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Looking for a life changing summer camp focused on all things ocean? ActionQuest, founded in the mid-eighties, offers scuba and sailing summer adventure camps for teens in the British Virgin Islands. Students live aboard a fleet of sailboats for three week sessions, learning to sail and dive all along the way. As a PADI Five […] Type: Post
People from all walks of life are using their voices and respective platforms to highlight the issue of plastic waste. We spoke to two such people, producer and cinematographer, Poppy Chandler and director Mike Wafer. Together they are working on creating the documentary Plastic Britain: On our watch to highlight the plastic plight. Mike is […] Type: Post
About midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole lies Spitsbergen Island, the northernmost inhabited region of the planet, surrounded by the Norwegian Sea, the Greenland Sea, and the Arctic Ocean. The largest island in Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago, Spitsbergen covers an area of 15,075 square miles (39,044 square kilometers), nearly four times the size of […] Type: Post
Not only are mermaids real, it’s easier than ever before to become a mermaid (or merman). PADI believes the world needs more magic. So we’re on a mission to create a world where anything is possible, hope for the future fills our hearts, and our beautiful blue oceans are so magical again that you just […] Type: Post
PADI® IDC Staff Instructor at Kids Scuba, Hj Syed Abd Rahman is no stranger to working with people with disabilities. That’s why it should come as no surprise that he was part of the US Adaptive Technique Specialty Advisory Board which developed the PADI Adaptive Techniques Specialty course. The PADI Adaptive Techniques Specialty course was […] Type: Post
Having recently relocated from New Zealand to Indonesia, PADI Regional Manager Jen Clent found herself pleasantly surprised by many things in her new home. One such thing is the number of amazing women working in the dive industry around the country. Both locals and expats can be found working as divemasters, instructors, dive shop managers […]