Teach the PADI AWARE Specialist Course

Ready to help others save the ocean? This AWARE Week you can teach the new PADI AWARE Specialty course. Featuring a hands-on digital PADI eLearning experience, and workshops that activate the new and improved 10 Tips to Save the Ocean, the PADI AWARE Specialist course dismantles the barriers between diving and conservation, making the step towards responsible marine conservation accessible to all.

What Is New With The PADI AWARE Specialist Course?

• Includes PADI eLearning component, revised lesson guides, making it easier than ever to teach.
• Teach the new 10 Tips to Save the Ocean.
• New performance requirement, Become an Ocean Torchbearer. Help recruit ocean heroes by signing the Torchbearer Pledge.
• Non-diving, workshop led course. Can be conducted at your dive shop, on the boat…Anywhere, with anyone! This course can also be conducted online for certification, via two-way video learning.
• Course counts towards the specialty requirement for PADI Master Scuba Diver.
• The course will launch in English, and will be available in Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Simplified Chinese, and Russian later in 2023.

Any PADI Assistant Instructor or higher can now teach the PADI AWARE Specialist course to help educate their students and community about marine conservation. Promote your PADI AWARE Specialist workshops and conservation events and courses on the Conservation Activities Locator and PADI Torchbearer Facebook Group.

Keep your favorite dive site free of debris and contribute to the largest global underwater database in the world. To achieve our goal of reducing marine debris by 50% in targeted countries by 2030, teach the revised Dive Against Debris® Course. You can now offer the Dive Against Debris Specialty as a digital eLearning to any PADI Junior Open Water Diver, Freediver, or Advanced Mermaid.

What Is New With The Dive Against Debris® Specialty?

• The course has a PADI eLearning component, revised lesson guides, and supporting materials for both students and instructors.
• The citizen science component has new upgrades to the PADI AWARE app making submissions more user-friendly.
• In addition, an actual survey and submission of the survey is a required course component.
• The course is available in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Simplified Chinese, and Russian.

Any PADI Dive Center, Resort, or PADI Instructor can now teach this course and conduct a Dive Against Debris® survey to help to tackle marine debris issues head-on. Promote your Dive Against Debris events and courses on the Conservation Activities Locator and PADI Torchbearer Facebook Group. 

join the ranks of prestigious environmental stewards, and transform your dive center into an PADI Eco-Center. With this accreditation, you can showcase your dedication to conservation and sustainability, setting yourself apart as a leader in the dive industry.

There are three criteria that a PADI Operators must meet to qualify as a PADI Eco Center:

• Participate in the PADI AWARE Adopt the Blue™ program. 
• Become an active Green Fins Member.
• Achieve a Green Fins Digital Score or Certified Rank that demonstrates low environmental impact.

These requirements were selected to advance the PADI Blueprint for Ocean Action, and support the PADI Pillars of Change, designed to integrate the core values of conservation and dive industry sustainability across the entire PADI network. 

• We recommend operators give themselves at least 12 months to meet the minimum standards required for this designation.

Together, let's dive into a sustainable future and inspire others to follow in your eco-conscious footsteps.

Take Action this AWARE Week and compliment your PADI AWARE Specialty class and conservation events with the newly revised 10 Tips to Save the Ocean. You can share social media stories and opportunities that compliments your specific passion to save the ocean. Check your official PADI Pros marketing hub to see more marketing tools to promote your conservation efforts.