The 11th Annual PADI Women’s Dive Day on 19 July, 2025 is almost here!
From Mexico to the Maldives, from the UK to Utila, Women’s Dive Day has become more than just an event, it’s a celebration, a chance to connect, support, and be inspired—whether you’re taking your very first breath underwater or your hundredth.
I love a good reason to go scuba diving, and this annual global event has to be my favorite reason of all.
Here are the reasons why I love it and where can you find cool events this year.
Expand Your Horizons
Women’s Dive Day is the perfect opportunity to gain new dive skills and build confidence so you can embark on new adventures. Discover an amazing world beneath the waves, enhance your dive skills, or lead the way as a PADI Pro. There are so many ways to explore our blue planet! Begin a new dive course online today and celebrate your achievements on PADI Women’s Dive Day this July.
Ready to learn to dive? Learn how to explore the underwater world and make a difference for our blue planet on every dive with the PADI Open Water Diver and Dive Against Debris courses.
Already a diver and looking to advance your skills and build confidence? Take your dive skills to the next level, reach new depths, and extend your bottom time with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver courses. Or enhance your dive skills and find out why divers say Rescue Diver is their favorite course – it will change the way you dive!
Event Ideas:
For Women’s Dive Day, Fast Manta Diving Krabi in Thailand is offering free freediving experiences in the pool for everyone who wants to find out how long they can hold their breath underwater.
Whereas kids can have their first dive experience with TSK Zurich in Switzerland. If you want to help out on the day to make it extra special and fun for the kids, the Dive Center is still looking for support.
If you are new to diving, Smokey Mountain Divers Inc. is treating all women to a free try dive at Gray Quarry in Tennessee.
The event from Scuba West Indies in Grenada is open to all, emphasising on making diving accessible to everyone, regardless of experience or skill level.
You Can Make a Difference for the Ocean
A lot of Women’s Dive Day events include conservation elements—beach cleanups, marine talks, or citizen science dives. Community and conservation just go hand in hand.
With the new Conservation Action Portal, it is easier than ever to log your Dive Against Debris dives.
If you’ve ever wanted to take a more active role in ocean protection, this is a great way to start with the support of a community.
Event Ideas:
Get a glimpse into the conservation work you can do as a diver with Master Diving Center’s event in Egypt.
You can find some great conservation-focused events in the Philippines where you can explore new ways of preserving the environment. And if you are interested in learning more about scientific monitoring of sharks and be more purposeful when diving, join the female-led activity from Atlantida Centro de Buceo in Colombia.
Al Mahara Diving Center’s event is for all female ocean lovers (snorkellers and divers) to join them at Sir Bani Yas Island for adventure and citizen science.
There Are Fun Topside Activities, Too
From beach parties and picnics to educational speakers and beach clean-ups, many Women’s Dive Day events celebrate with post-dive fun on the surface. Check out what your local dive shop has planned and join the fun. Go on… Click here to see what’s happening near you!!
Event Ideas:
At Utila Dive Center in Honduras, they celebrate Women’s Dive Day every year with an array of impactful events like a pop-up market, beach and underwater clean-ups, as well as lionfish workshops and movie nights to bring together female divers from all over.
Get creative with Perth Scuba in Australia which hosts a Sip & Paint event where you can swing your brush with fellow divers in your community.
Meet a New Dive Buddy, Travel Partner, or Liveaboard Roomie
Women’s Dive Day is a great opportunity to meet and connect with other divers. Since you’re all showing up for the same event, it can be easier to connect with the other people there, and it gives you an instant conversation starter.
Many Women’s Dive Day events specifically set aside time for getting together, sharing food, and swapping stories so that you can make sure to get in lots of bonding between dives. And, as I mentioned above, some events go beyond diving and work in things like yoga on the beach or underwater debris cleanups, giving you even more ways to connect with other people.
We’ve had so many divers tell us that Women’s Dive Day is where they made some of their strongest friendships within the diving community. And if you don’t have a dive buddy, this is one of the easiest times to show up solo and find people to connect with. You can check out great photos from previous years on social media.
For anyone who is looking to go away for WDD and make it a holiday, here are some event ideas.
Event Ideas:
There are lots of Women’s Dive Day trips happening in the Maldives this year. Oblu Helengeli and Dive Center TGI Maldives is celebrating their inaugural Women’s Dive Month in July, blending ocean exploration with wellness and relaxation for solo women travellers, adventurous families or groups of friends.
Nova Maldives and Dive Center Aquaholics are hosting a week-long experience with PADI AmbassaDiver India Black, inviting ocean lovers from around the world to immerse themselves in diving, conservation, and community, while discovering the transformative power of the ocean and promoting sustainable diving practices.
Fancy a trip to the Bahamas? The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation has launched the inaugural Bahamas Women Dive Week with Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas. This week-long celebration aims to spotlight women in diving and promote ocean conservation. PADI AmbassaDiver Alannah Vellacott and dive influencer Gabby Shepard, also known as “Black Girl Blue World” will participate.
Scuba Blue are teaming up with Porthkerris Divers to run their “Porthkerris Weekender” over the WDD weekend in the UK. Five days of diving, camping and social events will bring together the diving community in England’s south-west.
If you feel like celebrating on a liveaboard, then join the all-female 7-day trip with Sea and Sky Experiences into the heart of the Red Sea.
Meet Your New Mentor
Whatever your dive experience level, there is always a way to move onwards and upwards.
Are you trying scuba for the first time with a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience? On Women’s Dive Day, you can meet a female certified diver who will give you the motivation to take the plunge and become a PADI certified diver yourself. Advanced divers will meet Rescue Divers. Rescue Divers will meet Divemasters, and Divemasters will meet female Instructors. Whatever level you are, you will likely meet your scuba mentor. Isn’t that exciting?
Event Ideas:
After a fun dive, Scuba Center Asia in Bali invites all participants to mingle with and learn from the all-female Pro team on how to turn your passion into a profession and start a career in scuba diving.
You’ll Encourage More Women to Dive
Diving used to be almost completely male-dominated, with over 90% of divers being men, and very little gear available for women. But we’ve caught up a lot, and now women make up about 40% of all recreational scuba certifications. We’d still love to see that number reach 50/50, and I hope Women’s Dive Day can be part of closing the gap. The event has been growing each year, so let’s set a new record and get even more people experiencing the underwater world. And if you can’t make it to an event, you can still promote the cause by telling your friends about it or checking out articles about some of our amazing PADI Women.
It is the perfect opportunity to introduce your friends or family to the underwater world and dive together.
Event Ideas:
Aqua Sub Terra in Canada is organising the biggest gathering of women divers and freedivers at one place simultaneously. Come to Flintkote quarry in Quebec to join this unique event that has started in 2015 with 129 female divers and a year later with 150. 2025 is the year they want to go even bigger.
Join an empowering women’s dive getaway in Cozumel, Mexico, featuring diving, workshops, cultural activities, marine education, and community-building—all set in one of the island’s stunning marine sanctuaries.
Get Involved with Your Local Dive Scene
While it’s always amazing to have the opportunity to travel to a dive destination, most of us will be celebrating Women’s Dive Day closer to home. For those of you who haven’t explored much of your local scene, these events can be a great opportunity to get a look at where you live. Many divers are surprised by the great dive sites they’ve lived next to without ever realizing it.
Finding a Women’s Dive Day event near you can help you get to know more local dive clubs, places to dive, and PADI dive shops that you haven’t been to yet. And if you do frequently dive at home, use this opportunity to show off what your area has to offer. Many participants are new to diving, or at least new to diving in your area. Showing someone around gives you the chance to see your old sites through fresh eyes and appreciate what you have nearby.
Event Ideas:
Explore the biodiversity of the Baltic Sea in Germany with Action Sport 7Oceans, meet the team from The Dive Shop at Forget-Me-Not-Pond for a day of local diving in the clearest waters in Alberta, Canada or dive through vibrant kelp forests of Catalina, California with Signature Scuba.
You Get to Go Diving!
Who doesn’t love an excuse to get in the water? No matter when you last went diving, we’re sure it’s about time for your next descent. So round up your friends, prepare to make new ones, and find your nearest Women’s Dive Day event.
Event Ideas:
Many Dive Centers, Resorts and individual Instructors are excited to welcome divers for guided fun dives. From half-price dive experiences with Norway Dive in Spain, two breathtaking dives at Khorfakkan dive sites in Dubai with DiveCampus Diving Club, to a dive on the ex-HMAS Brisbane, followed by Bubbles and Bao with Sunreef Mooloolaba – there are plenty of opportunities to meet new dive buddies and friends.
Find a PADI Women’s Dive Day Event Near You
Want to join this global event? Find a PADI Women’s Dive Day event near you.
This blog was written by guest author Alexandra Dimitriou
