Diving Tips: Scuba Diving Certification

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Most SCUBA service providers and equipment retailers want to be sure their customers are properly trained before they provide their rental equipment, or accept responsibility for their customer’s safety.
Most of the major certification agencies require mastery of similar skills to obtain certification. These agencies have, with cooperation of many industry representatives and standards organizations, established a “generally accepted” set of skills and knowledge that a diver is expected to master to participate in sport diving in most parts of the world.�
A few have additional requirements that prepare divers for their local conditions, or to comply with local regulations and conventions.
 

International Diving Educators Association (IDEA)

National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI)  

Professional Diving Instructors Corporation (PDIC)