Listă cu organizații și asociații care brevetează scafandrii sportivi

• AAI Aquanaut Academy International
• ACUC American and Canadian Underwater Certifications
• AED Associated European Divers
• ANDI American Nitrox Divers International
• ANMP Association nationale (Française) des moniteurs de plongée
• ATEC Association of Technical and Recreational Scuba Diving Instructors AG
• AUSI Associated Underwater Scuba Instructors
• BSAC British Sub Aqua Club
• CEDIP European Committee of Professional Diving Instructors
• CMAS Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques
• FIAS Federazione Italiana Attività Subacquee
• FFESSM Fédération Française d'Etudes et de Sports Sous-Marins
• GUE Global Underwater Explorers
• HSA Handicap Scuba Association
• IADS International Association of Diving Schools
• IAHD International Association for Handicapped Divers
• IANTD International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers
• IDEA International Diving Educators Association
• KPDR (КПДР) Russian Confederation of Underwater Activities
• Los Angeles County Underwater Instructor Association
• NACD National Association for Cave Diving
• NAUI National Association of Underwater Instructors
• NOB Nederlandse Onderwatersport Bond
• PDIC Professional Diving Instructors Corporation International
• PADI Padi.com Professional Association of Diving Instructors
• PDA Professional Diving Association
• SAA The Sub-Aqua Association
• SEI Scuba Educators International
• SRS Sea Research Society
• SSAC The Scottish Sub Aqua Club
• SSI Scuba Schools International
• TDI Technical Diving International
• UEF Underwater Explorers' Federation
• UDT Universal Diver Training
• WOSD World Organisation of Scuba Diving
• YMCA YMCA SCUBA

Alte organizații și asociații de scufundare sportivă

• AISI- Association of Italian Diving Enterprises
• AAUS American Academy of Underwater Sciences
• ADA Active Divers Association
• ARSBC Reef Society of British Columbia
• BFDC Carolina SCUBA/Wreck Diving
• CASA Aquanauts Scuba Association
• DAN Divers Alert Network
• DDRC Diving Diseases Research Centre
• ERDI Emergency Response Diving International
• EUF European Underwater Federation
• GLACD Los Angeles Council of Divers
• HSA International HSA International
• IADRS International Association of Dive Rescue Specialists
• IDF Israeli Diving Federation
• MPDSA Malta Professional Diving Schools Association
• NABSD National Association of Black Scuba Divers
• NAS Nautical Archaeology Society
• NYSDA New York State Diver's Association
• RDA Recreational Divers Association
• RSTC Recriational Scuba Training Council
• SRS Sea Research Society
• UKSDMC UK Sports Diving Medical Council
• USDDA United States Dental Diving Association
• GODIVECYPRUS Cyprus Diver Training
• GVI Global Vision International