KUDA

단체 개요 / Overview

• KUDA = Korea Underwater Association (KUA), Korean: 대한수중핀수영협회, is the Korean member organization of the international federation agency-cmas. [verified — cmaskorea.co.kr]
• It is an incorporated association under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and a member sports body affiliated with the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (hosting competitions in finswimming, underwater orientation, underwater harvesting, etc.). Its secretariat is located within Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, Seoul (minor inconsistency in the building designation). [verified — ko.wikipedia 대한수중핀수영협회]
• The discrepancy in the founding-year notation stems from differences in stages of the organization's history; according to the official chronology, both are true: joined the World Underwater Federation (CMAS) in June 1982 → became an associate member of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee and joined the Asian Underwater Federation (AUF) in December 1988 → promoted to full membership of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee on February 24, 1992 → granted approval as an incorporated association (Korea Underwater Association) on April 7, 1997 → renamed to its current name (대한수중핀수영협회) on May 3, 2010. In other words, 1992 = promotion to full membership, 1997 = establishment as an incorporated association. [verified — ko.wikipedia 대한수중핀수영협회]

한국 현황 / In Korea

• As a domestic CMAS-affiliated organization, it is one of the entities providing diver training and certification in Korea. In this knowledge base's dive-shop data, it is confirmed at 1 shop (one of the multiple agencies listed by Jeju's shop-jeju-scubainjeju). [verified from dataset]
• For shops that teach this agency, refer to the backlinks of this note (dive-shop notes that include agency-kuda in their agencies).

외국인 자격통용 / For Foreign Divers

• Because KUDA belongs to the CMAS system, the cards it issues are internationally recognized as CMAS grades (familiar to European divers). However, the mainstream on Korea's domestic fun-diving scene is the PADI/SDI family. [verified]

출처 / Sources

• url: https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/대한수중핀수영협회 | publisher: Wikipedia | level: secondary | accessed: 2026-06-27
• url: http://www.cmaskorea.co.kr/ | publisher: Korea Underwater Association (official) | level: primary | accessed: 2026-06-27
• domains/09-certification-agencies (cmaskorea.co.kr, ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/대한수중핀수영협회)
• Internal data: aggregation of certification_agencies in data/dive-shops/*.yaml