What Goes Through the Mind of a Freediver During a Deep Dive

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Akim Ladhari - Deep Dive Cover photo: Jonathan Sunnex Written by AmbassaDiver Akim Ladhari I can hear Renee signalling the countdown that she is giving right by my side. It’s in this last minute before the dive that I empty my mind and think about nothing else…10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… As I start my […]

10 Dive Resolutions to Make for 2018

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2018 You’re ready for your 2018 dive life to be even more awesome and inspiring than 2017 was, but you’re not sure how to make that happen. We’ve polled instructors, divers, non-profit founders and more to find out how they are resolving to make 2018 the most challenging and fun underwater year yet. Reach a new […]

PADI AmbassaDiver Adam Stern Hosts Deep Week – a Freediving Festival in Bali

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Adam Stern is no longer a PADI AmbassaDiver, to view our current AmbassaDivers, click here.  Photos supplied by Adam Stern Last month, more than 100 freedivers came together in Amed, Bali to take part in the largest PADI Freediver course in history! ‘Deep Week’ as it’s become known was organised and hosted by 5 x […]

Guide to PADI Divemaster: The Rescue Scenario

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guide to divemaster training by candice landau If you’re training to become a PADI® Divemaster, you took the Rescue Diver course. And, if you took the Rescue course, you probably remember how intense the in-water unresponsive diver rescue was. I had to do it at least three times before I had it down. The Divemaster rescue scenario demonstration is really no different than […]

Interview with PADI’s First Female Course Director from the Maldives, Zoona Naseem

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Female Course Director Zoona Zoona Naseem is only the second Maldivian to have attained the rank of PADI Course Director, and the country’s first female to do so. She is the owner of Moodhu Bulhaa Dive Centre in Villingili Island, just 10 minutes away from the capital, and is passionate about getting young people diving. Here she shares her […]