Wreck – All Things Diving

PSAI – Professional Scuba Association International

PSAI was first founded in 1962 as Florida Divers Supply (FDS) by Hal Watts. In 1969 the name was changed to Florida State Skindiving Schools (FSSS). FSSS at the time was one of the largest dive schools in the world, with four locations in Florida and one in St. Lucia. It was as FSSS where the Golden Triangle originated and later evolved into the PSAI logo used today. As the organization had expanded well beyond the borders of Florida the name was again changed to the Professional Scuba Association (PSA) in 1988. The tenants, upon which PSA training was built, were so successful they led to further expansion into the international diving arena. Thus, in 1995 the “I” was added to PSA to make it the Professional Scuba Association, International (PSAI).

Training offered: Recreational, Technical, Wreck, Cave, Rebreather

Website: http://psai.com

Email: global.headquarters@psai.com

Headquarter: United States of America
Address: 8174 Crescent Beach Road, Sand Point, MI 48755
Phone: 989 856 9979

SNSI – Scuba and Nitrox Safety International

SNSI or Scuba and Nitrox International was founded in 1995. It was the first agency to bring the use of Nitrox in Italy. SNSI included in its founding members pioneer Italian diver Umberto Pepoli.

Training offered: Recreational, Technical, Wreck

Website: http://scubasnsi.goscubasnsi.com/

Email: NA
Headquarter: Italy
Address: Viale IV Novembre 22, Borgo San Lorenzo (FI), Italy
Phone: 1 772 777 4382

TDI – Technical Diving International

TDI or Technical Diving International was founded in 1994 by underwater explorer Bret Gilliam. It was meant to be a complete educational system for non-sport diving with topics such as decompression, additional cylinders, alternative breathing gases, rebreathers, or overhead environments such as wrecks, caves or mines.

Training offered: Technical, Cave, Wreck, Rebreather

Website: http://www.tdisdi.com

Email: worldHQ@tdisdi.com

Headquarter: United States of America
Address: 1321 SE Decker Ave, Stuart, Florida, 34994
Phone: 1-888 778 9073

PSS Worldwide – Professional Scuba Schools

PSS Worldwide or Professional Scuba Schools began to operate in the diving sector in the 1990s. PSS was founded by experts who had already been involved in diver training for over twenty-five years and who came from various professional fields.

Training offered: Recreational, Technical, Wreck, Freediving

Website: https://www.pssworldwide.org/en/default.aspx

Email: info@pssww.org

Headquarter: Italy
Address: Via Diocleziano 350, Napoli, Italy 80125
Phone: +39-081-7623000

ANDI – American Nitrox Divers, Inc.

It is in 1988 that ANDI or the American Nitrox Divers, Inc. was formed to respond to a demand for training using other breathing gases than air. It also covered the filling of tanks with enriched air.

Training offered: Recreational, Technical, Cave, Rebreather, Wreck, Hyperbaric

Website: http://www.andihq.com/

Email: andi@andihq.com

Headquarter: United States of America
Address: 74 Woodcleft Avenue, Freeport, New York, 11520-3342
Phone: +1 (516) 546-2026

NAUI – National Association of Underwater Instructors

Al Tillman, (soon to become NAUI Instructor #1) was the director of sports for Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation during this period and established a training program sponsored by L.A. County to certify skin and scuba divers. In 1959 the National Diving Patrol was renamed the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI).

Training offered: Recreational, Technical, Cave, Wreck, Ice, Rebreather, Gas Blending

Website: https://www.naui.org/

Email: NA

Headquarter: United States of America
Address: 9030 Camden Field Parkway, Riverview, FL. 33578
Phone: +1 813-628-6284

UTD – Unified Team Diving

In 2007, Andrew Georgitsis (co-founder and former Training Director of GUE 1997-2005) co-founded Unified Team Diving to pick up where DIR left off. What makes UTD different is their progressive approach of developing DIR into UTD diving.

UTD’s beginning curriculum is designed with the end goal in mind – where the end goal could be the most advanced level of deep cave. This end goal curriculum is implemented through their guiding ethos of always being Consistent, Scalable, and Interchangeable in all their skills, protocols, and equipment.

In UTD, there is no such thing as doing things one way for one type of diving, or a special piece of equipment for one type of diving, and another for another type of diving! The skills, techniques, and equipment used and taught at the lowest level are exactly the same as those used at the highest end goal level.

What makes UTD unique is the culture of it’s instructor family! Even though UTD instructors are scattered all over the world, they are united in their commitment to precision artful diving with a common sense attitude. UTD instructors see themselves primarily as coaches that help divers achieve their goals, and as certification evaluators secondarily. UTD’s instructor culture is what allows prospective UTD students to be able to depend on consistent training – regardless of which UTD instructor they choose.

Training offered: Recreational, Technical, Cave, Wreck

Website: http://www.utdscubadiving.com/en/splash/

Email: info@utdscubadiving.com

Headquarter: United States of America
Address: 8545 Arjons Drive Suite N, San Diego, CA, 92126
Phone: +1 (855) DIVE UTD (348-3883)

ISE – Inner Space Explorers

ISE which stands for Inner Space Explorers was founded in 2008 by Achim R. Schlöffel. An underwater explorer and the only german speaking Tec 2 instructor for GUE at the time. As a lot of people want to explore more of the underwater world the education provided by ISE is in depth. Its aimed to give the tools necessary to plan and realized exploration dives.

Training offered: Recreational, Technical, Cave, Wreck, Gas Blending

Website: http://is-expl.com/

Email: iconhq@is-expl.com

Headquarter: Germany
Address: Freidankstrasse 3a, 81739 München
Phone: +49 89 693 04 503

ACUC – American Canadian Underwater Certifications

In 1969 numerous regional diving councils met together to create the Association of Canadian Underwater Councils later becomes American Canadian Underwater Certifications. Now as the company became more international its headquarter has been relocated to Madrid, Spain.

Training offered: Recreational, Wreck, Ice

Website: http://acuc.es/en/

Email: info@acucinternational.com

Headquarter: Spain
Address: Añastro, 25 28033 Madrid
Phone: +34 917668412

IANTD – International Advanced Nitrox and Technical Diving

Up to a certain time, mixed gas diving and decompression gases were used almost exclusively for military or commercial purposes. Because it was quite simple and safe, mixed gases became more popular among some group of divers. In 1985 IANTD or International Advanced Nitrox and Technical Diving was founded to fill the gap and bring these techniques to the public.

Training offered: Recreational, Technical, Cave, Rebreather, Wreck

Website: http://www.iantd.com/

Email: iantd@iantd.com

Headquarter: United States of America
Address: 119 NW Ethan Place Suite 101 Lake City, FL 32055
Phone: +1 386 438-8312