PADI announces date for Women's Dive Day 2025

PADI has announced the date for Women’s Dive Day 2025, and the world’s largest scuba diving organisation is calling on its 6,600 dive centres and resorts to host events to celebrate the occasion – now in it’s 11th year – on 19 July 2025.

Over the past decade, PADI’s dive centres and professionals have, through more than 1,500 events in more than 100 countries, inspired hundreds of thousands of women to take up diving, freediving and – more recently – ‘mermaiding’.

As part of the celebration of women in diving, groups around the world have come together to perform beach and underwater cleanups, plant new coral nurseries and set a world record for the longest underwater female human chain.

Above the surface, PADI’s Women’s Dive Day events have also help raise funds for breast cancer research and local women’s shelters.

Prior to the 2015 launch of PADI’s Women in Diving initiative, women made up just under 35 per cent of all yearly PADI certifications. As of 2025, female certifications make up almost 40 per cent of the total.

PADI is encouraging its members to plan events – for divers and non-divers alike – and register them as soon as possible. The events will then be promoted on the PADI Women’s Dive Day Event Locator

‘Women are being celebrated for their achievements in ocean exploration, marine conservation, education, visual arts, science, technology, technical diving, and social leadership,’ said Kristin Valette Wirth, Chief Brand and Membership Officer for PADI Worldwide

‘PADI Women’s Dive Day provides PADI Members a unique opportunity to connect with their local community, motivate new students to take their first breaths underwater, entice divers to earn their next certification, or simply give a reason to connect with the ocean and each other.’

To register a PADI Women’s Dive Day event, visit padi.com/women/hostanevent.