What is PADI

I am sure that you have heard the word PADI before, especially because you are actually reading a blog on a scuba diving website right now. But do you know what or who PADI are?

PADI – The Professional Association of Diving Instructors is a scuba diving membership and training organisation that is now recognised worldwide. 
According to Wikipedia as of March 2017 PADI is reported to have issued 25 million certifications, and if you look at the PADI website it states that “Over 27 million Divers started here.”
In fact PADI’s motto is “The Way the World Learns to Dive.”

PADI is over 50 years old, dreamed up in 1966 by two scuba instructors who were friends in the state of Illinois, U.S.A.

“John Cronin, a scuba equipment salesman for U.S. Divers, and Ralph Erickson, an educator, university water polo coach, champion swimmer, lifeguard and waterman were concerned about the scuba diving industry.
They felt that the scuba certification agencies that existed at the time could be improved as they didn’t use state-of-the-art instruction, and made it unnecessarily difficult for people to enter the sport. John and Ralph knew there had to be a better way to support diving instructors and for people to learn to breathe underwater.” – padi.com

PADI headquarters is located in California, USA now with a total of  nearly 450 employees in corporate offices around the world

Fun Fact – Did you know that SCUBA stands for: Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.

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