Business
30 September, 2024
Dive firm’s 50th birthday
INTERNATIONALLY-acclaimed scuba diving training school Divers Den is celebrating 50 years.
Divers Den has spent the past 50 years certifying over 130,000 scuba divers, cementing its status as one of the most successful PADI training facilities globally.
Established in 1974, Divers Den has been a pioneer of the dive market in Cairns, becoming the first PADI five-star centre in Cairns in 1988, the first PADI 5-star instructor development centre in 1998 and the first PADI career development centre in Cairns in 1999, as well as being the first company to successfully operate the concept of a ‘floating hotel’ by mooring a liveaboard dive vessel at sea and transferring passengers daily with fast transfer vessels.
PADI Asia Pacific managing director Danny Dwyer said it was an extraordinary achievement.
“Our entire team at PADI would like to congratulate the team at Divers Den on reaching the remarkable milestone of 50 years in the dive industry,” he said.
“Divers Den enjoys an international reputation as one of the world’s premier diver training schools and we appreciate the strong and successful business partnership our companies have shared.
“Since becoming a PADI member, Divers Den has issued over 130,000 PADI certifications, 2500 PADI professional level candidates, and introduced another 125,000 people to the underwater world via the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program.”
