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NASDS - National Association of Scuba Diving Schools [22] NAUI - National Association of Underwater Instructors – Non-profit training and certification agency association of scuba instructors [2] [8] NDF - Norges Dykkeforbund (Norwegian Diving Federation) CMAS code NOR/F00 [2] [5] NDL - National Dive League EUF CB 2007003 [7] [5]
The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) is a recreational diving membership and diver training organization founded in 1966 by John Cronin and Ralph Erickson. [3] PADI courses range from entry level to advanced recreational diver certification.
The equivalent course offered by National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) is the Advanced Scuba Diver. As a second level qualification, the AOWD certification level is aimed somewhere between the CMAS* Diver and CMAS** Diver qualifications, or between the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) Ocean Diver and Sports Diver qualifications, although some differences occur.
Advanced Open Water Diver (PADI, SSI) CMAS** scuba diver is a certification for recreational scuba diving issued by the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS). which indicate that the diver has been found competent to dive in open water to a maximum depth of 40 meters, accompanied by another diver with equivalent or higher ...
The whole PADI training system. The "Open Water Diver" certification name is used by the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), [2] Scuba Schools International (SSI), [3] the National Academy of Scuba Educators (NASE) Worldwide, [4] Professional Technical and Recreational Diving (ProTec), [5] International Scuba Certification (ISC), [6] and the Sub-Aqua Association (SAA), [7 ...
Diving, the sport of jumping off springboards or platforms into water; Finswimming is a sport similar to traditional swimming using fins, monofin, snorkel, and other specific devices; Modern pentathlon includes épée fencing, pistol shooting, swimming, a show jumping course on horseback, and cross country running
The first diving competition was held in 1885, in Germany. [2] In the first Olympic diving competition in 1904, American George Sheldon won gold in platform diving. Women's diving in the Olympics started with Women's diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics, won by Greta Johansson. University of Washington, 1915
A divemaster (DM) is a role that includes organising and leading recreational dives, particularly in a professional capacity, and is a qualification used in many parts of the world in recreational scuba diving for a diver who has supervisory responsibility for a group of divers and as a dive guide.