What You Need to Know About the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty
TrainingThe PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy specialty covers skills needed to achieve precise neutral buoyancy underwater.
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About a PADI Dry Suit Diver Certification
Training Master the elements when you learn to use durable exposure gear. Any Open Water Diver — including Junior Open Water Divers — can learn how to use a dry suit properly to unlock all-season...
View ArticleHow to Start Kids Scuba Diving
Training Divers as young as eight can begin blowing bubbles. The PADI Seal Team program lets kids eight and older learn scuba diving fundamentals.
View ArticleHow to Navigate Underwater While Scuba Diving
Training Underwater compasses, natural landmarks and your kicks all play a role in finding your way on the bottom. In a PADI Underwater Navigator course, you’ll learn how to find your way along the...
View ArticleWhat is a PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider?
Training Knowing how to deliver oxygen in a dive emergency is a valuable skill. Delivering oxygen can help in a variety of dive accidents, including decompression sickness.
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know about PADI's Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty
Training This course gives you the ability to take something home from every dive without harming the ocean. Here's how to become an underwater photographer.
View ArticleWhat to Know About PADI's Wreck Diver Certification
Training Learn the skills you need to safely enter shipwrecks. Diving the skeletons of sunken watercraft can be riveting, but it requires a specific set of skills.
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About a PADI Ice Diver Speciality
Training You'll learn special equipment considerations and skills like how to cut a hole in the ice. The PADI Ice Diver specialty covers the skills you need to appropriately manage your risk and...
View ArticleWhat is PADI Sidemount Diver Course?
Training Learn to dive with a cylinder strapped to your side, not your back. Learning sidemount diving is useful exploring overhead environments like caves or shipwrecks.
View ArticleHow to Use a Diver Propulsion Vehicle
Training Get ready to zoom underwater like a Marvel superhero. A PADI Diver Propulsion Vehilce Speciality shows you how to use this equipment safely and quickly.
View ArticleWhat is a PADI Equipment Specialist?
Training This course prepares you to independently tend to your gear. Ensure your gear is always working and patch it when it's not by becoming an PADI Equipment Specialist.
View ArticleWhat is a PADI Discover Rebreather Certification?
Training Learn how to safely breathe exhaled gas. Rebreathing divers have longer bottom times and are quieter underwater, but you need to make sure you know how to use this complex equipment.
View ArticleWhat is a PADI Search and Recovery Diver?
Training Finding lost objects underwater is a skill you can fine-tune. Underwater navigation and search patterns both contribute to reclaiming your belongings form the waves.
View ArticleWhat is a PADI Drift Diver Course?
Training Some of the world's most incredible sites are drift dives, from Cozumel to the Red Sea. Learn how to deal with these water conditions and the "live boat" above.
View ArticleWhat is a PADI Cavern Diver Certification?
Training Diving in an overhead environment requires specific training. Learn what equipment and skills you need to properly dive in overhead environments in this certification course.
View ArticleWhat is a PADI Tec 40 Course?
Training Take your first step into technical diving. Becoming a technical diver starts with learning how to use new equipment and air blends.
View ArticlePADI's Mermaid Courses, Explained
Training Mermaids are real, and you can become one! Become a real-life mermaid when you learn how to use a monofin, hold your breath underwater and more in PADI's mermaid education courses.
View ArticleWhat Is a Full Face Mask Diver Course?
Training Diving with a full face mask requires training The PADI Full Face Mask Diver course is the best way to learn how to use this piece of equipment.
View ArticleOcean's Calling
Training What it's like to be an expedition guide for polar cruises Polar expedition guide Kayvon Malek gives advice on how to be a successful diver for polar cruises in locations such as Antarctica,...
View ArticleSeeing in Depth: What it Takes to Create Underwater Maps
Training Hear from Reef Smart Guide's Peter McDougall on what it takes to create detailed, waterproof dive site maps Peter McDougall and his team of dive mappers at Reef Smart Guides, help create...
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