Scholarships and grants for diving
Awarding the underwater world
Our 2025 diving scholarships and training grants are now open for application. Each year, Ocean Wishes and Kids Sea Camp sponsors 12 diving scholarships and training grants to kids who usually would never get the chance to learn to scuba. The donated funds are for full scholarships and partial grants for underprivileged kids who need help finding their way to the underwater world.
From 2010 through 2024, Ocean Wishes has provided the Women’s Diver Hall of Fame with $35,000 (plus 35 dive training grants) each year. See the scholarships page at WDHOF. (See link)
We believe that by fostering direct hands-on experience with our beautiful undersea world, children and their parents will make better choices about living with and loving our marine environments. We also sponsor many children around the U.S. and in local island communities such as Grand Cayman, Yap, Utila, Galapagos, the Philippines, and Fiji. We support workshops, outreach programs, and scuba diving certifications—wishes you made!
Ocean Wishes offers scholarships and training grants in these categories: contact Tom Peyton at tom@oceanwishes.org for more information and apply. Please share the link with other dive industry professionals, educational institutions, dive stores, and dive buddies — all ocean-minded individuals you may know. We believe that when people understand and appreciate our oceans’ beauty, they will become motivated adults committed to protecting the environment for future generations. Experience is an influential teacher, and Ocean Wishes is dedicated to allowing children and their families to experience the underwater world.
Scholarships in 2025
- Dive Master Advanced Education $700
- PADI Jr. Open Water $500
- PADI Public Safety Diver $300
- PADI Advanced Dive Training Rescue, Advanced Open Water $500
- Women’s Diver Hall of Fame $2000
Grants in 2025
- Marine Conservation projects $200
- PADI Disabled Diver Training $300 grant