PADI Dive Course in Indonesia
You must ever hear about
PADI dive, or even you're planning to have a course of it. But what actually PADI dive is? PADI means Professional Association of Diving Instructors. It's the world's largest recreational diving membership and diver training organization. PADI dive was founded in 1966 by John Cronin and Ralph Erickson. PADI dive courses range from entry levels like scuba diver and open water diver to master scuba diver. When you have PADI dive course, you'll be taught theoretically and practically. Theory is mainly conveyed by way of self-study using books, computer based training using CD-ROM or online learning. While practical skills mastery of PADI dive is obtained through confined water training (pools or relatively shallow water) and performance evaluations in open water. Upon completion of each PADI dive course, a certification is issued to the student.
There are
PADI Dive Centers and Resorts in about 200 countries with more than 100.000 members. They issued more than 1 million certificates worldwide each year. The education material is translated into more than 20 languages. That's a glimpse about PADI. Indonesia is one of countries which were reached by PADI Dive Centers and Resorts. Diving in Indonesia will be outstanding with more than 34,000 miles of coastline. The area has exhilarating drift diving, extensive reef diving, fantastic night diving, unique muck diving and breathtaking steep walls. The country is also a paradise for underwater photographers as more than 600 species of coral and over 3000 fish species make their homes on Indonesian reefs. PADI dive courses can be found in many places in the dive sites destination in Indonesia. With one of the earth's richest marine environments, Indonesia has hundreds of stunning dive sites that cater to divers of all levels. Some popular dive sites in Indonesia which you surely could get your PADI dive course there are:
Bunaken (North Sulawesi), Komodo Island (South Sulawesi),
Lombok and
Gili islands,
Bali, etc. You should consider a choice of your PADI dive course in one of those beautiful places.
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