CMAS** scuba diver explained

CMAS two-star scuba diver (also known as CMAS P2 diver, CMAS** diver, or just CMAS**) is a diving certification for recreational scuba diving issued by the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS).

It indicates that the diver has been assessed as competent to plan and undertake dives to a maximum depth of 30 metres, or with some additional experience, 40 meters, accompanied by another diver with a recognised equivalent or higher certification, with no requirement for a dive leader.^[1]

Equivalent certifications

The Confédération mondiale des activités subaquatiques (world underwater federation) was created in 1959 to bring consistency between different national diving certification systems.

As a result, the CMAS two-star diver certification is usually delivered as an equivalence to a national two-star diver certification delivered through a federation affiliated to the CMAS Technical Committee.^{[2] [3] [4]}

CMAS two-star diver national equivalent certifications!Country!Affiliated federation!Equivalent certification

France	FFESSM	Level-2 diver ("plongeur niveau 2")
	FSGT	Level-2 diver ("plongeur niveau 2")
Belgium	FEBRAS (LIFRAS and NELOS)	Level-2 diver
Spain	FEDAS	Level-2 diver
	SAA

Notes and References

1. Web site: Two Star Diver Training Programme. www.cmas.org. en. 2019-08-23.
2. Web site: Federations affiliated to the CMAS Technical Committee. Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques. 27 October 2012. 13 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221013185254/https://www.cmas.org/technique/federations?comme=2. dead.
3. Web site: Welcome to CMAS Instructors South Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20120119230310/http://www.cmas.co.za/AboutUs.aspx. dead. January 19, 2012. CMAS Instructors South Africa. 28 October 2012.
4. Web site: ORGANIZATIONAL STANDARDS. Scuba Educators International. 28 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120220053419/http://www.seidiving.org/about-us/organizational-standards/. 20 February 2012. dead.