PADI Europe, Middle East and Africa Applauds its 2015 Frequent Trainers

Museo Atlántico

The Artist Jason deCaires Taylor has created a sculpture museum at the bottom of the Atlantic off the coast of Lanzarote - called the Museo Atlántico.

Brisbane Dive Against Debris™ with Totally Wild Film Crew

Written by PADI Regional Manager, Hans Ullrich. As divers we all know the importance of healthy reefs and that is why I always enjoy jumping in the ocean when one of my dive centers has organized a clean-up. I recently had the pleasure of having Hannah Pragnell-Raasch from Project AWARE visit Brisbane to see key supporters...

Standard Safe Diving Practices for both Scuba Divers and Freedivers

If asked, would you know what the 10 points are on the Standard Safe Diving Practices Statement of Understanding form? If we asked a newly certified PADI Open Water Diver or a PADI Freediver what they were, do you think they could answer? We are lucky to have access to these great forms however I strongly...

PADI President and CEO Dr. Drew Richardson Honored with Diver of the Year Award

Since 1976, PADI Worldwide President and CEO Dr. Drew Richardson has dedicated his life to water safety and diver education. Internationally, Richardson is known as one of the most influential people in diving with a diverse diving portfolio of more than 5000 dives in a variety of environmental conditions and continents including Antarctica. Recognizing his...

PADI AmbassaDivers: Get your application to stand out!

Have you applied for our PADI AmbassaDiver program yet? No? Here are a few pointers to make sure you stand out! First of all download the PDF here. Don’t worry you can send your answers in a word document, a scan or even take a picture as long as the writing is clearly readable...

Congratulations to our new PADI Freediver Centres

PADI would like to congratulate our brand new PADI Freediver centres (and more coming on board every day!) Freediving is about inward power, discipline and control. If you’ve always wanted to enter the underwater world quietly, on your own terms, staying as long as your breath allows, then freediving is for you. Taking the PADI...

Free Diver course in Sweden

H2O Lund, Sweden, is one of the first PADI fridykker Centers established throughout the world. They have already run tow free diving courses and instructor Patrik is very excited about the program. Here are the first impressions of the course written by Patrick: I have been fortunate enough to be able to teach the new...

PADI ReActivate™ Now Available in More Languages

Great PADI ReActivate™ News – English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian languages are now available with more languages coming soon. This great product is meant as a useful tool for instructors to get inactive divers back in the water as happy divers. So what does this mean for you? How often do you find yourself...