Scuba Diving International (SDI) is a SCUBA

Scuba diving

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

 training and certification agency. It is the recreational

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...

 arm of 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...

, the world’s largest technical diver

Technical diving

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

 training organization. SDI is the only diver training agency that requires students to have access to a modern dive computer

Dive computer

A dive computer or decompression meter is a device used by a scuba diver to measure the time and depth of a dive so that a safe ascent profile can be calculated and displayed so that the diver can avoid decompression sickness.- Purpose :...

 on all dives during training from the very start.

SDI is also unique amongst recreational diver training organisations in that it recognises solo diving

Solo diving

Solo diving is the practice of scuba diving alone without a "dive buddy". Solo diving, once discouraged, is now beginning to gain acceptance among experienced divers who have skills in self-sufficiency and redundant backup equipment....

 as part of recreational diving, and offers a special training course relating to it. Every other major recreational diver training organisation mandates diving with a "buddy

Buddy diving

Buddy diving is the use of the buddy system by scuba divers and is a set of safety procedures that are intended to improve divers' chances of avoiding or surviving accidents in or under water by diving in a group of two or three divers...

" at all times.

SDI is a member of The World Recreational Scuba Training Council

World Recreational Scuba Training Council

The World Recreational Scuba Training Council or was founded in 1999 and is dedicated to creating minimum recreational diving training standards for the various scuba diving certification agencies across the world. The WRSTC restricts its membership to national or regional councils...

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External links

• Scuba Diving International Official website