News
Last month for the free PADI MSD Application Voucher in Asia Pacific

Do you want to dive with no restrictions and become the highest skilled recreational diver you can be? Want to do all this without having to pay application fees?
Become a Master Scuba Diver and receive the highest non-professional recreational diving certification PADI offers, and for the rest of this year, do it all without paying application fees! PADI Asia Pacific has waived the application fee of the PADI Master Scuba Diver course for 2014, this is usually valued at AU$50 (excluding Australian GST where applicable). This is the last month you can take advantage of this offer so apply quickly or miss out!
To be eligible to redeem this offer you must have logged 50 dives and have PADI Open Water Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver and Rescue Diver certifications, as well as five PADI Specialty Course certifications. All certifications must be verified by a Teaching Status PADI Instructor who will then sign the MasterScuba Application.
To benefit from this offer all certifications must be completed by the 31st of December 2014. Application forms and vouchers are to be completed and received by PADI Asia Pacific’s Certifications Department by the 15th of January 2015.
How to Apply
If you are interested in receiving your PADI Master Scuba certification without having to pay application fees it is simple. Firstly download the free voucher (PDF), have your Dive Centre attach this voucher to your Application form, then send these off to PADI’s certifications department.
Take advantage of this offer today! For more information, please email certsdep@padi.com.au.
Competitions
WIN a Bigblue Expandable Tray!!!

For this week’s competition, we’ve teamed up with our good friends at Liquid Sports to give away a Bigblue Expandable Tray as a prize!!!
The Bigblue expandable tray (176mm-287mm) has fittings and screws to attach action and compact cameras. The base and handles are made from high grade aluminium with the handles having a neoprene grip. The package also includes clamps and adaptors for 1” ball and YS light fittings.
To be in with a chance of winning this awesome prize, all you have to do is answer the following question:
In a recent post on Scubaverse.com (which you can read here), we reported that the Handicapped Scuba Association South Africa has announced plans to host their 6th Annual fundraising event “HSASA 50hr Dive–A-Thon 2021” this year. But on what dates will the event take place?
Is it:
- A) 15th – 17th October
- B) 22nd – 24th October
- C) 29th – 31st October
Answer, A, B or C to the question above:
Dive Training Blogs
Jeff chats to… Jim Elliott and Tinamarie Hernandez of Diveheart (Watch Video)

In this exclusive Zoom interview, Jeff Goodman, Scubaverse Editor-at-Large, chats to Jim Elliott, Founder and President of Diveheart, and Tinamarie Hernandez who is the organization’s Executive Director.
Diveheart is a US-based, nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization which aims to provide and support educational scuba diving programs that are open to any child, adult or veteran with a disability, with the hope of providing both physical and psychological therapeutic value to that person.
In their own words:
We’ve discovered the forgiving, weightless wonder of the water column provides the perfect gravity-free environment for those who might otherwise struggle on land. Underwater, we’re all equal.
Diveheart works with individuals who have a variety of disabilities, including physical and developmental disabilities, vision and hearing impairments, amputations, traumatic brain injuries, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and more. Diveheart seeks to help its participants “Imagine the Possibilities” in their lives.
Find out more about Diveheart and their valuable work at www.diveheart.org.
Rather listen to a podcast? Listen to the audio HERE on the new Scubaverse podcast channel at Anchor FM.
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