Discover Scuba Scuba Diver Open Water Diver Advanced Open Water Specialities Emergency First Response Rescue Diver Master Scuba Diver Divemaster   Assistant Instructor

Whether you're taking your first look at diving, or have logged hundreds of dives, there's always something new and exciting waiting underwater. Your diving may become a casual pastime, or a constant passion - even a career. Diving offers something for everyone. For more than 30 years, PADI, the Professional Association of Diving Instructors - has set the standard for quality, fun and excellence in diver education. More divers participate in PADI programs than any other does, making PADI the most recognized and respected diver credential in the world.

Discover Scuba introduces you to the underwater world. It allows you to try scuba diving in the familiarity of a swimming pool.

The PADI System of diver education lets you pursue your own interests. After your entry level course, you may choose from a variety of programs and activities, each designed to develop your diving skills and increase enjoyment.

PADI Scuba Diver and PADI Open Water Diver - The adventure begins here, with the most popular diving courses in the world, where you'll learn real skills for real diving. These are the first levels of PADI scuba certification and include the basics of enjoyable, safe diving taught through academic training and confined and open water practice sessions, all under the guidance of a PADI Instructor. The course materials are also available on CD-ROM.

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver - Here's your chance to sample some of diving's most popular specialities and expand your diving skills. The program's two core dives are underwater navigation and deep diving. Additional elective dives might include boat diving, drift diving, multilevel diving, wreck diving, or other speciality activities. Certification requires five dives and may take as little as one weekend.

PADI Speciality courses - Focus on the underwater activities that interest you most. Speciality certifications expose you to exciting new skills and environments. Boat Diver, Deep Diver, Enriched Air Diver, Equipment Specialist, Night Diver, Search and Recovery, Underwater navigator and Wreck Diver are just a few. Most courses can be completed in a weekend with emphasis on hands-on learning - that means diving!

PADI Rescue Diver - The PADI Rescue Diver course makes the serious subject of accident prevention and management enjoyable and rewarding. It takes your focus beyond yourself and your buddy to make diving safer for others as you learn to recognize and prevent potential diving accidents and how to handle them if they do occur.

Emergency First Response - For both divers and non-divers, this revolutionary course teaches CPR and first aid, important prerequisites for Rescue Diver certification.

PADI Master Scuba Diver - When you complete the PADI Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver and any five speciality courses, you are eligible to earn a PADI Master Scuba Diver rating. This prestigious rating is the highest non-professional credential in recreational diving.

PADI Divemaster - If your love of diving interests you in a full- or part-time dive career, this is your first step on the professional path. Divemaster training develops your diving leadership abilities by expanding your knowledge to a professional level, and by training you to supervise diving activities and assist with divers in training.

PADI Assistant Instructor - Valuable preparation for PADI Instructor training, the Assistant Instructor course provides hands-on teaching experience, all under the direct supervision of a PADI Instructor.