Learning to Dive

PADI announces the date for Women's Dive Day 2025, now celebrating its 11th year celebrating women in scuba diving

Former instructor Mark 'Crowley' Russell on why continuing education programmes are essential for both divers and dive businesses.

PADI has been celebrating its inaugural Adaptive Diving Week to encourange divers with physical and mental diabilities to take up scuba diving

Some dive centres offer 'free' training in return for work - but what does this mean and are they really worth it?

Dive training agency RAID has launched two new courses designed to bridge the gap between recreational and full-on technical diving.

Four-day tech summit at world's deepest dive pool will bring together industry experts and innovators for workshops and presentations

PADI announces its 'Seek Adventure, Save the Ocean Together' referral campaign encouraging divers to recruit friends and family to diving

PADI launches a new Master Scuba Diver Challenge, offering free renewals for Members and a dream trip to the Maldives for scuba divers

PADI has announced that its EMEA dive centres and resorts are inviting divers to sign up for its newly launched Divemaster Internship

RAID has launched a new full-face mask programme specific to the OTS Guardian and Spectrum full-face masks

PADI is calling on its members around the world to register more events celebrating Women's Dive Day's tenth anniversary in July

Nitrogen narcosis is often thought of as slightly comic, but scuba divers are often unaware of the potential severity of its impact

Dive training agency RAID expands its breath-hold training programmes with new Static Apnea and Advanced Freediving courses

PADI and GoPro have teamed up to create a GoPro Distinctive Specialty Course, with training for the camera, accessories and video editing app

Night diving can by turns be exhilarating, luminous, beautiful – and panic-inducing. Mark 'Crowley' Russell explains why

Visualisation can be used to practice skills without being physically present, but is often overlooked as part of recreational scuba diving

Top of the panic-inducing skills while learning to scuba dive is removing, replacing and clearing a mask underwater - here's how to prevent that from happening

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