Four PADI Specialty Courses to Improve Your Shark and Ray Encounters

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We’ve been celebrating the recent success at CITES CoP17, where proposals to list all 13 species of sharks and rays (silky sharks, thresher sharks and devil rays) were accepted. With this good news and the resulting buzz across the scuba diving world, there’s no better time to make the most out of your dives with […]

The Healing Power of Scuba

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P.T. Hirschfield dives as if her life depended on it No one is more grateful for her PADI Open Water diver certification than P.T. Hirschfield. And the timing of the experience couldn’t have been more opportune. In 2010, the Australian traveled to the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, where she earned her first C-card. Shortly upon […]

Unique Scuba Diving Jobs: Underwater Pizza Delivery Man

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Underwater Pizza Delivery Man Click to display the embedded YouTube video Rob Doyle may have one of the most unique scuba diving jobs in the world – underwater pizza delivery man. He just dons his scuba gear and dives in to deliver pizza to guests staying at the underwater hotel, Jules’ Undersea Lodge in Key Largo, Florida. Not only is Rob […]

5 PADI Specialties for the Winter Months

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PADI-Ice-Diver Just because the winter months bring colder temps, that doesn’t mean you can’t up your game by getting some new certifications under your belt. Here are five PADI® Specialties to help you dive into the warmer seasons with a little more spring in your step. Ice Diver: What better time to get into the winter spirit than […]