Successor | Scuba Educators International |
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Formation | August 1959 |
Dissolved | December 31, 2008 |
Type | Program offered by NGO |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) association |
Purpose | Underwater Diver training |
Headquarters | YMCA of the USA National Head Office |
Location | |
Region served | United States of America and other countries |
Parent organization | YMCA of the USA |
Affiliations | CMAS 1980 - 2008 United States RSTC 1986- 2008 |
Staff | 4 (2001) |
Website | http://www.ymca.net/scuba |
YMCA SCUBA Program (also known as Y-SCUBA) was an underwater diving training program operated by YMCA of the USA from 1959 to 2008. It was the first nationally organised underwater diving instruction program offered in the United States of America. A program with a similar content is now delivered by Scuba Educators International, an organisation founded by a group of former senior YMCA SCUBA instructors in 2008.