PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) is the world’s largest recreational diving membership organization, and the largest diving educational organization. The membership includes dive businesses, resort facilities, academic institutions, instructor trainers, dive educators, divers, and snorkelers. Professional PADI Members (dive centers, resorts, educational facilities, instructors, assistant instructors and divemasters) teach the vast majority of the world’s recreational divers, issuing nearly 800,000 certifications each year.
PADI Professionals make underwater exploration and adventure accessible to the public while maintaining the highest industry standards for dive training, safety and customer service.
The PADI educational system and PADI instructor’s were the first diving education organization to be recognized under EU (EUROPEAN UNION) standards, with a rating this high you can be sure of a high level of professionalism and safety.
The PADI System of diver education is based on progressive training that introduces skills, safety related information and local environmental knowledge to students in stages. PADI courses are student-centered and provide for maximum practice and application. This also means that PADI courses are performance based and not time based. Students learn the basics through independent study and are guided through additional development by their instructors. The goal is to get students in the water as soon as possible and provides them with the instruction necessary to gain confidence in their diving abilities.
The PADI educational system also provides student to be able to do what is called a referral , this means that you could do all of your knowledge development and confined water work (shallow water or pool based) in your own country and complete your qualifying open water dives whilst you are on vacation for example. This applies to all PADI courses, so making the PADI system very flexible indeed. All PADI courses are interlinked so progressing through the PADI educational system is also very easy. www.h2odivers.com 
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