Information on Scuba Diving and the PADI & NAUI Certified Courses

People are often looking for information on scuba diving asking questions such as

What is scuba diving?
What are PADI Certifications?
How much does it cost?
How can I find out if I like it before I commit sums of money?

PADI Discover Scuba Diving

Well if you are 10 years age or older the answer is quite simple - book a PADI Discover Scuba session with your local dive center.

This is one of the easiest and most popular introductions to scuba diving you can imagine.

Your qualified instructor will provide you with dive gear and provide some basic information on scuba diving such as safety instructions and some hand signals.

He or she will get you into the water as soon as possible at the hotel pool or off-shore where there are pool like conditions so that you can experience breathing and moving under water.

Once you experience the ease with which you breathe under water and the totally relaxing sensation of being weightless, you will realise that there is a whole new exciting world to explore and want to pursue your PADI certifications.

PADI Certifications

Information on scuba diving courses will be available at most of the dive centers where you will discover that there is a vast array of skills you can learn at your own pace to enhance your scuba diving experience.

As you progress your PADI certifications will show dive centers around the world that you are a competent scuba diver as PADI is probably the worlds most recognised scuba diving certification.

PADI

PADI Specialities

PADI Drysuit Speciality
PADI Enriched Air Nitrox
PADI Wreck Diver
PADI Photgraphy
PADI Videography
PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy
PADI Deep Diver
PADI Drift Diver
PADI Boat Diver
PADI Equipment Speciality
PADI Project Aware Speciality
PADI Search & Recovery
PADI Night Diver
PADI Multilevel Diver
PADI Cavern Diver
PADI AWARE Fish ID
PADI DPV
PADI Altitude Diver
PADI Coral Reef Conservation
PADI Drysuit Diver Speciality
PADI Naturalist Speciality

NAUI

NAUI Skin Diver
NAUI Scuba Diver
NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver

NAUI Specialities

Deep Diver
Dry Suit Diver
Enriched Air Nitrox (EANx)
Scuba Rescue Diver
Search and Recovery Diver
Training Assistant
Underwater Archeologist
Underwater Ecologist
Underwater Environment
Underwater Photographer
Underwater Hunter and Collector
Wreck Diver (External Survey)

Below is an example of a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience at another holiday location - this will give you an idea of what to expect (Press the button second right on the bottom of the video player to see it in full screen)...