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How to Navigate Underwater While Scuba Diving

In a PADI Underwater Navigator course, you’ll learn how to find your way along the seabed using a compass, fin kicks and other tricks.

How to Start Kids Scuba Diving

The PADI Seal Team program lets kids eight and older learn scuba diving fundamentals.

Trouble at 100 Feet | Lessons for Life

A cardiac event at depth highlights the importance of training for diving physically, not just mentally.

Do Shark Feeding Dives Impact Other Fish?

In this edition of Ask a Marine Biologist, Dr. David Shiffman answers a question about how divers feeding sharks impacts the broader ecosystem.

How I Overcame my Fear of Water by Learning to Scuba Dive

How one woman overcame her childhood fear of the ocean after taking a trip to the alluring island of Ko Phi Phi, Thailand as an adult.

Check Mate? | Lessons for Life

Complacency leads a diver to start a dive with only reserve gas. It does not take long for the dive to spin out of control.

How Streamlining Your Kit Will Improve Your Underwater Photography

Streamline your kit based on the images you want to create, especially when shooting macro, and leave the rest behind.

What You Need to Know About a PADI Dry Suit Diver Certification

Any Open Water Diver — including Junior Open Water Divers — can learn how to use a dry suit properly to unlock all-season adventure.