SDI Diver News

You have asked for it and we were listening.  As one of SDI’s most talked about specialty programs, Advanced Adventure Diver is available on our eLearning platform. Click Here to get started > The SDI Advanced Adventure Diver course will … Continue reading »

UWJ Issue 26 is ready for download. If you have not subscribed, simply sign in and create an account (takes just a few minutes and it’s FREE). This issue of Underwater Journal dives into some great features including: Two giant … Continue reading »

Scuba diving is intended to be a fun activity that allows you to experience the underwater world as its residents do, living among the sea critters, large and small.  The equipment that divers use allows for the adaptation of the … Continue reading »

The Self-Reliant Diver Our view of scuba diving has probably changed somewhat from the time of our initial training program to the time when we’re ready to undertake Rescue Diver training. We’ve broadened our range of experience through repeated diving … Continue reading »

Scuba diving has come a long way over the years. In the early days, divers were equipped with the most basic of dive equipment, which included a cylinder with a “J” valve and no SPG. While this early equipment did … Continue reading »

Many divers think that wreck diving is the most exciting underwater activity that you can pursue. Whether you are exploring the liberty ships or submarines off the east coast of the U.S., the WWI German fleet off Scapa Flow in … Continue reading »

Probably the first motivation for people to attempt diving was the pursuit of shipwrecks, either for commercial salvage purposes or to recover sunken cargoes that included classic treasure riches. And while there are countless interesting subjects to keep us enthralled … Continue reading »

By Steve Lewis Wreck diving is, for some of us, the single most fascinating aspect of diving itself. Many of the divers who we look up to and hold as role models admit that the history, mystery and allure of … Continue reading »

Divers are often confused between basic and advanced wreck diving certifications and why there is a need for two courses. This is a good question considering a wreck is a wreck and diving is diving. All wrecks present the same … Continue reading »

SDI TDI Instructor Trainer Matt Reed briefs members of the Bantay Dagat on their environmental efforts. If you were to ask Matt Reed, SDI TDI Instructor Trainer, or David Joyce, SDI TDI Instructor of Evolution Diving, what they were going … Continue reading »