List of diver training organizations

This page lists SCUBA

Scuba diving

Scuba diving is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater....

Diver training

Diver training is the process of developing skills and building experience in the use of diving equipment and techniques so that the diver is able to dive safely and have fun....

organizations. These include cave diving

Cave diving

Cave diving is a type of technical diving in which specialized equipment is used to enable the exploration of caves which are at least partially filled with water. In the United Kingdom it is an extension of the more common sport of caving, and in the United States an extension of the more common...

, commercial diving

Commercial Diving

Professional diving is a type of diving where the divers are paid for their work. There are several branches of professional diving, the most well known of which is probably commercial diving...

, recreational diving

Recreational diving

Recreational diving or sport diving is a type of diving that uses SCUBA equipment for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment. In some diving circles, the term "recreational diving" is used in contradistinction to "technical diving", a more demanding aspect of the sport which requires greater levels...

, technical diving

Technical diving

Technical diving is a form of scuba diving that exceeds the scope of recreational diving...

, and other diving related organizations.

Cave diving

Cave diving training organizations:

CDAA - Cave Divers Association of Australia
Cave Divers Association of Australia
The Cave Divers Association of Australia is an organisation that was formed in September 1973, after a spate of diving deaths in the waterfilled caves and sinkholes of Mount Gambier, South Australia...

(http://www.cavedivers.com.au)
CDG - Cave Diving Group
Cave Diving Group
The Cave Diving Group is a United Kingdom-based diver training organisation specialising in cave diving.The CDG was founded in 1946 by Graham Balcombe, making it the world's oldest continuing diving club...
GUE - Global Underwater Explorers
Global Underwater Explorers
Global Underwater Explorers is a scuba diving organization that provides education within recreational, technical and cave diving. It is a not-for-profit, membership organization, based in High Springs, Florida, United States....

(http://www.gue.com)
NACD - National Association for Cave Diving
National Association for Cave Diving
The National Association for Cave Diving was founded in 1968 with the goal of improving the safety of scuba diving in caves through training and education. A non-profit corporation, the NACD has its headquarters in Gainesville, Florida....

(http://www.safecavediving.com/ )
NSS-CDS - National Speleological Society Cave Diving Section (http://www.nsscds.com/)
PROTEC - Professional Technical Diving (http://www.protecdive.com/)
PSAI - Professional Scuba Association International (http://www.psai.com/)
UTD - Unified Team Diving
Unified Team Diving
Unified Team Diving is a SCUBA diving training agency founded in 2008 to incorporate DIR/Hogarthian principles into SCUBA education at all levels.-History:...

(http://www.unifiedteamdiving.com/ )

Commercial diving

Surface supplied air training organizations:

International Diving Institute
International Diving Institute
The International Diving Institute was founded in 1996 and offers advanced dive training, especially in the use of surface supplied air, underwater welding, rigging and hyperbaric chamber operation, leading to a certification required for commercial divers working on oil platforms in the offshore...

(http://www.InternationalDivingInstitute.com)

Recreational diving

Scuba training organizations:

aa - Aquanaut Academy International (http://www3.tokai.or.jp/diving-bell/aa.html in Japanese)
ACUC - American Canadian Underwater Certifications
American Canadian Underwater Certifications
ACUC, American and Canadian Underwater Certifications Inc. is an international recreational diving membership and diver training organization incorporated in Canada in 1986 by Robert Cronkwright. Cronkwright was originally a NAUI instructor from 1969 to 1971...

(http://www.acuc.org/)
ADAS-Autonomus divers association of scuba diving (http://www.aquadreamdive.com)
ADS - Association of Diving School (http://www.ads-i.org/test_site/english/index.html)
AED - Associated European Divers (http://www.aedivers.org/)
ANDI - American Nitrox Divers International
American Nitrox Divers International
American Nitrox Divers International was founded by Ed Betts and Dick Rutkowski in 1988 as a Scuba diving training agency. As a former dive supervisor of NOAA, and the original founder of IANTD, Dick Rutkowski is responsible for many of the developments in the recreational diving industry.ANDI has...

, also ANDI International
ANMP - Association nationale des moniteurs de plongée (Française) (http://www.anmp-plongee.com)
ATEC - Association of Technical and Recreational Scuba Diving Instructors (http://www.atec.eu)
AUSI - Associated Underwater Scuba Instructors (http://www.ausi.com.au/ )
BSAC - British Sub Aqua Club
British Sub Aqua Club
The British Sub-Aqua Club or BSAC has been recognised since 1954 by the Sports Council as the governing body of recreational diving in the United Kingdom....

(http://www.bsac.com/ )
CEDIP - European Committee of Professional Diving Instructors (http://www.cedip.org/)
CIMAS - Corporación de Instructores Mexicanos en Actividades Subacuáticas (http://www.cimas.com.mx)
CMAS - Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques
Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques
The Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques is the World Underwater Federation. CMAS is the international umbrella organisation for recreational diver training organisations represented in the CMAS Technical Committee and underwater sports governed by the CMAS Sport Committee...

(http://www.cmas.org )
CMAS AMERICAS - CMAS AMERICAS - US Federation of CMAS (http://www.cmasamericas.com/)
DIWA - Diving Instructor World Association - International Federation of DIWA (http://www.diwa.org/)
FFESSM - Fédération Française d'Études et de Sports Sous-Marins
Fédération Française d'Études et de Sports Sous-Marins
The Fédération Française d'Etudes et de Sports Sous Marins is the main diver training organization of France and was formed in 1955. It has 160,000 members and consists of 2200 clubs. It is one of the founding members of the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques...

(http://www.ffessm.fr/)
FIAS - Federazione Italiana Attività Subacquee
Federazione Italiana Attività Subacquee
The Federazione Italiana Attività Subacquee is an Italian non-profit diver training organization...

(http://www.fias.it)
FIPSAS - Federazione Italiana Pesca Sportiva e Attività Subacquee (http://www.fipsas.it)
RUF - Russian Underwater Federation (http://www.ruf.ru)
GUE - Global Underwater Explorers
Global Underwater Explorers
Global Underwater Explorers is a scuba diving organization that provides education within recreational, technical and cave diving. It is a not-for-profit, membership organization, based in High Springs, Florida, United States....

(http://www.gue.com/ )
HSA - Handicap Scuba Association (http://www.hsascuba.com/)
IADS - International Association of Diving Schools (http://www.iads.nl)
IAHD - International Association for Handicapped Divers
International Association for Handicapped Divers
The International Association for Handicapped Divers is a non-profit organization with its headquarters in Middenmeer, the Netherlands. The organization was established in 1993, with the aim to promote, develop and conduct programs for the training in scuba diving of people with a disability...

(http://www.iahd.org/ )
IANTD - International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers
International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers
International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers is a SCUBA diving organization concerned with certification and training in Enriched Air Nitrox diving, Technical diving and Free diving.- History :...

(http://www.iantd.com/ )
IDEA - International Diving Educators Association
International Diving Educators Association
The International Diving Educators Association or was originally founded in 1952 as the Florida Skin Divers Association Scuba Training Committee, and later changed its name to the Florida Scuba Divers Association. As the group's membership grew, so did desire to make the organization and...

(http://www.idea-scubadiving.com/)
IDIA - International Dive Instructors Association (http://www.idiadiving.com/)
ISEA - International Scuba Educator's Association (http://www.InternationalSEA.org)
ISE - Inner Space Explorers (http://www.is-expl.com)
Los Angeles County Underwater Instructors Association (Division of LA County Parks & Recreation) (http://www.lacountyscuba.com/)
Microdive - Microdive Scuba Training Agency (http://www.microdive.com/ )
NACD - National Association for Cave Diving
National Association for Cave Diving
The National Association for Cave Diving was founded in 1968 with the goal of improving the safety of scuba diving in caves through training and education. A non-profit corporation, the NACD has its headquarters in Gainesville, Florida....

(http://www.safecavediving.com/ )
NASDS - National Association of Scuba Diving Schools (recently merged with SSI)
NASE - National Academy of Scuba Educators
National Academy of Scuba Educators
The National Academy of Scuba Educators, also known as NASE Worldwide, is a recreational scuba training organization. Recently, NASE has re-launched its image and developed new standards and practices. The NASE website is http://www.naseworldwide.org/. According to their website, NASE's experience...

(http://www.naseworldwide.org/)
NAUI - National Association of Underwater Instructors
National Association of Underwater Instructors
The National Association of Underwater Instructors is a non-profit 501 association of SCUBA instructors. It was officially CE and ISO certified in May 2007 in all three diver levels and both instructor levels.-History:...

(http://www.naui.org/ )
NOB - Nederlandse Onderwatersport Bond (http://www.onderwatersport.org/ )
PADI - Professional Association of Diving Instructors
Professional Association of Diving Instructors
The Professional Association of Diving Instructors is the world's largest recreational diving membership and diver training organization founded in 1966 by John Cronin and Ralph Erickson...

(Padi.com)
PDA - Professional Diving Association (http://www.pdaww.com/)
PDIC - Professional Diving Instructors Corporation International
Professional Diving Instructors Corporation
The Professional Diving Instructors Corporation is an international SCUBA training and certification agency. It has an estimated 5 million active recreational divers....

(http://www.pdic-intl.com)
PROTEC - Professional Technical & Recreational Diving (http://www.protecdive.com/)
PSS - Professional Scuba Schools (http://www.pssworldwide.org/)
SAA - The Sub-Aqua Association
Sub-Aqua Association
The Sub-Aqua Association or SAA is a diver training organization for scubadivers in the United Kingdom. The association and some other UK-based diving groups have traditionally used a club-based system with unpaid instructors, while the other principal training agency, PADI, organises most of its...

(http://www.saa.org.uk/)
SDI - Scuba Diving International
SCUBA Diving International
Scuba Diving International is a SCUBA training and certification agency. It is the recreational arm of Technical Diving International, the world’s largest technical diver training organization...

(http://www.tdisdi.com )
SEI - Scuba Educators International (http://www.seidiving.org/)
SRS - Sea Research Society
Sea Research Society
The Sea Research Society is a non-profit educational research organization founded in 1972. Its general purpose is to promote scientific and educational endeavors in any of the marine sciences or marine histories with the goal of obtaining knowledge for the ultimate benefit to mankind...

(http://www.shipwrecks.com)
SSAC - The Scottish Sub Aqua Club
Scottish Sub Aqua Club
The Scottish Sub Aqua Club was founded in Glasgow in 1953. Today it is a company limited by guarantee with nearly 70 branches and 1900 members. SSAC instructors provide scuba diving training to branch members on an amateur basis....

(http://www.scotsac.com/)
SSI - Scuba Schools International
Scuba Schools International
Scuba Schools International or SSI is an organization that teaches the skills involved in scuba diving and supports Dive Businesses and Dive Resorts.SSI has well over 2,500 authorized dealers and 35 Regional Centers and Area Offices all over the World....

(http://www.divessi.com/ )
SNSI - Scuba Nitrox Safety International (http://www.snsi.it)
TAC - The Aquatic Club - existed in the UK between 1982 and 1986. dissolved organization
UEF - Underwater Explorers' Federation (http://www.uef.hu/ )
UDI - United Diving Instructors
United Diving Instructors
The United Diving Instructors is the diver training organization founded in 1983 by Z. Fisher and H. G. Golzing in California, USA.-UDI recreational diving certifications:*UDI Pool Diver*UDI Basic Diver*UDI Open Water Diver...

(http://www.u-d-i.de/ )
UDT - Universal Diver Training (http://www.udtintl.com/ )
USAS- United Sub Aqua Society (http://www.usasscuba.org/ )
UTD - Unified Team Diving
Unified Team Diving
Unified Team Diving is a SCUBA diving training agency founded in 2008 to incorporate DIR/Hogarthian principles into SCUBA education at all levels.-History:...

(http://www.unifiedteamdiving.com/ )
WOSD - World Organisation of Scuba Diving (http://www.wosd.com)
YMCA SCUBA (http://www.ymcascuba.org/ ) - dissolved organization

Technical diving

Technical diving training organizations:

ANDI - American Nitrox Divers International
American Nitrox Divers International
American Nitrox Divers International was founded by Ed Betts and Dick Rutkowski in 1988 as a Scuba diving training agency. As a former dive supervisor of NOAA, and the original founder of IANTD, Dick Rutkowski is responsible for many of the developments in the recreational diving industry.ANDI has...

(http://www.andihq.com)
ATEC - Association of Technical and Recreational Scuba Diving Instructors (http://www.atec.eu)
BSAC - British Sub Aqua Club
British Sub Aqua Club
The British Sub-Aqua Club or BSAC has been recognised since 1954 by the Sports Council as the governing body of recreational diving in the United Kingdom....

(http://www.bsac.com)
DIWA - Diving Instructor World Association - International Federation of DIWA (http://www.diwa.org/)
DRI - Dive Rescue International (http://www.diverescueintl.com)
DSAT - Diving Science and Technology
Diving Science and Technology
Diving Science and Technology is a corporate affiliate of the Professional Association of Diving Instructors and the developer of the Recreational Dive Planner. DSAT has held scientific workshops for diver safety and education....

(http://www.padi.com/english/common/courses/tec/) - Merged into PADI in 2010
FIAS - Federazione Italiana Attività Subacquee
Federazione Italiana Attività Subacquee
The Federazione Italiana Attività Subacquee is an Italian non-profit diver training organization...

(http://www.fias.it)
GUE - Global Underwater Explorers
Global Underwater Explorers
Global Underwater Explorers is a scuba diving organization that provides education within recreational, technical and cave diving. It is a not-for-profit, membership organization, based in High Springs, Florida, United States....

(http://www.gue.com)
IANTD - International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers
International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers
International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers is a SCUBA diving organization concerned with certification and training in Enriched Air Nitrox diving, Technical diving and Free diving.- History :...

(http://www.iantd.com)
IART - International Association of Rebreather Trainers (http://www.iart.de)
ITDA - International Technical Diving Association (http://www.itdahq.com)
LACUIA - Los Angeles County Underwater Instructors Association (Division of LA County Parks & Recreation) (http://www.lacountyscuba.com/)
NAUI-Tec - NAUI Tec (http://www.nauitec.com)
PADI - Professional Association of Diving Instructors
Professional Association of Diving Instructors
The Professional Association of Diving Instructors is the world's largest recreational diving membership and diver training organization founded in 1966 by John Cronin and Ralph Erickson...

(http://www.padi.com/)
PDIC - Professional Diving Instructors Corporation
Professional Diving Instructors Corporation
The Professional Diving Instructors Corporation is an international SCUBA training and certification agency. It has an estimated 5 million active recreational divers....

(http://www.pdic-intl.com/)
PRONRC - Professional Nitrox & Rebreather College (http://www.pronrc.com/)
PROTEC - Professional Technical Diving (http://www.protecdive.com/)
PSAI - Professional Scuba Association International (http://www.psai.com/)
PSS Technical Training - Professional Scuba Schools (http://www.pssworldwide.org/)
TDI - Technical Diving International
Technical Diving International
Technical Diving International is the largest technical diving certification agency in the world. As one of the first agencies to provide training in mixed gas diving and rebreathers, TDI is seen as an innovator of new diving techniques and programs which previously were not available to the...

(http://www.tdisdi.com)
TXR - Scuba Schools International
Scuba Schools International
Scuba Schools International or SSI is an organization that teaches the skills involved in scuba diving and supports Dive Businesses and Dive Resorts.SSI has well over 2,500 authorized dealers and 35 Regional Centers and Area Offices all over the World....

Technical Extended Range (http://www.divessi.com/txr)
UDT - Universal Diver Training (http://www.udtintl.com/ )
UTD - Unified Team Diving
Unified Team Diving
Unified Team Diving is a SCUBA diving training agency founded in 2008 to incorporate DIR/Hogarthian principles into SCUBA education at all levels.-History:...

(http://www.unifiedteamdiving.com/ )

Other diving related organizations

AAUS - American Academy of Underwater Sciences
American Academy of Underwater Sciences
The American Academy of Underwater Sciences is a group of Scientific organizations and individual members who conduct scientific and educational activities underwater...
Active Divers Association
AISI- Association of Italian Diving Enterprises (http://www.assoimpresesub.it)
ARSBC - Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia
Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia
The Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia is a registered non-profit organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They began operations in 1989, with the G.B. Church project, and have since sunk 7 ships and 1 Boeing 737...
AUC - Alberta Underwater Council (http://www.albertaunderwatercouncil.com/)
BFDC and North Carolina SCUBA/Wreck Diving
Chicago Aquanauts Scuba Association
DAN - Divers Alert Network
Divers Alert Network
The Divers Alert Network is a non-profit 501 organization devoted to assisting divers in need. The Research department conducts significant medical research on recreational scuba diving safety...

(http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/)
DDRC - Diving Diseases Research Centre
Diving Diseases Research Centre
The Diving Diseases Research Centre is a British hyperbaric medical organisation located near Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, Devon. It is a registered charity and was established in 1980 to research the effects of diving on human physiology....

(http://www.ddrc.org)
ERDI - Emergency Response Diving International
EUF - European Underwater Federation
European Underwater Federation
The European Underwater Federation is an organisation of European SCUBA diver training organisations.- Purpose and Scope :The EUF serves as a forum allowing recreational scuba diver training organisations to meet, exchange ideas and speak with a common voice on important issues like diver...

(http://www.euf.eu)
FRO - Frontier - THE SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION (http://www.frontier.ac.uk)
GLACD - Greater Los Angeles Council of Divers
Global Vision International
Global Vision International
Global Vision International is a private volunteer travel organisation that places groups and individuals on volunteer projects around the world...

- Diver Training combined with marine conservation (http://www.gvi.co.uk/)
GODIVECYPRUS - Cyprus Diver Training (http://www.godivecyprus.com/)
Historical Diving Society
Historical Diving Society
The Historical Diving Society was formed in 1990 in the United Kingdom by a group of enthusiasts whose aim is to preserve and protect diving heritage. The Society has since grown into an international organisation with affiliated national societies across the world...
HSA International [Handicapped Scuba Association] (http://www.hsa.com)
IADRS - International Association of Dive Rescue Specialists (http://www.iadrs.org)
Israeli Diving Federation
Israeli Diving Federation
Israeli Diving Federation is a non-governmental SCUBA diving training organization based in Israel.-History:The Gulf of Eilat is one of the most popular diving destinations in the world...
Malta Professional Diving Schools Association
National Association of Black Scuba Divers (http://www.nabsdivers.org/)
Nautical Archaeology Society
Nautical Archaeology Society
The Nautical Archaeology Society is a charity registered in England and Wales and in Scotland and is a company limited by guarantee.The charitable aims and object of the company are to further research in Nautical Archaeology and publish the results of such research and to advance education and...
New York State Diver's Association
Recreational Divers Association
Sea Research Society
Sea Research Society
The Sea Research Society is a non-profit educational research organization founded in 1972. Its general purpose is to promote scientific and educational endeavors in any of the marine sciences or marine histories with the goal of obtaining knowledge for the ultimate benefit to mankind...

- Shipwreck consulting & underwater archaeology (http://www.shipwrecks.com)
TSA - Trimix Scuba Association
UKSDMC - UK Sports Diving Medical Council (http://www.uksdmc.co.uk)
USDDA - United States Dental Diving Association, Inc.
Yomps - Diver Training all over the world and also marine conservation (http://www.yomps.co.uk)

ITDA - International Technical Diving Association http://www.itdahq.org

Others

ANIS

Anis

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, DIWA

Diwa

Diwa is a railway junction on the Mumbai Suburban Railway between Mumbra and Dombivli.The nearest cities are Mumbra and Dombivli. Diva junction also connects with rail link to Panvel from where Konkan railways originate to Goa and Mangalore. Diva is primarily a railway junction and was almost...

, ESA, IADS, IDD, NASE

Nase

The Common Nase is a potamodromous fish found in the basins of the Meuse, Rhine and Danube rivers. It is often simply called "the nase", but that can refer to any species of its genus Chondrostoma. Another local name is sneep....

, ÖSPV, PDA, PSA, SUSV, VDST, VDTL, VIT

VIT

VIT may refer to:* VIT University* VIT, C.A., a computer hardware manufacturer* Venkateshwara Institute of Technology* Victorian Institute of Teaching* Vidyalankar Institute of Technology* Vishnu Institute of Technology...

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