PADI News

Be ready to dive in 2011 with the New PADI Limited Edition Replacement Cards.  Whatever your preference - diving with turtles, the graceful beauty of a ray or getting up close and personal with a brightly colored clown fish – don’t miss out on these amazing images from Justin Lewis and Ty Sawyer.

After consideration of six shark measure proposals this November, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) agreed to prohibit the retention of whitetip sharks, restrict exploitation of hammerheads and establish a process for penalizing countries not complying with requirements to report catches and reduce fishing pressure on shortfin mako sharks. Proposals to prohibit retention of common thresher and porbeagle sharks were rejected as well as a measure to strengthen the ICCAT shark “finning” ban.

 Society members who enroll in the Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course this December are eligible for a free mesh bag. What will you learn? Search and recovery dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques

PADI Diving Society is heading to Curaçao July 2 – 9 2011, for a new, exciting, week-long dive adventure with Lions Dive Beach Resort and Ocean Encounters. Join us and come discover Curaçao. Visit padi.com/totalsub. Packages start at $1379 US* including: Roundtrip on-island transfers