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Sunreef Moolooaba to celebrate their new home

Sunreef Mooloolaba is excited to be opening their new dive centre at The Wharf, Mooloolaba and are hosting a housewarming event on Friday 29th April to celebrate. “We are really excited about the new location, it will be the largest Dive Centre in South East Queensland, which will help bring more divers to the region and have a flow...

Minimum Ages for PADI Certification Courses

Student divers as young as age ten now have access to PADI eLearning® and Touch products. Below is a list of courses that have digital products available and the minimum ages. 10 Years and older Open Water ReActivate Digital Underwater Photo Equipment Specialist Dive Theory 12 Years and older Advanced Open Water Rescue Diver Enriched...

Meet the first PADI Freediving Instructor Trainer and Course Director – Myoungho Noh

In 2014, Myoungho Noh was certified as the first PADI Freediver Instructor Trainer and Course Director. We spoke to him about some of his favourite freediving moments and what he hopes the future holds for the sport. What inspired you to start freediving? About 20 years ago, I joined a scuba diving club at my university and started...

How Can You Adopt a Dive Site?

Scuba divers are some of the world’s most passionate ocean advocates. With our unique underwater access and dive skills, we’re a powerful movement – one that seeks out action and mobilizes for change. That’s why this Earth Day, we’re proud to support our nonprofit partner Project AWARE® as they launch Adopt a Dive Site™ –...

PADI Freediver Instructor Orientations

PADI has just released the dates for the next two PADI Freediver Instructor Orientations, accessible online and in person. The PADI Freediver Instructor Orientation is for current freediving instructors certified through other organizations than PADI, who are not already Teaching status PADI OWSIs or higher. View the certification course equivalency chart to see how other...

Adopt a Dive Site This Earth Day

Launching this Earth Day, April 22, Project AWARE launches its latest initiative against marine debris: Adopt a Dive Site™

5 Tips for Pros: How to Maintain Your Scuba Gear Properly

As a PADI Professional, your scuba gear is exposed to heavy use – much more than the average recreational diver. Three or five dives a day teaching students or guiding certified divers will quickly leave their mark, and you’ll notice your diving equipment ageing much quicker than usual. Of course, you can help to counteract...

Welcome to our new PADI Europe, Middle East and Africa Course Directors

In March, the first 2016 International Course Director Training course (CDTC) took place in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. During nine intensive days, working with PADI staff from Regional Headquarters, the selected Course Director candidates learn to market and teach PADI’s Instructor level training courses. Continuously assessed during the programme, upon successful completion, candidates are awarded...

Meet PADI’s AmbassaDiver Liz Parkinson

A PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer™ and Master Freediver Instructor, Liz Parkinson uses her affinity for the aquatic realm and her love of freediving to advocate for ocean conservation and shark protection – and to inspire women around the world to do the same. We interviewed Liz to find out what being a PADI AmbassaDiver means to her...