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A specific scuba certification center?
Search the chart below for SSI, NAUI, SDI, and PADI Certification
One of the most common questions asked by new divers is:
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What certification company should I get?
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What is the difference?
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Which will be accepted when I go diving?
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The answer is:
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All four are governed by the same governing body World Recreational Scuba Training Council (WRSTC)
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The requirements for all four are very similar (due to WRSTC global standards for instruction)
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Focus on the dive instructor, that is where you get the value
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Each is unique​
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Each has their own "special" way of teaching
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Each will make sure you feel safe and have FUN!
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Scuba Diving Certification
PADI - Professional Association of Dive Instructors
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Largest scuba diving organization in the world
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186 countries and territories, 6,600 dive centers and resorts, 128,000 professionals, and issuing more than 1 million certifications each year
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SSI - Scuba Schools International
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SSI is a retail-based organization with over 3,000 dive centers in 110 countries
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Offers both recreational and technical dive training
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NAUI - National Association of Underwater Instructors
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NAUI is not-for-profit organization known for its exceptional training standards for recreational and tech diving (dive training for; Disneyland, NASA and the US Navy Seals)
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Offers both recreational and technical dive training
SDI - Scuba Diving International
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Consists of Scuba Diving International (SDI), Technical Diving International (TDI), and Emergency Response Diving International (ERDI)
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One of the largest diving certification agencies in more than 100 countries
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Certification | Company | Phone | Email | Website | Address | City | State |
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SSI | 72 Aquatics | 520-887-2822 | email@72aquatics.com | www.72aquatics.com | 3118 E Fort Lowell Rd | Tucson | AZ |
A Deep Blue Dive | 400 Sadowsky Causeway Key Colony Beach | Key Colony Beach | FL | ||||
PADI | A Divers World | 952-892-7211 | info@adiversworld.com | 16430 Kenrick Ave | Lakeville | MN | |
PADI | A Water Odyssey Scuba | 570-326-2091 | lynn@awaterodysseyscuba.com | www.awaterodysseyscuba.com | 940 Market Street | Williamsport | PA |
SSI | A-1 Scuba & Travel Center | 303-789-2450 | divers@a1scuba.com | www.a1scuba.com | 1603 W Belleview | Englewood | CO |
PADI | A-1 Scuba Diving & Snorkeling | +1 215 355 9945 | www.a1scubagear.com | 4033 Brownsville Rd Ste B | Feasterville-Trevose | PA | |
Aaron's Dive Shop | 307 Hahani St | Honolulu | HI | ||||
PADI | Abyss Dive Center | 914-244-3483 | info@abyss-scuba.net | 29 Marble Avenue | Pleasantville | NY | |
PADI | Action Quest, Inc. | 941-924-6789 | info@actionquest.com | 1075 Central Ave | Sarasota | FL | |
Add Helium | 4530 Arnold Ave Unit 6 | Naples | FL | ||||
PADI | Adventure Dive Center | 229-888-3484 | adventuredivealbany@gmail.com | 1104 North Westover Blvd, Suite #3 | Albany | GA | |
PADI | Adventure Diving | 423-878-3483 | alan@adventurediving.com | 3113 Hwy 421 | Bristol | TN |
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