Who offers certifications?
      If you want to learn to scuba dive, take a PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) Open Water Diver course, the most widely recognized and respected diving certification in the world. Within a few days, you can be enjoying the underwater world.
     A PADI Open Water Certification allows you to dive around the world in most dive environments.

List of Scuba Certification Agencies
PADI - Professional Association of Diving Instructors (www.padi.com)
NAUI - National Association of Underwater Instructors (www.naui.org)
SSI - Scuba School International (www.ssiusa.com)
YMCA - national Scuba Programs
HSA - Handicapped Scuba Association International (www.hsascuba.com/)

Helpful Resources
Rodale’s Scuba Diving Magazine (www.scubadiving.com)
Skin Diver Magazine
(www.skin-diver.com)
www. scubayellowpages.com
www.divetexas.com
www.outbackdivers.com

Local Dive Clubs
Houston Hammerheads
Houston Underwater Club
Fanta Sea Divers
Nubian Dive Club
Houston Disabled Scuba Divers Association
Lunar Fins
Houston Underwater Photographic Society

Wendy McSwain
PADI Instructor #162421
281-530-0712 Home
832-858-9007 Cell
281-530-5517 Fax
9007 Rocky Valley Drive
Houston, Texas 77083
wendy@outbackdivers.com