PADI Certification Card Replacement Info
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replacement card may be necessary under the following circumstances:
- You've changed your name (include a copy of legal documentation of
name change).*
- You are upgrading from any PADI Junior Diver certification.
- You would like to replace your existing card with a Project AWARE
Edition Certification Card.
- Your PADI Diver certification card was lost.
- Your PADI Diver certification card was damaged.
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*Name changes must be
completed directly with PADI. Supporting documentation will be
required. See option 3 below for details. |
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 When replacing your PADI
C-card you have the option of receiving the standard card or a special Project Aware
version (available by making a minimum $5 donation to Project Aware).
Card designs change each year. All proceeds
go to the Project AWARE Foundation,
a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the underwater environment. To
learn more about Project Aware and other environmental organizations, visit our Environmental Awareness section. |
To replace your PADI
certification card, we can offer you a few options:
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| 1. Replacement while you wait.
That's right, we can now make the arrangements for you on the spot, while you wait. Here
is how this option works. Stop by either Scuba Center location to have us replace your
PADI credentials instantly. We will take your photo with our digital camera and process
your request for you. You will leave the store with a print out of the documentation to
take with you on your trip, and a new plastic card will be mailed to you in a few weeks. |
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| 2. If you have a digital photograph of yourself
and a credit card, you can replace
your PADI certification card on-line. Simply follow the instructions provided
when you reach this section of their site. |
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3. Download the PADI
Certification Card Replacement
Form---(PDF). Complete the form and enclose a passport size,
1 3/4" X 2 1/4" photo, along with a $32 processing fee (add $10 for priority
processing). If you have had a recent name change, please provide copies of any name
change documents. (e.g. marriage license, court documents, etc.).
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PADI
Research Department
30151 Tomas Street
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 |
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Contact Info. for other Certification Agencies
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While
PADI does the vast majority of certifications world wide, it is possible you were
certified by another agency.
Use the contact information below to arrange for a
replacement card from the following agencies: |
ANDI
(American Nitrox Divers Int'l) |
BSAC
(British Sub-Aqua Club) |
CMAS
(Confédération
Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques) |
DRI
(Dive Rescue Int'l) |
GUE
(Global Underwater Explorers) |
HSA
(Handicapped Scuba Assn. Int'l) |
IAHD
(Int'l Assn. for Handicapped Divers)
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IANTD
(Int'l Assn.
of Nitrox & Technical Divers) |
IDEA
(Int'l Diving Educators Assn.) |
Int'l Training, Inc.
(TDI / SDI / ERDI) |
| Lifeguard Systems, Inc. |
Los Angeles County
(LA County Dept. of Parks and Recreation) |
NACD
(Nat'l Assn. for Cave Diving) |
NASDS
(Nat'l Assn. of Scuba Diving Schools) (see SSI) |
NASE
(Nat'l Academy of Scuba
Educators) |
NSS-CDS
(Nat'l Speleological Society / Cave Diving Section) |
NAUI
(Nat'l Assn. of
Underwater Instructors) |
PDIC
(Professional Diving
Instructors Corporation) |
PSA
(Professional Scuba Assn.) |
SAA
(Sub-Aqua
Assn.) |
SSI
(Scuba Schools
Int'l) |
YMCA
(Young Men's Christian
Assn. Scuba Program) |
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