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Scuba Diving Training

Learn about scuba diving skills, trainings, certifications and lessons on how to make your scuba bottom time safe, fun and lasting! Also, see what it's like to scuba dive in crazy situations, read our Lessons for Life, get underwater photography tutorials and check out expert scuba dive hacks for any and every dive condition.

Buoyancy Calculator—How Much You Need in Dive Weights

Struggling to find the right amount of weight for scuba diving? Here's how you can test and calculate just how much weight you need for scuba diving.

The Ultimate Guide to Nitrox Diving

What is nitrox diving, what are the benefits of nitrox vs. air and how do you get your enriched air certification? Here’s everything divers need to know.

How to Find a Doctor for Scuba Medical Advice

It's wise to schedule a medical checkup before embarking on a dive trip—even better if you can see a doctor who specializes in diving. Thankfully, there are resources to help you find one.

Recent Articles

What It’s Like to Discover New Lengths of Underwater Caves

Experienced cave diver details what it's like to discover new cave lengths and set the record for the longest dive into an underwater cave without resurfacing.

What Is the IUCN Red List?

The IUCN Red List is a collection of the best available scientific data analyzed and summarized by an international team of experts—such an assessment is not an opinion and not a guess. But such an assessment does not carry the force of law, and IUCN Red List Endangered status doesn’t mean the same thing as being considered endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Sharks4Kids Encourages Bahamian Students to Become Shark Conservation Leaders

Sharks4Kids takes students in the Bahamas shark diving to inspire the next generation of shark conservation leaders by fostering a connection with their local marine life.

A Curious Case | Lessons for Life

An experienced diver with signs of DCS doesn’t immediately respond to treatment—what’s going on here?

How to Take Photos that Help Protect the Ocean

Tailor your message, focus on what matters and keep hope alive to take underwater photos that will inspire ocean conservation.

Scuba Diving Canada's Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River

There are many intact and diveable shipwrecks scattered throughout Canada's Great Lakes.

What It's Like to Get Scuba Certified During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Getting PADI scuba dive certified during coronavirus is not only possible, but a blast thanks to the spirit of local divers.