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The SDI Advanced Adventure Diver rating is comprised of five dives from five different specialties. Deep and Navigation are both required while typically the other three specialties are decided by the instructor/store. Once an individual completes the Advanced Adventure Diver program they can...

Response from Cris Merz, Vice President of Sales-Americas "Understood. I am sorry you did not hear anything about this. As far as the tank wraps, we actually just placed an additional order of tank wraps to cover our renewals."

Response from Cris Merz, Vice President of Sales-Americas "The renewal fees were planed 12 months ago when we launched the renewal for 2013. Back then, we offered two options, the free renewal and the premium renewal fee so dealers could get a sample of what their facilities would receive as...

Daru, Here are the prerequisites for the TDI CCR Mixed Gas Diver program 1. Minimum age 18 2. Provide a verified log of a minimum of 50 rebreather hours distributed over a minimum of 50 dives on the specific rebreather; 50 percent deeper than 20 metres / 66 feet. All must be deeper than 9...

The basis of the SDI nitrox program is the use of nitrox dive computers however there are some tables and formulas included which could assist divers in dive planning using tables. A better option for divers that do not plan to use dive computers is the TDI nitrox course which is based on the...

The SDI CPROX Administrator course requires the use of a manikin and an oxygen cylinder with a regulator. The typical oxygen cylinder used for training is either a Jumbo D or an E cylinder and the oxygen regulater that will facilitate the use of either a non-re breather mask or a demand mask. To...

Jon, Most insurances will allow you to add other agencies as additional insureds, but it would be wise to check to make sure you will have coverage. If you are currently listed on the facility's insurance policy they may not allow you to conduct private classes under that store policy. Therefore...

When we originally rebuilt the site our goal was to build a rich, visually appealing and fully interactive application that was completely integrated. We examined a number of different platforms to accomplish this goal, as there are a number of options available, all with good features and bad...

Ask your instructor for the Global Referral form and I would suggest contacting the facility yourself before you go to make sure they will be able to take care of you on the days you wish. Good luck and have a great time.

Contact me at dennis.pulley@tdi/sdi.com and we'll see how we can assist you in this matter

Glad to hear you are interested in furthering your diving experiences by taking the SDI Divemaster training. I think you will find it challenging yet satisfying. There will be a lot of new information you will be exposed to; as well as new skills and knowledge you will gain by the time you...

You are correct, we made a mistake in the production of our workbooks. We are very sorry about this as it is not the type of material we find represents our organization in a proper manner. Simply put, when the diver manual was changed, we never corrected our work book. Thank you for taking...

We are sorry you experienced a delay in receiving your card. As previously stated, many locations today have the ability in their facility to print the card immediately. We do however suggest to divers, if they do not receive their card within a few weeks they can contact us and we will see what...

Jale, Mark is correct there is not a fee associated with becoming a facility, or renewing as a facility. Many of the independent instructors did not want their personal home address used for contact listed on the internet. At the current time all of that information must be entered for the...

Jale, Sorry I missed your original question regarding whether or not instructors are allowed to teach independently. TDI and ERDI instructors are allowed to teach independently, this will never change. SDI Instructors are required to function through an active SDI Facility. As for the...

Thank you for the feedback. We are currently evaluating the best way(s) to improve and implement the search feature and will have new options available in the coming weeks. Over the last several months we have been updating and implementing new features on the website to improve overall...

Mark. Brian Carney and Sean Harrison for TDI Headquarters will also be there.

There is not a required way, according to SDI Standards, to teach the free flowing regulator skill. Each instructor will vary somewhat in the method they teach with.

Jim, According to my IT guy it should have been fixed on Jan 11, 2012.

Jim, There was a little glitch in the system. Your initial answers was indeed correct. You should be good to go now, if not let me know at dennis.pulley@tdisdi.com