Month: March 2023

How do we fight plastic pollution and clean up our oceans? Together, of course! The Ocean Cleanup, PADI and PADI AWARE Foundation joined …

April 1 – an infamous day filled with practical jokes, playful hoaxes and hijinx that make you think twice. According to the History …

A defamation lawsuit has been brought against streaming platform Netflix and the producers of the freediving film No Limit by former record-breaking diver …

Aotearoa, New Zealand and PADI® celebrate International Mermaid Day Aotearoa, New Zealand has revealed a magical world beneath the ocean’s surface for International …

When divers get together, we fantasize about bucket list trips and exotic destinations. But diving doesn’t have to be something you only do on special …

When people ask how I became interested in freshwater photography, I tell them I blame it all on plankton, the microscopic organisms that …

A diving instructor has found the remains of a 1920s Model T Ford car thought to have belonged to US Prohibition-era bootleggers, following …

So your PADI Open Water Diver course is well underway, and it’s almost time to head out to complete the open water component. …

PADI Mermaid team-members from around the world have been posing for the cameras around the Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve and Whale Bay …

Before and after Freediver training, the number one question many people have is how to hold your breath longer underwater. In this blog, …

Aotearoa, New Zealand and PADI® celebrate International Mermaid Day Aotearoa, New Zealand has revealed a magical world beneath the ocean’s surface for International …

Michael Menduno It’s almost 30 years since MICHAEL MENDUNO organised the first two of the pivotal Rebreather Forums. Now he’s back with RF4, …

As the sun slipped away, darkness seeped from sky to water erasing the horizon. What shards of light still danced in the first …

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For some, learning to dive started as a fascination with the ocean or stemmed from a relative who was already a certified scuba …

I’ve been scuba diving my entire professional career in both beautiful crystal clear waters of the Tropics to the not-so clear waters around …

Nowadays, it is easier than ever to support marine life and the conservation of our ocean.  Why Support Marine Life Conservation? The ocean …