SCUBA Certification Agencies

Recreational Diving

ACUC - American Canadian Underwater Certification

AISE - Association of Independent Scuba Educators

ANDI - American Nitrox Divers International

APPI - Assoc. Plongée Professionel International

ASDA - Advanced Scuba Diving Association

BSAC - British Sub-Aqua Club

CADC - Canadian Association of Diving Contractors

CBPDS - Confederação Brasileira de Pesca e Desportos Subaquáticos

CDAA- Cave Divers Association of Australia

CDG-GB - Cave Diving Group of Great Britain

CEDIP - European Committee of Prefessional Diving Instructors

CFT - Comhairle Fo-Thuinn (Irish Underwater Council)

CIPP - Compagnie des Instructeurs Professionnels de Plongee

CMAS - Confederation Mondiale des Activites Subaquatiques
(World Underwater Federation)

COO - College of Oceaneering

CSUDP - California State University Diving Program

CWDI - Canadian Working Divers Institute

DSF - Dansk Sportsdykker Forbund (Danish Sport Diving Federation)

FFESSM - Fédération Française d'Etudes et de Sports Sous Marins
(French Federation for Underwater Study and Sports)

FQAS - Fédération Québecoise des Activites Subaquatiques

FSSS- Fédération Suisse de Sports Subaquatiques

GLC-UHMS - Great Lakes Chapter-Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society

HDS USA - Historical Diving Society USA

HSA - Handicapped Scuba Association

IADRS- International Association of Dive Rescue Specialists

IAHD - International Association for Handicapped Divers

IANTD- International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers

IDA - International Diving Association

IDEA - International Diving Educators Association (Europe)

IDOT - Israeli Dive Operators and Tourism

IPDS - International Police Diver Symposium

ISEA- International Scuba Educators Association, Inc.

JULIA - Japan Underwater Leaders and Instructors Association

LACUIA - Los Angeles County Underwater Instructors' Association

MDEA - Multinational Diving Educators Association

NACD - National Association of Cave Divers

NAPD - National Academy of Police Diving, Inc

NASDS - National Association of SCUBA Diving Schools in Japan (US is now SSI)

NASE - National Association of Scuba Educators

NAUI- National Association of Underwater Instructors

NBDHMT - National Board of Diving & Hyperbaric Medical Technology

NDF - Norwegian Diving Federation

NELOS - Nederlandstalige liga voor onderwateronderzoek en -sport (Belgium)

NIADD - National Instructors' Assn for Divers with Disabilities

NOB - Nederlandse Onderwatersport Bond

NPAD - National Academy of Police Diving

NSS-CDS - National Speleological Society Cave Diving Section

PADI - Professional Association of Dive Instructors

PDIC - Professional Diving Instructors Corporation

POSSI - Indonesian Subacquatic Sport Association

PSA - Professional Scuba Association

SAA- British Sub Aqua Association

SAUU - South African Underwater Union

SDI - SCUBA Diving International

SRDI - Special Response Diver International

SSAC - Scottish Subaqua Club

SSDF - Swedish Underwater Federation

SSI - Scuba Schools International (USA)

SSI - Scuba Schools International (SSI Europe, SSI UK)

SUSL - Finnish Sportdivers Association

TDI - Technical Diving International

TIDF - The Israeli Diving Federation

TSVÖ - Tauchsportverband Oesterreichs (Austrian Diving Federation)

VDST - Verband deutscher Sporttaucher e.V. (German Sport Diving Club)

VDTL - Verband deutscher Tauchlehrer e.V. (German Dive Instructor Agency)

WASI - World Association of Scuba Instructors

YMCA - Young Men's Christian Association

Technical Diving

ANDI - American Nitrox Divers Incorporated

CDAA - Cave Divers Association of Australia

GUE - Global Underwater Explorers

IANTD - International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers

NACD - National Association for Cave Diving

NSS-CDS - National Speleological Society Cave Diving Section

NAUI Tec - National Association of Underwater Instructors

PSA - Professional Scuba Association

TDI - Technical Divers International