History lesson - request for information

InTheDrink · May 10, 2009

Hi,
As a relative newbie, could anyone out there tell me about the evolution of SCUBA dive training from when it started to the 4 day course now (for some agencies). I'm very interested to understand how it became more accessible and also under what auspices and legal frameworks different agencies were able to get their badges.
TIA. J

ScubaSarus · May 10, 2009

Thats a toughy I'd like to know myself

Good question

Here is a start:

http://www.hawaiiscubadiving.com/home/history-of-scuba-diving-1941-2003.html

Thalassamania · May 10, 2009

History

There are no auspices for agencies, the basic legal framework is a corporation (thus ducking personal legal liability).

Badges, nobody needs no stinkin' badges. Really ... go start an agency, no one will stop you.

Gene_Hobbs · May 10, 2009

You might also find this interesting...

Richardson, D. 1999 A brief history of recreational diving in the United States. South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal. Volume 29 Number 3. RRR ID: 6019

abstract:
This presentation provides a brief overview, with dates, of how recreational scuba diving developed and is developing in the United States of America.

There are also a few interesting "legal" debates as well.

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