Professional Association of Diving Instructors
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Sep 21, 2026
Brendan TraxlerHOST
So you have to be a scuba diver.
Brendan TraxlerHOST
And the whole thing is they talked about, just like Jules, is you spend 24 hours under there and you get to get PADI certified as an aquanaut.
Brendan TraxlerHOST
And that's some big thing that a lot of people go to Jules to do.
Brendan TraxlerHOST
That's why I went there.
Brendan TraxlerHOST
Babe and I went there a couple of years ago, became aquanauts, got the plaque on the wall, got the little card from PADI, all that good stuff.
Brendan TraxlerHOST
And so that was something that he definitely wanted to pull over and do with them as well.
Brendan TraxlerHOST
That doesn't specify whether you have to do 24 hours.
Darren McKeeGUEST
Parasocially on social media, it's really hard to do that unless you're sharing those snippets of who you actually are as well.
Darren McKeeGUEST
Man, I can't remember who showed me this, but somebody opened Sales Navigator like five years ago and they typed in VP of Sales and Patty, which is like scuba diving, like P-A-D-I.
Darren McKeeGUEST
And there were like 250 VPs of sales that had the word Patty.
Darren McKeeGUEST
you know, scuba diving or caddy in their about section of their hobbies.
Chloe HarveyGUEST
But we're hearing more and more anecdotally that people are asking about Greenfins membership when they book or they'll mention I booked because you're a Greenfins member.
Chloe HarveyGUEST
But also partnerships, industry partnerships that we've developed, like with PADI, which is the lead training agency for scuba diving.
Chloe HarveyGUEST
They've launched an eco-centre designation for operators to aspire towards.
Chloe HarveyGUEST
And to be eco-centre, you need to be a Greenfins member and you need to be meeting a certain threshold of performance.
Danny NewCORRESPONDENT
With help from his longtime interpreter, Jeff, I spoke with Thomas while he was at his home in Florida.
Danny NewCORRESPONDENT
Thomas has been scuba diving for more than 30 years, and he is the only deaf course director certified by the Professional Association of Diving Instructors.
Thomas CookSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The course director, in plain English, is like the PhD of the scuba diving world.
Thomas CookSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So I'm the only deaf one in the world.
Mena MassoudGUEST
So you had to
Akbar GbajabiamilaHOST
get PADI certified to go through and do all that,
Mena MassoudGUEST
right? Yeah, it wasn't quite.
Mena MassoudGUEST
Like, it wasn't to the point where I had to get certified because it's in a tank.
Stephen GloverHOST
It, well, you get certified, which is awesome.
Stephen GloverHOST
Um, I am, I think, what is it, PADI certified.
Stephen GloverHOST
It's been a few years.
Sarah StamperGUEST
Yeah, now he in PADI, but-
Stephen GloverHOST
Yeah, so, yeah, it, it, and that's an, that's an awesome experience because it teaches you a lot about confidence too, like having confidence in yourself and trusting yourself in some unusual situations, and kind of gets you out of your comfort zone and things like that, and then you become comfortable in the water, which I think is a great skill to have.
Stephen GloverHOST
So you have this, but you're also going on trips and you are working to fund those trips, which is pretty cool.
SorayaHOST
I've had people explain every part of scuba diving under the sun.
SorayaHOST
Like- Every part of scuba diving under the sun to me, and I'm sitting there like, "Are you a PADI Pro? I don't know.
SorayaHOST
I'm just sitting there.
SorayaHOST
I thought you were an advanced.
Amber WilsonHOST
But I kept it a secret because I knew if we told Neil, he'd take the bikes off us, 'cause you only have to be 14 to get them there.
Amber WilsonHOST
So we were doing a PADI scuba diving course, so every day...
Amber WilsonHOST
This is a story about when I'd have to put the j- uh, the wetsuit on.
Vogue WilliamsHOST
Oh.
RayHOST
You have little waterfront restaurants, dive shops, boats along the docks, and an international community centered around island life and scuba diving.
RayHOST
And Utila is actually where I became PADI certified, which basically means I became a certified scuba diver.
RayHOST
And it was a truly spectacular experience.
RayHOST
And the beauty of Honduras doesn't stop with Roatan and Utila.
Troy RobertsCORRESPONDENT
They argue that Shelly could have ripped off her own mask in a panic.
speaker_20SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's right in the PADI beginner's manual, panicked divers are prone to reject their gear.
speaker_20SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In other words, rip their mask off.
Troy RobertsCORRESPONDENT
You believe that, she panicked underwater?
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