The PADI Diving Society is the largest dive organization for a reason — it’s more than just a membership, it’s a dive lifestyle. Your Society membership lets you dive more, do more and offers the perfect complement to your lifetime PADI certification. When you join the PADI Diving Society, you join more than 175,000 dive enthusiasts of all ages and experience levels — from PADI Open Water Divers to PADI Instructors. For the past 15 years, PADI Diving Society has fostered a community of people who share a passion for all things diving.

Reap the Rewards

You’ll find special offers in the Society’s online Member Benefits portal at padi.com/pdsbenefits, which is loaded with incentives and savings on a variety of dive-related services and products from manufacturers like DUI, Sea & Sea, Submersible Systems, TUSA and Waterproof. And when you need assistance with equipment, training, travel and more, contact your local PADI Dive Center or Resort and show your PADI Diving Society membership card.

Take a Trip

Members-only Society events are a great way for new and veteran dive travelers to visit exciting destinations hassle-free. When you attend a Society event, you’ll connect with fellow dive enthusiasts and might even gain a dive buddy for life. Check with your local dive center to see what upcoming events and group trips it has planned. Stay tuned to Sport Diver for details on the Society’s 2013 Total Submersion and Ocean Safari events.

Read All About It

With your membership, you get access to the best members-only publication — this one, of course. As the official publication of PADI Diving Society, Sport Diver strives to offer readers insight on becoming a better diver, photography tips from pros and environmental news. Check out everything from gear innovations and dive-travel articles to online forums and video galleries, whether in the magazine or here at sportdiver.com. Keep an eye out for the Society’s September Question of the Month — all about Sport Diver — at padi.com/blog to score some cool Sport Diver gear.

Join Us — See Life

Before the year is over, take advantage of your PADI Diving Society benefits. Then share, tweet, post and blog about what you’re doing so your fellow divers can take advantage of Society benefits as well. Start by answering the PADI Diving Society question of the month for August at the PADI Blog — Which PADI Diving Society benefit will you take advantage of before the year is over? — and you’ll be entered to win a free PADI Diving Society Beanie and a small Society dry bag. To participate, visit padi.com/blog and look for the Society Question of the Month under the PADI Diving Society tab.

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