Professional Association of Diving Instructors
The Professional Association of Diving Instructors is a recreational diving membership and diver training organization founded in 1966 by John Cronin and Ralph Erickson. Cronin was originally a NAUI... Wikipedia
- Abbreviation: PADI
- Motto: The Way the World Learns to Dive
- Headquarters: Rancho Santa Margarita, California, United States
- Membership: More than 137,000 dive professionals, 6,600 dive centers and resorts
- Leader: Drew Richardson
- Parent organization: PADI Worldwide Corp.
- Affiliations: DSAT, Project AWARE, Emergency First Response, Current Publishing
- Data Source: DuckDuckGo