Which organization did you obtain your first certification?

[Tomeck]

Which organization did you obtain your first certification?

 

[Charlie99]

PADI for my first diving certification. Simply because that's what the shop that I wandered into was affiliated with. I suspect that most divers pick a shop or instructor, not cert agency.

 

[finflippers]

NAUI for me

 

[WarrenZ]

Padi because it was and still is the closest shop.

 

[Tigerman]

PADI as it was the ONLY available instructor (shops? What shops?)
EDIT: Correction, it was the only available isntructor that I was recommended to talk to..

 

[Jimmer]

Padi for JOW, ACUC for everything else since then, including now working on ACUC DM.

 

[BeachJunkie]

In the process of getting my PADI OW cert right now. Be finished tomorrow. Out of all the shops I checked out and instructors, all were PADI except for one who was SSI. And I looked in three different STATES. Ended up choosing the PADI cause through my research and everthing it seemed to be the most common. Plus, and honestly this played a larger role, the shop and instructor was closer and able to fit into my schedule a lot easier.

 

[ichigolin]

PDIC for me

 

[Saltair]

NAUI for my initial cert. WIll be doing AOW soon through PADI only because it is available. My wife is PADI OW

 

[drbill]

How about the one from which many of the others (NAUI, PADI) began... Los Angeles County? They still run some of the finest cert classes around.