Scuba Diving International
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| Abbreviation | SDI |
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| Formation | 1999, |
| Type | NGO |
| Purpose | Underwater Diver training |
| Headquarters | World Headquarters, Stuart, Florida,  United States
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Region served
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Worldwide |
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Parent organization
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International Training |
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TDI ERDI United States RSTC RSTC Canada RSTC Europe |
| Website | http://www.tdisdi.com |
Scuba Diving International (SDI) is a Scuba training and certification agency. It is the recreational arm of Technical Diving International, the world’s largest technical diver training organization.
SDI is a member of the United States RSTC, the RSTC Canada and the RSTC Europe.
SCUBA Diving International, launched in 1999, is the sister organization of Technical Diving International. Thus, SDI was created by dive professionals from the technical diving field. This gives the organization a perspective that other recreational diving certification agencies do not have, which is teaching recreational diving through the lens of experienced technical diving.
SDI’s philosophy is to take recreational scuba diving to new levels, enhancing older – maybe even outdated - diving practices by incorporating new diving technology and emphasizing safety. The curriculum is set up to take divers from the beginner level to instructor level and structures its courses around a logged dive and specialty course approach. Divers who progress through SDI’s recreational diving courses are then in a position to advance to technical diving with the courses offered by Technical Diving International.
Whereas TDI and ERDI (the two sister companies of SDI) handle technical diving courses and emergency personnel courses respectively, SDI covers the recreational aspect of diving by offering the following courses:
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