YMCA SCUBA Program

YMCA SCUBA Program
Successor	Scuba Educators International
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	101 N Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606;
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.