Get Ready for Summer!

Whether you are staying in town or heading abroad for a summer of diving, keep PADI in your pocket…literally. Download the PADI App to stay connected to your local PADI Dive Center or Resort, get the latest scuba news and to flash your new PADI eCard™ from your mobile device.

Not sure where to go this summer? Visit padi.com for a list of Vacation Spotlight destinations around the world. Each spotlight will give you detailed information on popular dive sites, what you’ll see, what to do when you get there and more! When you’ve decided on a destination your local PADI Dive Center or Resort or PADI Travel Network can help you book your trip.

Whatever you end up doing, take your diving to the next level by signing up for an Advanced Open Water, Enriched Air or Rescue Diver course. You can start each course online then head to your PADI Dive Center or Resort to complete your course.

Stay cool this summer and happy diving!

Join the Race & Get Swimming to End Finning

The clock’s ticking for vanishing shark species. Project AWARE is looking for 100 Finathon™ champions to join the race to protect them. If you’re FINatical about sharks, join the Finathon today and fundraise for their protection. How many people can you get swimming to end finning? What is the Finathon™? Like a walkathon, fun run or marathon – the Finathon is a great way to bring the community together, raise awareness and challenge funds to support this unique cause. You can help Project AWARE:

Buoyancy Calculator for Scuba Divers

For scuba divers, correct weighting depends on your personal buoyancy needs and is influenced by a number of factors — from the composition of your body to the thickness of your wetsuit. You can get a rough estimate of how much weight you need by using our buoyancy calculator.

Crowdsourcing Grand Cayman

What happens when Facebook fans plan a dive trip to one of the Caribbean's most popular dive destinations?

Lights Out!

A former lighthouse off North Carolina is reborn as a hotel

Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas Top 5 Experiences: Shark Feeding Video

Stuart Cove’s shark-feeding experience is the most famous dive in the Bahamas and with good reason. It’s controlled chaos — a frenzy of action that’s nearly impossible to keep up with. In this video, experience this iconic dive alongside Sport Diver editor David Espinosa.

Check out the Honduras Dive+Travel Guide

Our new Honduras Dive + Travel guide lets adventurous divers explore the Central American eco hotspot and dive Mecca of Honduras.

Wreck Chat: The Taj Mahal Treasure

It's quite a shipwreck tale: There were no storm warnings when one of the 18th-century ships in the fleet of the Dutch East India company left Agra, India — home of the Taj Mahal — and headed for the Orient. The captain and crew had survived monsoons, but they were no match for a typhoon that swept them on to the rocks of the Indian Ocean’s Great Basses Reef off the southern coast of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Few records were recovered relating to the loss of life or the thousands of silver rupees that were part of the merchant ship’s cargo.

Behind the Lens: Plan B

What happens when you prepare yourself for a specific type of underwater photography, but the ocean has other plans for you? Why, go to Plan B, of course. While diving in Indonesia's Raja Ampat islands and facing some current, Ellen Cuylaerts explains how she learned to go with the flow.

8 Amazing Destinations to Build Your Underwater Photography Portfolio

From North Carolina to Australia, these eight destinations are guaranteed to provide both excellent scuba diving and opportunities to shoot photos that will impress your friends.

The Healthy Diver: Ear Clearing 101

Ear woes are the No. 1 reason divers pull the plug on a dive, and in extreme cases, the sport itself. But with a few tricks and advanced techniques, almost anyone can make equalizing easier.

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