It’s a hot morning in July at Nova Maldives, and dozens of women are lined up along the deck, waiting to try diving for the first time during PADI’s annual Women’s Dive Day event.
The crowd listens to opening remarks from PADI AmbassaDiver India Black, a special guest at the resort who spent a week guiding guests through various ecological topics. And then, with excitement and a few nervous laughs, all the women present experience their first breaths underwater. Later, they’ll finish the day by helping harvest coral fragments and sipping a few specialty cocktails—but for now, the joy of discovery takes focus.
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