StilettoDriver
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Well, there is SSI too. Scuba Schools International:bonk:
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O-ring once bubbled...
Generally accepted knowledge on the board is that the instructor is much more important than choice of agency affiliation. Find a good instructor and you will get good training, no matter what your card says.
As far as universally accepted, you will probably have no problems with any of them, but PADI is definitely the largest and most prolific.
detox once bubbled...
are they worth going for? is there a site that compares differences? I am looking for something that is most widely reckognized and accepted