Dive Training Agencies

• BSAC - British Sub Aqua Club - A sports diver training agency, teaching via the club principle, with more than 400 schools and 55,000 members in over 50 countries.
• Canadian Diving Group - Commercial diver training organization and partnered with colleges, government, and international companies. CDG offers commercial diver training, consultancy, and R and D.
• CMAS - Confederation Mondiale des Activities Subaquatiques - The World Underwater Federation. One of the oldest dive organisations in the world, and one that serves to coordinate standards among water sports and activities.
• Dive Rescue International - Training agency specializing in aquatic rescue, recovery and investigative training for law enforcement, fire rescue, and other public safety SCUBA teams.
• IANTD - International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers - Enriched Air, Cave, Wreck, Rebreather, Trimix, Gas Blenders, Technical Scuba Divers, Instructors and Instructor Trainers.
• Independent Association of Diving Instructors - Serves to provide an open listings to many recreational dive training instructors.
• NAPSD - National Association of Public Safety Divers - A non-profit training organization with programs taught through an education network for the water recovery professional.
• NASDS - The National Association of Scuba Diving Schools - A certification agency that requires their instructors to be associated with a Retail Dive Store Facility and strives to ensure strict teaching standards.
• NASE Worldwide - National Academy of Scuba Educators - A certifying agency which follows the philosophy that the actual job of teaching students lies in the hands of the instructor, not the training agency. Instructors teach each course in the manner that best accomplishes competent training and produces safe divers.
• NAUI - National Association of Underwater Instructors - In the forefront of the fight to make scuba divers more aware of the need for quality diving education and increased safety.
• PADI - Professional Association of Diving Instructors - The largest and most recognized diving organization around the world with courses ranging from Snorkeling to Course Director.
• PDIC - Professional Diving Instructors Corporation - An international training and certification agency with instructors and training facilities located worldwide.
• Portuguese Federation for Underwater Activities - FPAS contacts and information.
• PSA - Professional Scuba Association - An organization that offers certification for various extended range, mixed gas and other technical Diver Courses.
• SAA - The Sub-Aqua Association - A club system to train people to dive and get the most out of the underwater world -We aim to provide news, information, entertainment about all aspects of the scuba diving industry. 
• SCUBA Instruction for Canada and the United Kingdom - Information about the training offered by The World Association of SCUBA Instructors (WASI) and the National Association of SCUBA Educators (NASE).
• SSAC - Scottish Sub Aqua Club - The Governing Body for the sport of scuba diving in Scotland. Established in 1953 and proud holder of one of the best safety records in amateur diving.
• SSI - Scuba Schools International - As one of the fastest growing training organization in the industry, SSI has gained acceptance across the world with levels of training from your very first snorkeling experience all the way through Master Instructor.
• YMCA SCUBA - The history of national dive training in the United States began with the development of the YMCA SCUBA Program. Throughout the history of sport diving, the YMCA has maintained unsurpassed standards.

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