PADI, SSI, SDI... Does the acronym on your certification card matter? No, it doesn't.
If anybody tells you it does- run!
All the major recreational scuba training agencies have the same minimum standards as agreed upon by the World Recreational Scuba Training Counsel. They all have strengths and weaknesses and there are good divers and good instructors in all of them. There are also poor divers and poor instructors in all of them.
Can you go from one training agency to another? You bet! The only loyalty is to the dollar!
What is most important is not the training agency or dive business, but the instructor that will be teaching you. Contact this person directly and ask questions, get to know her/his philosophy, experience, qualifications, degrees, certifications, and skills. Find out if you are a good fit and if the instructor is qualified to teach. Scuba diving isn't hard, but breathing underwater is a serious business. Choose someone you can trust to help you become a safe, comfortable confident diver that respects the underwater environment. Above all, don't choose a cheap or fast course. You will get what you paid for.
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