PADI Pros - Middle East

17/06/2026

One month to go until PADI Women's Dive Day 2026! If you haven't registered your event yet, now is the time.

PADI Women's Dive Day is one of the biggest opportunities of the year to bring your community together, introduce new people to diving, inspire continuing education, and create meaningful connections through a shared passion for the ocean. 🌊

Join thousands of PADI Members around the world and help make this year's Women's Dive Day the biggest yet!

Get started: http://padi.co/9smu7uq2

15/06/2026

Are you ready for summer bookings with PADI Adventures? Join a live webinar with the PADI Adventures team and get your dive store ready for the summer season and convert more bookings.

Register here 👉http://padi.co/ako74z05
PADI Adventures: Get Ready for Summer – Live Webinar
Monday, 22 June
5:30 PM UK Time (BST)

15/06/2026

Congratulations to all new PADI Instructors who participated in the recent PADI IE in Jeddah. All the best of success on your future courses and adventures. Be safe and have fun. A big thank you to everyone who helped to make the programme run smoothly.

10/06/2026

Congratulations to the newest PADI Course Directors from the EMEA region!

We're proud to celebrate the recent graduates of the Course Director Training Course in Kota Kinabalu, who have achieved the highest professional rating in recreational scuba diving.

Please join us in congratulating these outstanding dive leaders on reaching this significant career milestone and wishing them every success as they inspire and mentor future dive professionals around the world.

10/06/2026

The MSD Challenge is more than a competition. It is a proven framework to help dive centers guide committed divers toward the highest recreational rating in diving while strengthening continued education pipelines.

Learn more:

The PADI Master Scuba Diver Challenge is the perfect way to re-engage certified divers, create momentum and keep customers connected.

09/06/2026

Congratulations to all the new PADI Instructors from the recent PADI Instructor Exam in Dubai, UAE
Welcome to the world of PADI Instructors.

09/06/2026

Congratulations to all the PADI Pros who participated in the recent PADI IE in Kuwait City, Kuwait.
All the best of success on your future adventures. Be safe and have fun. A big thank you to everyone who helped to make the programme run smoothly.

04/06/2026

6 weeks to go until PADI Women's Dive Day 2026.

If you haven't registered your event yet, now is the time.

PADI Women's Dive Day is one of the biggest opportunities of the year to bring your community together, introduce new people to diving, inspire continuing education, and create meaningful connections through a shared passion for the ocean.

This year's theme also encourages divers to take action for shark and ray conservation through citizen science, helping turn every dive into a contribution to ocean protection.

📅 18 July 2026
🌊 Register your event on PADI Adventures
🦈 Support shark and ray conservation through action

Join thousands of PADI Members around the world and help make this year's Women's Dive Day the biggest yet.

Get started: http://padi.co/x3c7edlq

03/06/2026

When John Cronin and Ralph Erickson founded PADI in 1966 and operated it out of Cronin's basement, booking a scuba course (and travel) looked nothing like it does today.

In the early years, the path to becoming a diver was rooted in local community networks, handwritten forms and printed manuals.

Even then, one element connected becoming a diver in every era: the moment of discovery, that first spark of curiosity about what lies beneath the surface.

Continue reading: http://padi.co/h0gn0j3p

29/05/2026

We're excited to welcome Paul Toomer to PADI as our new Global Tec Diving Consultant. A PADI Course Director since 2001 and one of the industry's most respected technical diving instructor trainers, Paul brings decades of experience, leadership, and passion for diver education. As we continue to grow our technical diving programs and deepen our commitment to the dive industry, Paul's expertise will help shape the future of tec diver training and exploration worldwide. Please join us in welcoming Paul to the PADI team!