Every time you book a dive, you’re choosing more than an operator. You’re choosing who earns your trust, and increasingly, who you’re willing to stand alongside in protecting the waterway you’re about to explore. Across the world, PADI Dive Centers, Resorts and Instructors are showing what that trust can build through 100% AWARE.
What Does 100% AWARE Mean?
100% AWARE is PADI AWARE® Foundation’s partner program for dive businesses and professionals who want to do more than teach diving — they want to help protect the places we dive.
In 2026, the program evolved. Rather than simply making an annual donation on your behalf, 100% AWARE dive centers and instructors now act as a direct connection between the divers they certify and guide and PADI AWARE itself, inviting you to join the movement as a supporter in your own right.
In other words: when you dive with a 100% AWARE partner, you’re not just diving with someone who cares about the ocean. You’re diving with someone actively building the world’s largest community of divers protecting it and inviting you to be part of that community too.
How To Find a 100% AWARE Dive Center
Ready to dive in? Visit PADI’s Dive Shop Locator to locate your nearest 100% AWARE dive center today! Or look for the 100% AWARE logo in a dive center’s shop, on their website or on their social channels. Or you can simply ask your instructor or dive shop directly whether they’re a 100% AWARE partner.
Your Invitation To Join the Movement
If your dive center or instructor is 100% AWARE, they may invite you to become a monthly PADI AWARE supporter yourself. This is often as simple as scanning a QR code at the counter or clicking a link they share with you.
That small monthly gift helps fund PADI AWARE’s work across marine protected areas, marine debris removal, vulnerable species protection and marine habitat recovery. It also makes you part of a growing community of divers turning their love of the ocean into lasting action.
Not Diving With a 100% AWARE Partner Yet?
Ask your dive center or instructor if they’re part of the program. If they’re not, let them know it exists. More dive businesses connected to PADI AWARE means more of the diving community turning passion into protection. And if you’d rather join the movement directly, you can become a PADI AWARE supporter any time, no dive required.
