Unsure if PADI Club™ membership is “worth it?” Here’s an easy answer.
If you plan to:
- Buy two or more PADI eLearning® online courses in the next 12 months
- OR take PADI’s online scuba refresher course (PADI ReActivate®)
Then, YES, PADI Club is worth it, because membership costs less than what you’d pay for PADI ReActivate. Similarly, the savings you’ll receive on eLearning courses more than covers the cost of Club membership.
What Does PADI Club Cost?
PADI Club membership is currently USD $54.95 per year and includes free access to the PADI ReActivate online course, up to a 20% discount on most PADI eLearning courses and many other benefits. So, whether you’re a beginner diver who wants to improve their skills or someone who has been out of the water for a few years, PADI Club is excellent value.
Keep Your Certification Active Between Dive Trips
For those living far from the ocean, it’s common to be out of the water for weeks, months or even longer. PADI Club is designed to keep divers of all levels connected to their passion between dive trips.
PADI Club keeps you connected to the ocean between dives and it also keeps your certification up to date for you. As a PADI Club member you receive free digital subscription to Scuba Diving magazine (available in English, French, German and Spanish). US members receive the magazine also in print delivered to their doorstep. Each issue of Scuba Diving magazine contains information on amazing dive destinations of the world, fish and other sea creatures, scuba diving gear, techniques, diving travel and much more.
Whether you’re planning your next dive trip, need help working on your advanced certification, or simply want to keep up to date with the rest of the world’s diving community then PADI Club is here to help.
Refresh Your Skills Before Your Next Course
Diving again? Refresh your skills! For already certified scuba divers PADI Club membership includes free access to the online version of the PADI ReActivate refresher course.
ReActivate takes you through all of the main topics that you learned in your PADI Open Water Diver course in any order that you wish. So you can go back to and review all of the information that you may have forgotten in any order and as many times as you like. Additionally, the program can be used as an aid for those who need to do some additional practice of some of the skills that you learned during your Open Water Diver course. Skills can be practiced in an in-water skills session under the supervision of a PADI Certified Divemaster or PADI Scuba Diving Instructor. ReActivate is a great course to take before you are about to take off on a dive vacation, or before you sign up for any of the other Continuing Education courses that are offered by our PADI Scuba Diving Instruction staff. The program will allow you to re-activate your scuba diving skills and give you the opportunity to regain any confidence that you may have lost.
Save up to 20% on eLearning Courses
There are many benefits of joining PADI Club for experienced divers, but one of the best ones is the discount of up to 20% on most continuing education eLearning courses.
The only limitation is you can only use the discount once per course. In other words, you can’t buy five discounted Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver courses for all your buddies. But you can buy the Advanced Open Water Diver and Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver online courses and save 20% on each one — more than USD $80 in total savings!
Please note: the discount applies to the online portion of the course only. There is an additional cost for in-person training.
For those unfamiliar with PADI eLearning, it allows you to complete all your classroom work at home on your own time. You don’t have to rearrange your schedule to attend in-person classes or waste time studying while on holiday. You can use eLearning online or offline on a computer, tablet or mobile device.
What PADI eLearning Courses Are Available at a Discount?
Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver and all of PADI’s most popular specialties are discounted for PADI Club members. Here’s the complete list:
Core PADI Courses:
PADI Specialty Courses:
- Boat Diver
- Deep Diver
- Digital Underwater Photographer
- Dive Against Debris
- Dive Theory*
- Diver Propulsion Vehicle
- Drift Diver
- Dry Suit Diver
- Emergency First Response® **
- Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver
- Equipment Specialist
- Night Diver
- PADI Aware Specialty
- Peak Performance Buoyancy
- Search and Recovery Diver
- Underwater Navigator
- Wreck Diver
* Not a specialty, but often required for Divemaster and IDC candidates
** Also not a specialty, but most Rescue Diver students, Divemaster and IDC candidates take this course to meet the prerequisite for first aid and CPR training
Not Available at a Discount:
- Divemaster
- IDC Online
- ReActivate (included free with Club membership)
How Do I Get Discounted PADI Courses?
After joining PADI Club, you’ll receive a special promo code to use at checkout.
Not Yet a Member? A Few More Reasons to Join PADI Club
- FREE Scuba Diving Magazine subscription
- FREE DAN® Prepared Diver course
- FREE exclusive PADI Club eCard
- 25% off one certification card annually (physical or digital)
- Club Member-only events and webinars
- Other exclusive discounts
Plus, Club membership supports global ocean conservation and marine animal protection. Five percent of each membership fee is donated to the PADI AWARE Foundation™.
