Straight Talk from PADI CEO: Who will make a difference in the diving world if you don’t? The PADI Pillars show us that the cost of being people who make a difference is relatively low but the results of collective action are high.
Breaking Down Barriers on PADI Diversity in Diving Day On 21 May, we hope you'll join us to break down barriers across the industry on PADI Diversity in Diving Day.
Diving as Therapy: How One Dive Center Uses Diving to Provide Life-Changing Interventions What if in the future your doctor orders you diving lessons instead of a pill? Learn more about one instructor's use of diving as therapy.
Straight Talk from PADI CEO: Water Heals Us Water heals us in the most unexpected ways, physically and mentally. Check out the latest article from PADI CEO Drew Richardson.
The Power of United Numbers For plastic water bottles, it means we each stop using them as much as possible, we pick them up when we find them, and we make sure they get recycled.
Save the Date: PADI Women’s Dive Day Returns on 19 July for its 11th Year Save the date for the tenth annual PADI Women's Dive Day taking place on July 19th, 2025. Register your event now.
PADI’s Mission 2020 Pledge: Join Us! PADI’s long-standing commitment to ocean conservation began more than 25 years ago with the formation of Project AWARE® Foundation. In 2017, the PADI Pillars of Change were introduced to increase awareness of issues affecting our ocean communities, and to mobilize PADI Professionals and divers to act together as a catalyst for positive change. Now, the PADI organization is...
Something We All Need In 2008, something happened to Leo Morales that most of us can't even imagine – his leg was amputated to stop aggressive cancer. But what would be lifelong setback for some didn't deter him. Already a passionate diver, Morales not only went back to diving, he became an instructor and a tec diver. Then he...
A Force for Good: the Restorers One thing about divers and the tenacity of the human spirit is that when we face a challenge, we size it up and then find a way over it, around it or through it. We’re handling coral stress and decline the same way. Today divers, partnering with scientists, have been at the heart of dozens...
