ACTIVE
LARRY WHEELER’S SCUBA CREDENTIALS
Scuba Diving International (SDI) was established in 1998 to enhance recreational diving training and certification, evolving from the technical diving expertise of its sister organization Technical Diving International (TDI). DI’s philosophy is to improve recreational scuba diving training, enhancing older diving practices by incorporating new diving technology and emphasizing safety. The curriculum is set up to take divers from the beginner level to instructor level and structures its courses around a logged dive and specialty course approach. Divers who progress through SDI’s recreational diving courses are then in a position to advance to technical diving with the courses offered by Technical Diving International.
Training
Whereas TDI and ERDI (the two sister companies of SDI) handle technical diving courses and emergency personnel courses respectively, SDI covers the recreational aspect of diving by offering the following courses: SDI requires students to have access to a modern dive computer on all dives during training from the very start.