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Reach new depths and take your diving to the next level with peak performance buoyancy, improved underwater navigation and extended bottom times.

 

Find Your Next Course

Dive deeper into blue planet exploration with advanced dive skills and specialty scuba certifications. Whether you want to expand your dive knowledge or experience a new scuba specialty, our courses will prepare you for underwater adventure.

Learn more about PADI Specialty courses

Advanced Open Water Diver
Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver
Night Diver
Dive Against Debris
Pay the ocean forward by helping clean it up on your next dive. Learn about the problems of marine debris, conducting Dive Against Debris surveys, and how divers are a part of the solution to keeping our oceans clean.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dry Suit Diver
Ice Diver
Night Diver
Cavern Diver

 

 

Digital Underwater Photographer
Underwater Videographer
Self-Reliant Diver
Identyfikacja ryb
Enjoy dives even more when you can recognize and identify fish families and their characteristics.
Discover Technical Diving
Discover Local Diving

Learn more about freediving or check out the available courses.

 

Learn more about tec diving or check out the available courses.

 

 

diving for deeper connections

Diving is More Fun Together

Open the door to adventure for your family and friends. Share everything they need to know about becoming PADI® Open Water Diver-or gift the eLearning course to them! Live Unfiltered.

Divemaster

PADI Master Scuba Diver™

Fewer than two percent of divers ever become Master Scuba Divers. The Master Scuba Diver rating denotes significant experience and expertise, some call it “the black belt of diving.

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Your questions, answered

 

 
* PADI Club 25% off new certification cards

*PADI is offering a 25% off discount on Replacement Cards (digital or physical) when you sign up for a PADI Club membership anytime between March 1st and March 31st, 2023. Coupon code will be sent in your email confirmation. Cannot be combined with any other offers. One per customer. Promo valid on all eligible certification card designs. Promo expires April 30, 2023.

 
Does a PADI scuba certification expire?

Your PADI certification does not expire. Enrolling in PADI’s scuba refresher course (ReActivate) is recommended if you haven’t been diving in awhile, but not mandatory. Dive shops appreciate seeing a recent ReActivated date on your certification card because it means you’re ready to dive in. 

 
Learning at home vs. on vacation

Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver and more than a dozen of PADI’s most popular specialty courses are available online. You can start your training at home and finish with a dive shop near you, or on vacation. The choice is up to you.

Earning a certification while traveling is a great way to have an authentic local diving experience. Ask the local dive center or resort what their destination is known for (drift, wreck, night, etc.) and if they offer any distinctive specialties.

Or, show your support for your local diving community by earning a certification close to home.  Learn about your local ecosystems by taking an Underwater Naturalist or Fish Identification course, or prepare for your next trip by taking PADI’s most popular specialty - Enriched Air Nitrox

 
I don't feel ready to take Advanced Open Water...

More than 75 percent of new divers say they want to improve their scuba skills by taking additional classes, but fewer than 40 percent ever do so. When asked why, many say, “I didn’t feel ready.”

What these divers don’t realize is, the Advanced Open Water Diver course is designed to help new divers improve their skills and build confidence. In this course, you’ll get better at the skills you learned in your Open Water Diver course as you try new diving experiences (photography, wreck diving, etc.) with a helpful instructor by your side. If the word “advanced” seems intimidating, think of it as a specialty course sampler instead. 

Speaking of specialties, many new divers get a lot out of the Peak Performance Buoyancy class and the Underwater Navigator course. You could try one or both of these specialties first, and earn credit towards your Advanced Open Water certification along the way. Ask your PADI Instructor for more information.

 
What is PADI ReActivate?

Any certified diver who would like to refresh their scuba skills before enrolling in a class or taking a dive trip should ReActivate. The online program is completely personalized. You’ll move quickly through familiar concepts you understand well and dive deeper into things you may have forgotten. 

After reviewing scuba fundamentals online, schedule an in-water session with a PADI Professional who will help you brush up your underwater skills and answer any questions you have. Divers who complete both the online knowledge review and in-water skill refresher receive a replacement certification card with a ReActivated date on it.