Master Scuba Diver

The PADI Master Scuba Diver rating at Buceo Pichicuy is a consolidation certification, not a standalone course — it recognizes divers who have already built a substantial record of training and logged time underwater. The center describes it as reaching a level that less than 2% of divers achieve, and the requirements make that credible: Open Water Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver, and Rescue Diver certifications are all prerequisites, along with five PADI specialty certifications and a minimum of 50 logged dives.

Buceo Pichicuy's course catalog is structured so that completing the path here — OWD, AOWD, Rescue, five specialties from their offerings — naturally leads to this rating. The specialty lineup available (Enriched Air, Dry Suit, Deep, Wreck, Night, Sidemount, PPB, Navigator, Naturalist, O2 Provider) gives divers well more than five options to choose from, in a range from conservation-focused to technical.

Minimum age for the rating is 12 years. No additional fee is listed separately for the MSD credential itself — it's earned by completing the prerequisite certifications, which the center can deliver end to end.

For divers doing their full progression at Buceo Pichicuy, the team includes Specialty Instructors and Open Water Scuba Instructors with the credentials to sign off on every step of the path.