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Scuba Dive Certification Body

Scuba Schools International (SSI) was established in 1970 with the vision of making it possible for anyone to learn how to dive safely. Today, SSI is the world's largest professional business-based training agency, with 3,500+ Training Centers and over 100,000 SSI Professionals in 150+ countries. For over 50 years, SSI has provided high-quality training programs and materials for Recreational Scuba, Extended Range, Freediving, Mermaid, Swim, and Lifeguard programs from beginner to Instructor Trainer levels. With digital and printed materials available in more than 40 languages, SSI enables people to experience the underwater world across the globe. SSI's MyDiveGuide represents the world's largest Dive Site Database with more than 5,000 sites, including potential wildlife encounters. The database is based on more than 6 million logged dives and improves daily via SSI's Digital DiveLog. MyDiveGuide and the Digital DiveLog connect dive sites, buddies, instructors, and Training Centers using QR Code technology and SSI's digital dive verification to create a lifetime of adventure. BLUE OCEANS is SSI's environmental conservation initiative. Accessible to everyone, SSI seeks to create environmental awareness and protect our oceans by role modeling conservation-minded behavior and promoting sustainable diving practices. Find an SSI Center near you https://go.divessi.com/center-locator Become a certified diver https://go.divessi.com/start-scuba-diving Become an SSI Professional https://go.divessi.com/become-a-pro Find your next adventure https://go.divessi.com/mdg Join the Blue Oceans community https://go.divessi.com/blue-oceans Explore the SSI Blog https://go.divessi.com/blog-overview Download the MySSI App https://go.divessi.com/myssi_app

The International Association for the Development of Apnea (AIDA) was founded in 1992 “by Freedivers, For Freedivers”, to organize the worldwide community and gain recognition for the emerging sport of freediving. As the symbol of freediving, AIDA has developed a core set of values to guide the sport as it evolves in a rapidly growing market: •Safety - through ongoing research, standardisation, and education. •Fairness - lead by consistent evaluation of all athletic performances in the international competition circuit and followed at all the levels of the organisation. •Accessibility - through its structure of National representatives that ensure proximity and affordability in all corners of the world. AIDA was developed as an umbrella organization to cover all aspects of the sport and the synergies between competition, education, and community are the foundation of its uniqueness — an association dedicated to “All Freediving and Nothing but Freediving."