a classroom exercise. By the end, you’ll have the skills and confidence to work anywhere in the world.

Questions About the Divemaster Internship

Everything you need to know before you start

Prerequisites:

  • Be at least 18 years old
  • Hold a current diving medical signed by a physician within the previous 12 months
  • Be a certified PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and PADI Rescue (or equivalent from another agent)
  • Have at least 40 logged dives (60 required before completing the course. If you need more dives, ask about our fun dive packages to get you there.
  • Hold valid dive insurance – we can arrange dive insurance on arrival if you don;t have cover.
  • Complete the PADI medical statement, you can download this here.
  • Hold a current Emergency First Response (EFR) or equivalent First Aid/ CPR course, within the past 24 months. We can run EFR before your DM if needed.

We run DM internships at three locations: Amed (Bali), Nusa Penida (Bali), and Bunaken (North Sulawesi). You can train at a single location or split across two with our multi-location rotation.

Other Two Fish locations: Lembeh is for experienced fun diving only (no courses) – ask about our discounted fun dive packages if you want to add-on some fun diving before or after your DM course. Sanur is our IDC classroom base and gateway for Bali day-trips.

The single location option means 4 weeks at one centre — ideal if you want to deeply learn one marine environment or don’t want to travel too much.

The multi-location rotation splits your 4 weeks across two centres, giving you experience in completely different ecosystems. Choose from three routes:

  • Amed + Penida (stay in Bali)
  • Amed + Bunaken, or
  • Penida + Bunaken

All transfers between centres are included.

No problem. We can run your Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver courses before your 4-week DM internship starts. You can even do these at a different location to your DM — a great way to see more of Indonesia.

We offer special fun dive packages to get you to the required 40 dives before your DM starts. This is a great way to build confidence and explore the dive sites you’ll be working at.

Our standard internship runs for 4 weeks. We also offer a 6-week extended option for more dive time and experience before assessment. If you’re starting from zero (no certifications at all), our Zero-to-Hero programme takes approximately 10 weeks.

Yes. If you can’t do everything in one visit, you can split across two trips:

Trip 1: Complete your prerequisites — Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver, and fun dives to reach the required 40 logged dives.

Trip 2: Return for your 4-week DM internship — choose a single location (Amed, Nusa Penida, or Bunaken) or a 2-location rotation.

Just let us know your timeline when you enquire and we’ll plan it around you.

Three options:

1. Free internship — we offer a free 2-month post-DM internship at our centres (subject to availability and team fit).

2. Fun diving discounts — up to 20% off diving at any of our other locations.

3. IDC pathway — 10% discount on our PADI IDC (saving over IDR 2,000,000). Our IDC runs our centers in Bali (Amed, Nusa Penida and Sanur).  Learn more about our IDC programme.

If you are a total beginner, you can take our 10 week Zero-to-Hero program. You can do this at a single location or over multiple locations, and if you do not have the time you can split this over 2 or 3 stays with us.

Fully Inclusive Zero-to-Hero Internship 10 weeks – from IDR59,425,0001

This internship is aimed at those with little to no experience in scuba diving who want live their dream and become a PADI Divemaster so that they can earn income, explore the world and dive in some unbelievable places.

The Zero-to-Hero Internship does this by taking you from a complete beginner to the PADI Divemaster Level over 10weeks and includes Open Water Course, Advanced course, Rescue & EFR courses, 5 x PADI Specialties (Nitrox, Deep, Wreck, Night, Search and Recovery), the Master Scuba Diver certification, the PADI Divemaster certification, transfers, equipment rental, and UNLIMITED fun-diving.

2 WEEKS IN EACH LOCATION (ANY FLIGHTS ARE EXTRA)

This internship is offered over multiple locations! We are the only operator in Indonesia that offers this, why settle for just 1 location?

CAN’T DO IN ONE GO? NOT ENOUGH MONEY OR TIME OR BOTH?

You can easily split this over 2 or 3 stays, for example:

  • 1st stay: All your courses up to Rescue Diver, 5 Underwater Specialities and lots of fun dives
  • 2nd stay: 4week/6 week Divemaster course
JOIN US FOR AN ADVENTURE OF A LIFE-TIME!
Open Water courseINCLUDED
Advanced Open Water courseINCLUDED
Rescue & EFR coursesINCLUDED
28 Fun Dives to get you to 40 divesINCLUDED
Manuals & materials for all coursesINCLUDED
DM application fee AU$270 (payable to PADI)INCLUDED
Rental of full set dive equipment from usINCLUDED
Two fish divers t-shirtINCLUDED
Unlimited fun diving throughout the internshipINCLUDED
AccommodationNOT INCLUDED
EXTEND FOR LONGER = IDR3,900,000 PER WEEK (EXCL ACCOMMODATION)

Want to Go Further? Become a PADI Instructor

The Divemaster is just the beginning. Our PADI IDC (Instructor Development Course) runs from our Bali locations — Amed, Nusa Penida & Sanur — and Two Fish DM graduates get 10% off, saving over IDR 2,000,000.

With a 100% pass guarantee, free post-IDC internship, and daily yoga with the Course Director, our IDC is designed to launch your teaching career.

Where Will You Train?

Choose your single location or combine two for a multi-location rotation.

Other Two Fish locations:

Our Lembeh centre offers world-class muck diving for experienced divers (no courses). Sanur is our gateway hub for Bali day-trips and one of our locations for the IDC programme. View all our locations.

Amed, Bali

Spend your divemaster internship diving the main Bali sites found around Amed like Tulamben’s USAT Liberty wreck, as well as drop-offs, coral slopes and a bit of muck.

Nusa Penida, Bali

Spend your divemaster internship diving with the Mantas and Mola-Molas of Nusa Penida/ Nuisa Lembongan that made Bali famous, combined with exhilarating drifts, beautiful corals and amazing underwater life.

Bunaken Island, Manado

Spend your internship diving the magical walls of Bunaken Marine Park, exploring amazing corals and underwater life, and hanging out with turtles.

Lembeh Straits, Manado

Spend your divemaster internship discovering the fascinating muck of the Lembeh Straits, discovering how to spot critters like the wunderpus and pygmy sea horse!

What they say

Testimonials from previous DM/IDC Candidates

Now I must get back to island life and enjoy the sunset with my toes in the water, bum in sand and beer in the hand!!!
It was fantastic to be on the other side and help these divers learn new skills or even better, be there during their first ever dive!
It has helped me to learn key leadership skills that I will use in the future for working in diving, but also in any other job I have.
I feel like a sponge, who wants to absorb everything…
If you have ever thought of becoming a divemaster and have hesitated, don’t. Yes, it is challenging but it is rewarding. If I can do in as I approach 60, so can you?
I’m amazed at how much I’ve learnt over the last two weeks. My confidence in both diving and dive theory has improved incredibly, and I can definitely see myself working within the diving industry.
Now I must get back to island life and enjoy the sunset with my toes in the water, bum in sand and beer in the hand!!!
It was fantastic to be on the other side and help these divers learn new skills or even better, be there during their first ever dive!
I am very grateful to be able to experience and contribute a little bit to such a journey with very professional and patient instructors!
It is exhausting and responsibly, but at the same time very exciting!