Torchbearers for the Ocean and the PADI AWARE Foundation
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If you’re like me, you clearly remember the moment when you fell in love with the sea. Mine was as a young boy, spending summers in the “Ocean State” when my grandparents and parents took me to the Rhode Island shore for the first time. I recall standing barefoot in the sand in awe at […]
The Costa Brava is a top tourist area which lies in the northeast of mainland Spain. Part of the province of Girona, the Costa Brava attracts more yearly visitors than most areas of this country. With only a few kilometres between the most charming beaches of the Mediterranean and the snow-capped peaks of the Pyrenees, Costa Brava offers the perfect […]
How to overcome your fear of sharks. Read facts, statistics and watch movies to get over your fear of sharks so you can learn to scuba dive or freedive.
Scuba Diving is the passion millions of people around the globe. All with one thing in common, a love of the underwater world. In today’s society, health, fitness and wellbeing plays an important part in daily life for many people. Sport, in particular recreational sport, being an outlet for stress and improving mental health. As […]
You probably know that CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, like you might know the SIM card in your phone is its subscriber identification module. But, do you know how to use SAMPLE questions as an assessment tool for a patient or fellow diver who appears unwell? S-A-M-P-L-E helps you remember the key questions to ask when assessing someone who may have […]
As I reached my late teens, becoming a professional scuba instructor seemed obvious and inevitable. With my passion for diving and the ocean already inextricably woven into my life, it didn’t even occur to me that I wouldn’t become one. If you’ve developed a similar love for diving, you’ve probably wondered about becoming a PADI […]