Crossing Over from BSAC, CMAS, SSI, NAUI & SAA
While Aquanauts is a PADI 5-Star Instructor Development Center, you can also train and be certified a scuba instructor under NAUI, CMAS & BSAC. However, most divers certified with those and other agencies want to crossover to PADI. Why? It’s simple economics.
The vast, overwhelming majority of dive centers -- in excess of 70% worldwide -- are PADI dive centers and want only PADI-certified instructors. If you want to find a lucrative job easily, you need to be a PADI instructor.
If you hold a certification from one of the agencies below, then refer to the chart to find out where you can enter the PADI world.
| BSAC | PADI Equivalent |
| Ocean Diver or Club Diver | Open Water Diver |
| Sport Diver | Open Water Diver |
| Sport Diver w/ at least 20 logged dives | Advanced Open Water Diver |
| Dive Leader | Rescue Diver |
| Advanced Diver | Divemaster or IDC Candidate |
| Club Instructor | IDC Candidate |
| Open Water Instructor | IDC Candidate |
| Advanced Instructor | IDC Candidate |
| CMAS | PADI |
| CMAS 1 Star Diver | Open Water Diver |
| CMAS 2 Star Diver (with verification of Night and Navigation dive) | Resuce Diver |
| CMAS 3 Star Diver | Divemaster or IDC Candidate |
| CMAS 1 Star Instructor | IDC Candidate |
| CMAS 2 Star Instructor | IDC Candidate |
| SSI | PADI |
| SSI Open Water | Open Water Diver |
| SSI Advanced open Water | Advanced Open Water Diver |
| SSI Stress & Rescue Techniques | Rescue Diver |
| SSI Master Diver | Rescue Diver |
| SSI Dive Con | Divemaster |
| SSI O/W / Dive Con Instructor | IDC Candidate if instructor certified for 6 months. |
| NAUI | PADI |
| NAUI Scuba Diver | Open Water Diver |
| Advanced Scuba Diver | Advanced Open Water Diver |
| NAUI Master Scuba Diver | Rescue Diver |
| NAUI Divemaster | Divemaster |
| Scuba Instructor | IDC Candidate |
| SAA | PADI |
| Club Diver | Open Water Diver |
| Club Diver (with at least 20 logged dives and Experience in Deep and Navigation) | Advanced Open Water Diver |
| Dive Leader (with at least 20 logged dives) | Advanced Open Water Diver |
| Dive Leader (with Diver Rescue) | Rescue Diver |
| Dive Supervisor (with Diver Rescue) | Divemaster |
| Assistant and Club Instructor (with Diver Rescue) | IDC Candidate |
| SAA Regional Instructor | IDC Candidate |
Professional Internships
- Open Water Scuba Instuctor
- Divemaster-to-Instructor
- Divemaster
- Master Scuba Diver Trainer & IDC Staff Instructor
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