PADI is Celebrating 25 Million Certifications!

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For the past 50 years, PADI has been The Way the World Learns to Dive with nearly 25 million certifications issued worldwide – so we’re celebrating, and we want to share the celebrations with you! We’re inviting the diver who receives certification number 25,000,000 on a dream dive trip. Simply complete your next PADI course […]

Iconic Men of Diving Stars

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The 1950s and 1960s were a great time for diving in popular culture. Scuba divers were the focus of TV shows, movies, and commercials, considered sleek and exciting action heroes. In honor of International Men’s Day, and just because we want to relive the Golden Age of scuba media, here are three of our top […]

7 Amazing Underwater Macro Photography Subjects

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Jason Mirabilis Nudibranch These seven small species just got to show that size definitely isn’t everything! Here we take a look at our top picks when it comes to underwater macro photography and why these are our favorites. All photos by Sarah Wormald Pontohi Pygmy Seahorse Pontohi pygmy seahorses (Hippocampus pontohi) are one of the most recently discovered […]

4 Facts about the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

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You may have heard about the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the news lately after President Obama passed legislation to expand the area. Papahānaumokuākea is a US National Monument that spans 583,000 square miles near Hawaii. Here are four facts about this diverse and important piece of nature, including how to pronounce it: 1. Its reign as […]

6 Things You Don’t Know About Dry Suit Diving

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Rich Morin knows a lot about dry suits. Not only does he perform search-and-recovery operations under the ice for local police teams, he also teaches loads of Ice Diver certification courses through his PADI Five Star Dive Center, Rich Morin’s Pro Scuba Center in New York. According to Morin, dry suits are a necessity for […]

The Zombie Apocalypse Hits the UK

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Zombie Apocalypse Diver Shereen Last Sunday morning, a group of UK divers met at Capernwray with Bolton Area Divers. It was a crisp, autumn morning and a pre-dive buzz was in the air. But, little did they know a zombie apocalypse had reached the UK, and hoards of the walking dead were on the approach to this otherwise-peaceful dive […]