PADI® (Professional Association of Diving Instructors®) is the world’s largest ocean exploration and diver organization with a global network of 6,600 dive centers and resorts and more than 128,000 professional members worldwide. Issuing more than 28 million certifications to date, PADI enables people around the world to seek adventure and save the ocean through underwater education, life-changing experiences and travel. For over 50 years, PADI is undeniably The Way the World Learns to Dive®, maintaining its high standards for dive training, safety and customer service, monitored for worldwide consistency and quality. With a longstanding commitment to environmental conservation, PADI is leading the way for millions of people to actively explore, steward and protect the ocean through its course offerings and partnerships with like-minded, mission-driven organizations. PADI embodies a global commitment to ocean health with its mission to create a billion torchbearers to explore and protect the ocean. Seek Adventure. Save the Ocean.SM
After nearly three years of collaborative campaigns from ocean advocates around the world, the 51 countries and the European Union…
PADI® and National Geographic Pristine Seas have partnered together with the goal to protect at least 30 percent of the ocean…
PADI® Members around the world are helping veterans heal, both physically and mentally, through the techniques learned in the PADI Adaptive Support…
Triple Amputee, Bryan Anderson is committed to sharing his story in order to help others overcome personal limitations and live…
Global Event Invites Divers and Ocean Advocates to Join Citizen-Science Program Collecting Critical Data on Underwater Marine Debris and Other Efforts…
Seventh annual event invites people everywhere to seek adventure and save the ocean through one common day of shared passion PADI® (Professional Association of…
Combining advanced environmental technologies with the world’s largest dive community to inform long-term solutions to rid the oceans of plastic…
World’s largest scuba diver organization aims to restore ocean health and support coastal communities globally, driven by local efforts In celebration of…
On April 28, 2021, the Atlantis Sanya Resort in China completed the challenge of the Guinness World Records™ title of “The Largest Underwater Mermaid Show”. Sanya…
Over recent weeks, there has been speculation about the possibility of the Maldivian government lifting the ban on shark fishing…