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There is going to be a time when you have completed your PADI Open Water Diver Certification, have gone on a few fun dives, and you’re starting to get ready for the next step in your diving career. It is time to choose your first PADI specialty. Whether you are doing it as part of […] Type: Post
Written by Toni Norton, founder of Purple Turtle Diving, London You know when you first meet someone and at some point the conversation is bound to turn to what you do for a living? That’s always an interesting conversation for me. When I answer “I’m a diving instructor”, I tend to get one of 3 […] Type: Post
Sure, it’s fun to earn and collect specialty cards, but more importantly, each distinctive specialty course is the opportunity to get in-depth knowledge about various animals — from nudibranchs to manatees — and facets of the dive life, such as careers in underwater media. If you’re really looking to hone in on some specific skills, […] Type: Post
Learning to dive is an incredible experience. It's challenging and rewarding at the same time, and can leave you completely breathless... Type: Post
What is it that Deptherapy does? Deptherapy & Deptherapy Education is an English Charity, registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales. It is staffed exclusively by volunteers, with some of our team putting in 40 hours a week. There are two distinct areas of work: Deptherapy where we seek to rehabilitate injured UK […] Type: Post
Written by guest blogger, Nicole Helgason Hello! My name is Nicole Helgason and I am excited to start writing as a coral communicator for PADI. Since this is my very first article, I thought I would take a second to introduce myself before we dive into everything coral reef. I first learned to scuba dive […]