Travis Marshall is an Asheville, North Carolina-based writer and diver covering scuba diving training and travel.
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The PADI Seal Team program lets kids eight and older learn scuba diving fundamentals.
Any Open Water Diver — including Junior Open Water Divers — can learn how to use a dry suit properly to unlock all-season adventure.
The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy specialty covers skills needed to achieve precise neutral buoyancy underwater.
While earning PADI Rescue Diver certification, you will learn how to handle a variety of dive emergencies, making you a more confident diver and a better buddy.
A PADI Adaptive Support Diver certification equips divers to be buddies with physical or mental disabilities.
This PADI course teaches you how to spend extended periods of time underwater on a single breath, making it easier to encounter marine life and improving your air consumption while diving.
Extend your bottom time by learning how to use enriched air, also known as nitrox.
Maintaining distance (when you can), picking nearby destinations, and staying home if you have any symptoms of illness are among the steps you can take to increase everyone's safety while traveling.
The PADI Divemaster course is a starting point for many scuba diving jobs. It covers the physics and physiology of diving to in-water safety, diver supervision and the business of diving.