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PADI is the world’s leading scuba diving training organization. With more than forty years experience, over 136,000 PADI Professionals and more than 6200 dive shops and resorts worldwide, PADI training materials and services let you experience scuba diving from nearly anywhere. Scuba diving with PADI Instructors, Dive Centers and Resorts can help transform your life through education, experience, equipment and environmental conservation: Learn more at: http://www.thescubanews.com/contributors/padi/

Divers Invited to Be Part of World Record Attempt for Largest Underwater Cleanup

By PADI on March 24, 2019 Community News, Environmental News

Divers from across the United States and around the world are coming together in an attempt to break the world record for the largest underwater cleanup. More than 700 divers are expected to take part in the record attempt in Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA, on 15 June 2019. Sponsored by local dive centers, PADI® and Project AWARE®, the event brings together the local and international dive communities with dozens of teams including dive centers, clubs, university groups and members of the dive industry participating. Marine debris removed during the event will be recorded via Project AWARE’s Dive Against Debris®, an underwater debris data-collection…

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Positive Influence of Annual PADI Women’s Dive Day Extends Beyond Gender

By PADI on March 14, 2019 Community News, Training News

PADI® announces plans for PADI Women’s Dive Day 2019, the largest single day of organized diving, on Saturday, 20 July. For the fifth consecutive year, PADI Dive Centers and Resorts will host thousands of divers for a global celebration of shared adventure and passion for the ocean at hundreds of events around the world. Committed to fostering a global community that encourages divers of all genders, ages and experience levels to safely and confidently explore the underwater world, PADI launched the first PADI Women’s Dive Day in 2015. Growing year over year, PADI Women’s Dive Day swelled to more than…

Project AWARE Specialty Course Revised to Inspire Divers to Act for Ocean Health

By PADI on September 16, 2018 Dive Center News, Training News

PADI® and Project AWARE® announce the launch of the updated Project AWARE Specialty course to coincide with the first global AWARE Week, 15-23 September 2018. The newly revised course provides information and encouragement to help individuals take responsibility for ocean health. Building on the success and popularity of the Project AWARE’s 10 Tips for Divers to Protect the Ocean Planet – the backbone of Project AWARE’s philosophy – the Project AWARE Specialty focuses on guiding participants toward personal commitments and actions they can take to help the environment. With a shared belief that no action is too small, PADI and…

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1 Day. 1,000 Events. 100 Countries. PADI Women’s Dive Day 2018 Rallies Dive Community

By PADI on September 4, 2018 Community News

On Saturday, 21 July, PADI® Dive Centers, Resorts and Professional Members hosted more than 1,000 events in 104 countries across the globe for the fourth annual PADI Women’s Dive Day. With record-breaking participation, the day brought together thousands of female and male divers of all ages and experience levels. A few highlights from this year’s festivities include: Fifth Point Diving Centre in the United Kingdom transformed the one-day celebration into a weeklong event filled with education programs like fundamentals of underwater photography and the Project AWARE® Dive Against Debris® Specialty course, as well as snorkeling and diving excursions. The week…

Divers Attempt to Set World Record for Longest Human Chain Underwater

By PADI on May 30, 2018 Community News

Dive community will rally together to break Guinness World Record in Deerfield Beach, Florida, on June 16 WHAT Divers from across the state of Florida and around the world are coming together in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest human chain underwater. A judge from Guinness World Records will be present to make the record official during the event. Participating divers will also join forces in an underwater cleanup of the Deerfield Beach Pier. WHO More than 400 divers are expected to take part in the record attempt. Hosted by Dixie Divers, a PADI® Five…

Become a PADI Master Scuba Diver and Win a Dream Dive Vacation

By PADI on May 4, 2018 Community News, Training News

Divers who earn the highest distinction in recreational diving will be entered to win an unforgettable dive trip to the Bay Islands. PADI Americas kicks off the 2018 Master Scuba Diver Challenge. Divers throughout the U.S., Canada, Latin America and Caribbean who earn their PADI Master Scuba Diver™ rating from 1 May through 30 September 2018 will have the chance to win a dream dive vacation for two to Anthony’s Key Resort in Roatan, Bay Islands. The prize package includes round-trip economy airfare to Roatan, airport transfers, seven nights’ accommodation and a dive package at Anthony’s Key Resort. The winning…

PADI Joins ARI to Support U.S.S. Clamagore Artificial Reef

By PADI on March 18, 2018 Environmental News

Artificial Reefs International – U.S.S. Clamagore (ARI) and lifestyle brand Salt Life announced PADI’s (Professional Association of Diving Instructors®) support of the U.S.S. Clamagore Artificial Reef Project. A Cold War-era submarine, the U.S.S. Clamagore will be relocated from Patriots Point in Charleston, South Carolina, and converted to an artificial reef off the coast of Palm Beach County, Florida. Under the supervision of CRB Geological & Environmental Services, Inc., the submarine will undergo intensive cleaning processes to ensure it is environmentally sound, and panels will be removed from one side to create an underwater museum and artificial reef. Once established, artificial…

PADI Introduces the All-New PADI Travel

By PADI on January 24, 2018 Travel News

As the world’s largest scuba diver training organization, PADI® is committed to growing the scuba and freediving markets by both attracting new people to the sport and motivating existing divers to dive more often. To this end, PADI has introduced the all-new global PADI Travel™, featuring an online travel platform and full-service team dedicated to providing top-notch travel services – inspiring divers to explore more of the underwater world and take care of our oceans. PADI Travel is designed to energize and grow the overall diving community for the benefit of everyone in the dive industry, offering hundreds of dive…

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PADI Joins Global Ghost Gear Initiative

By PADI on September 29, 2017 Environmental News

The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), the world’s largest recreational diver training organization, has joined the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI), the first global alliance working to solve the worldwide problem of lost and abandoned fishing gear, known as ghost gear. Founded by World Animal Protection in 2015, the GGGI works to reduce the volume of ghost gear, remove and recycle such gear, and rescue entangled animals. By aligning with the GGGI, PADI Divers can be mobilized to look for and report harmful ghost gear that annually entangles and kills marine life including hundreds of thousands of whales, seals,…

Trip of a Lifetime to the Great Barrier Reef Doesn’t Disappoint

By PADI on September 13, 2017 Community News

This month, to celebrate the Professional Association of Diving Instructor’s (PADI) 25 millionth diving certification, Sarah Gleeson and a buddy of her choosing were invited on a dream trip to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and saw first-hand the state of the Reef. “I had seen reports of the Great Barrier Reef having been pronounced dead late last year however that was not my experience. The dive sites and part of the coral reef I experienced was very much alive and quite incredible to have seen,” said Gleeson. For Gleeson, a 22-year-old from Alberta Canada, this was her first time exploring…

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