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The National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI Worldwide) is a nonprofit association of scuba instructors founded in 1960 by Albert Tillman and Neal Hess. [2] [3]NAUI primarily serves as a recreational dive certification and membership organization, providing international diver standards and education programs.
Training for Olympic diving competition requires 10-meter diving facilities, which are scant in some parts of the world. For example, the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center, built in 1979 as a YMCA facility, is one of only two Olympic-sized pools in Wisconsin that can host large events, and it is the only facility in the southeast Wisconsin region ...
The Professional Diving Instructors Corporation (PDIC) is an international SCUBA training and certification agency. It has an estimated 5 million active recreational divers. [2] Founded in 1969, PDIC was established out of the need to properly train SCUBA instructors. [1]
Gachedili Canyon is 2,400 metres (1.5 mi) long, 5 to 7 metres (16 to 23 ft) wide and 50 to 70 metres (160 to 230 ft) deep. In the center of the canyon, waterfalls with 12 to 15 metres (39 to 49 ft) high drops exist.
The National Academy of Scuba Educators, also known as NASE Worldwide, is a recreational scuba training organization which was founded in Texas during 1982. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In February 2011 NASE re-launched its image and developed new standards and practices. [ 4 ]
NASDS (USA) - National Association of Scuba Diving Schools only USA (Founded in the 1960s and merged with SSI in 1999) [30] TAC - The Aquatic Club - existed in the UK between 1982 and 1986. dissolved organization [31]
A dive center is the base location where recreational divers usually learn scuba diving or make guided dive trips at new locations. Many dive centers operate under the guidelines of ISO 24803, [1] in which case the facilities must meet the ISO minimum standard for a service provider for recreational diving.
The term dive site (from "dive" and "site", meaning "the place, scene, or point of an occurrence or event" [1]) is used differently depending on context.In professional diving in some regions it may refer to the surface worksite from which the diving operation is supported and controlled by the diving supervisor.