Choosing Flags and Floats for Drift Diving

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Drift diving offers scuba divers a truly unique experience in which they get to feel as though they’re flying through water. It can be a dangerous experience, however, without the necessary safety equipment. Before you venture out to try drift diving, make sure you’re prepared with the right flag and float. In drift diving, the […]

Total Submersion

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PADI Diving Society is celebrating 15 years of Total Submersion 14-21 June 2014. Get ready for the ultimate dive adventure and your chance to experience one of the industry’s longest running dive events. “Total Sub” is a week-long event with unforgettable diving, new dive buddies, parties, seminars, special guests and more. Packages start from $1585** […]

Get from A to B with PADI Drift Diver

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There’s something about the sheer beauty of the underwater world that makes divers just want to let go of every care in the world. With vibrant reefs and mysterious sea creatures swimming past, it can be tempting to just go with the flow. But there is an art to following that flow in the ocean […]

10 Steps To Responsible Scuba Travel

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Today’s article on Responsible Scuba Travel is a re-post from The Wanderlusters. We came across this article on their Twitter feed and think it had some great ideas and an important message worth sharing. Guest post authored by Charli Moore Photos courtesy of Benjamin Jones If you’re a certified scuba diver, chances are that you will have heard […]

Behind the Scenes of a PADI Video Shoot

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Niccole Sherman PADI behind the scenes dry suit photo PADI recently released an updated version of the PADI Open Water Diver course. Just for fun, we thought we’d share with you some of what goes into producing new PADI materials. We sat down with PADI Media Producer Niccole Chicca-Sherman to get the behind-the-scenes scoop. If Niccole’s name isn’t familiar, her face certainly should be. […]

I Heart My PADI Pro – Contest Winners

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Congratulations to the three winners of the I Heart My PADI Pro contest – Jennifer Lane, Melissa Leonard and Sally Watson. The I Heart My PADI Pro contest took place in February and March 2014 via the PADI Facebook page. PADI Divers were asked to nominate the PADI Professional who they felt made a positive […]