Agencies
14 scuba, freediving and technical certification agencies you'll meet at Korean dive shops — each agency's overview, how its certs travel for foreign divers, and the shops teaching its courses.
AIDA
AIDA (International Association for the Development of Apnea / French: Association Internationale pour le…
BSAC
BSAC (British Sub-Aqua Club) is the United Kingdom's national diving organization, distinguished by its club-based…
CMAS
CMAS (French: Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques / English: World Underwater Federation) is an…
GUE
GUE (Global Underwater Explorers) is a technical-focused training agency, renowned for its DIR (Doing It Right)…
IANTD
IANTD (International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers) is a training agency focused on nitrox and…
KUDA
KUDA = Korea Underwater Association (KUA), Korean: 대한수중핀수영협회, is the Korean member organization of the…
NAUI
NAUI (National Association of Underwater Instructors) is a non-profit instructor training organization founded…
PADI
PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) is the world's largest recreational scuba training agency,…
PSAI
PSAI (Professional Scuba Association International) is a technical-focused training agency.
RAID
RAID (Rebreather Association of International Divers) is an online (digital) first, integrated training agency…
SDI
SDI (Scuba Diving International) is a recreational training agency launched in 1998. Its parent company is…
SNSI
SNSI (Scuba Nitrox Safety International) is a training agency that covers both recreational and technical diving.
SSI
SSI (Scuba Schools International) is a recreational training agency founded in 1970 by Robert Clark and Ed Brawley.…
TDI
TDI (Technical Diving International), founded in 1994, is a leading agency specializing in technical diving. Its…