Which organization did you obtain your first certification?

Which organization did you obtain your first certification?

  • BSAC (Ocean Diver)

    Votes: 3 1.1%
  • CMAS (1* star)

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • NAUI (Scuba Diver)

    Votes: 41 15.6%
  • PADI (Open Water Diver)

    Votes: 149 56.7%
  • SSI (Open Water Diver)

    Votes: 27 10.3%
  • YMCA (Open Water Diver)

    Votes: 17 6.5%
  • Others

    Votes: 25 9.5%

  • Total voters
    263

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PADI, they had the nicest pictures in their manual.
 
I started with PADI for OW, then AOW. Then IANTD for EAN.

Ron
 
Seems PADI is the way most of the world learns to dive.
 
Tomeck:
Yes PADI had nice pictures with pleasant climate, but they don't show polar climate!
Personally, I kinda didnt need them to... :p
 
NAUI and YMCA - PADI wasn't around yet.
 

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