Learning to Dive

An interview Laura Hudson – aka Mermaid Twinkle – a professional mermaid and the UK’s first PADI Mermaid Instructor Trainer.

For International Women’s Day 2022, PADI is celebrating eight women who have turned their passion into a life’s mission to save the ocean

A new study confirms the effectiveness of Deptherapy’s programme of rehabilitating wounded veterans through scuba diving and peer support

Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell explains the important difference between weight and mass and how it impacts on your diving

Roz Lunn reviews the updated and revised Global Underwater Explorers manual The Fundamental of Better Diving

Time out of the water makes dives skills a little rusty and in need of a tune-up, which is where scuba diving refreshers become essential

Drift diving can seem as if you are flying over the reef Drift diving is, for many divers, their favourite form…

Some divers believe that extra weight keeps them safe by preventing them from floating to the surface – but the exact opposite is true, and excess weight can be dangerous for divers.

Underwater navigation sometimes causes scuba divers to get so fixated on their compasses that they have no idea where they’re going…

Buoyancy control is the most important aspect of learning to dive – former full-time instructor Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell gives us some pointers

PADI has launched a Mermaid training course, designed ‘to give water-enthusiasts an additional means to explore their underwater passion.’

PADI announces that new scuba diving certifications will be issued as eCards in its smartphone app instead of the traditional plastic cards