Share your scuba passion – become a PADI Divemaster

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Are you crazy about scuba diving? Share your passion with others by becoming a PADI Divemaster. The PADI Divemaster program is designed to teach the necessary leadership skills you’ll need to guide students throughout their underwater journey. As a mentor and leader, you will get to motivate beginners and instil in them the same excitement […]

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 […]

Become a PADI Rebreather Diver

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Rebreathers used to just be for technical divers and the military, but all of that’s changed. Thanks to newer, user-friendly designs, now recreational divers can use rebreathers as well with many divers finding they actually prefer rebreathers to open-circuit units because of the following benefits: For more information view our PADI Rebreather Course page. To […]

An interview with PADI Divemaster, Cameron Schwaiger

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PADI recently interviewed Cameron Schwaiger from Kew in Victoria who took up his dream job as a PADI Divemaster at Academy of Scuba, a PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Centre in Glen Iris and Rye.   Describe a typical day in your working life as a PADI Divemaster. For me diving is an activity I […]

We Asked PADI Staff: What Do You Remember Most About Your First Scuba Dive?

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Instructor Development Alan Jan Brigit Jager – PADI Training Consultant (Asia-Pacific) Wow… I really can see and breathe underwater, amazing! How beautiful, how totally mesmerizing, awesome, I want more of this!! [Also: should have done this years ago] LeRoy Wickham – Southwest and Central U.S. Regional Manager What do I remember most? How bloody cold it was in the […]

PADI Diver Spotlight – Manuel Bustelo

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Manu Manuel Bustelo is a thrill seeker. From skiing, mountain biking or high altitude trekking, Manuel loves it all and the adrenaline rush that comes with seeing the world from a unique perspective. He recalls contemplating sunsets at 6000 meters, “I thought that mountaineers were the lucky ones who could appreciate nature in a very different […]