Colorado Scuba Diving Academy (CSDA) is a PADI scuba diving center based in Fort Collins, Colorado, founded in 2012 by Samuel Bachar and Kent Rychel. CSDA runs the full range of PADI training, from Discover Scuba Diving try-dives and Open Water certification through Advanced, Rescue, and specialty courses (Enriched Air, Dry Suit, Altitude, Deep, Night, Wreck, Divemaster and more). Pool sessions are held at Fort Collins' Edora Pool and Ice Center (EPIC), with open-water certification dives completed either at a geothermal spring in Midway, Utah, or on organized dive trips to warm-water destinations. The academy also offers scuba refresher courses for lapsed divers, equipment sales, service and rental, and dive travel bookings with dive & travel insurance.