PADI News

The search is on. Project AWARE Foundation is looking for innovative and results-driven projects to address two key focus areas: tackling marine debris problems and protecting critical shark and ray species.  With increasing threats facing our ocean planet, working globally and acting locally has never been so important. To empower ocean communities to take local conservation actions to a whole new level of change, Project AWARE launched the Ocean Action Project on June 5, 2012.

Since the launch of the new Boy Scouts Scuba Diving Merit Badge, scouts across the United States have been eager to get certified!   A fun summer activity for kids of all ages, scuba diving isn’t just limited to the ocean. Scouts can dive practically anywhere there’s water – from a lake to the sprints and all points in between, including the ocean, quarries, and rivers.   To earn a Scuba Diving Merit Badge, Boy Scouts must complete four main components:

PADI Diving Society members experiences the exotic wonders of Sipadan and the warmth of new friends.

Last year, more than 8100 PADI Instructors and Divers voted for the 2012 PADI Diving Society member card and chose Darin Dow Sakdatorn's black and white image of the Emily Flying Boat wreck in Micronesia's Chuuk Lagoon. Who's next?  Submit your best underwater or dive lifestyle photos by September 21, 2012 and your image may wind up in the hands of Society members worldwide.