Does the thought of deep diving fascinate you? If
you are at least 18 and have a NAUI Advanced Scuba
Diver certification or the equivalent, you can enroll
in a Deep Diver course where you'll gain the knowledge
and skills to plan and make enjoyable deep dives
while minimizing risks of deep diving.
Although this is not a decompression techniques
course, you will learn about decompression procedures
including nitrogen narcosis and decompression
sickness, and the use of dive computers including
avoiding the need for stage decompression. Your
course will also include teachings on the purpose,
problems, hazards, planning, preparation, equipment,
air supplies, personnel, techniques, gas management,
emergency procedures, and depth limits for recreational
diving. Deep diving is defined as dives made between
60 feet / 18 meters and 130 feet / 40 meters.
While dry suits were once used almost exclusively
for situations such as ice diving or deep wreck
diving, many sport divers are now using dry suits
regularly for every day recreational dives all
over the world. Perhaps you live in a cold-water
climate or want to travel to one? If so, the Dry
Suit Diver course is for you!
The Dry Suit Diver course will give you a basic
knowledge and skills needed to minimize risks
and gain experience in dry suit diving, as well
as train you to properly use and maintain your
dry suit.
NAUI Scuba Diver certification or the equivalent
is required for enrollment - or your NAUI instructor
can teach you both courses in combination so you
can be comfortable and warm from your very first
open water dive.
Want to extend your bottom time, lessen your
surface interval, and maximize every dive? Become
an Enriched Air Nitrox diver!
You will learn how to choose the proper blend
of Nitrox for your dive profile, determine maximum
depth limits for your Nitrox mixture, analyze
your breathing mixture, and plan and safely execute
each dive. Your instructor will teach you about
the physiology of oxygen and nitrogen; advantages,
disadvantages, and risks of nitrox; oxygen toxicity;
hazards and precautions of handling oxygen; the
concept of Equivalent Air Depth; use of EANx with
standard Air Dive Tables; common gas mixing procedures;
and more.
After your exam, you can qualify for the Nitrox
recognition card, or go ahead and complete two
dives to receive your Nitrox Diver certification
card. And, your NAUI instructor can integrate
your Nitrox course into your Scuba Diver course!
Once you are 15 years of age and a certified
scuba diver, you can expand your diving knowledge
with a Scuba Rescue Diver course. Learn how to
manage risks and effectively handle limited in-water
problems and diving emergencies, how to assist
and transport divers, and how to perform surface
rescues and rescues from depth involving both
boat and shore based skin and scuba divers.
CPR and First Aid certifications are required
to complete this course. Your Scuba Rescue Diver
training moves you on your pathway to becoming
a NAUI Leader: Skin Diving Instructor, Assistant
Instructor, Divemaster, or Instructor.
At some point in your diving career, you or
your buddy will either loose or find something
underwater and the knowledge and skills you gain
in the Search and Recovery Diver course will help
you when you do!
In your Search and Recovery Diver course you'll
learn about underwater navigation using natural
and compass techniques; the problems, methods,
equipment, hazards, and safety procedures regarding
limited visibility diving; proper search methods
and techniques; and how to handle light salvage
or recovery, including rigging and knot tying.
If you possess the desire to assist in the training
of other divers, a Training Assistant specialty
course might be for you. This course will qualify
you in the skills and knowledge necessary to perform
as a training assistant during diver training
courses overseen by an active-status NAUI Instructor.
As a certified NAUI Training Assistant, you will
be qualified to temporarily directly supervise
students while an instructor conducts skills with
other students; escort students on the surface
or on underwater tours; and assist an active-status
NAUI Instructor with other tasks, all under the
direction of a NAUI instructor.
Compass navigation; underwater communications;
assisting divers with cramps, anxiety, breathing
difficulties, and signs of pre-panic; escorting
a diver to safety; escorting divers during an
open water dive; and performing a scuba diver
rescue are just some of the techniques and skills
you will learn during your course.
To enroll in a Training Assistant course, you
must be at least 18 years old, have the training
and experience equivalent to at least NAUI Advanced
Diver, have certification in NAUI Scuba Rescue
Diver or equivalent, and have current CPR and
First Aid certifications.
While certification as a Training Assistant does
not confer any NAUI Leadership certification,
the experience, knowledge and confidence you gain
working as a Training Assistant can help you achieve
your goal of becoming a NAUI member!
Qualified divers are essential to collect and
record archaeological data on submerged cultural
resources and often perform invaluable volunteer
assistance to accredited archaeologists by assisting
during field work.
In the Underwater Archeologist course you will
learn specific skills and knowledge that are helpful
for wreck diving activities and provide increased
enjoyment when visiting submerged cultural resources.
You'll gain the basic information and skills that
are used in underwater archaeological interpretation
of wreck and other sites, as well as mapping,
sketching, and researching techniques.
As you become more environmentally aware of
your underwater surroundings, you may find yourself
particularly interested in the ecology of two
major oceanic environments, the Kelp Forests and
the Coral Reefs. NAUI proactively promotes sound
environmental diving techniques to help protect
our planet's ecosystems, and teaching divers how
to better interface with the delicate kelp and
coral environments. Through the Underwater Ecologist
courses, you will learn more about our favorite
diving environments.
Underwater Ecologist: Kelp Forest
The Underwater Ecologist (Kelp Forest) specialty
course focuses on the complex and productive ecosystem
bordering much of the west coast of North America,
from Alaska to Baja California. Kelp forests are
also found in other cooler coastal waters of South
America, Tasmania, South Africa, New Zealand,
Australia, and many other locations. This course
examines the kelp forests, their occupants such
as mollusks, crustaceans, fish and marine mammals.
Underwater Ecologist: Coral Reef
Coral reefs are primarily found in three major
biogeographic regions of the world: The tropical
western Atlantic (Caribbean), the Red Sea, and
the Indo-Pacific region. Coral colonies are composed
of thousands of tiny polyps, each with its own
protective skeleton. The Underwater Ecologist
(Coral Reef) specialty course focuses on the vertebrates
and invertebrates of the complex living reef.
This course examines coral zonation, seagrass
beds, lagoons, mangroves, and the common reef
algae, invertebrates and reef fishes.
Want to learn more about the underwater environment
in which you dive? Enroll in an Underwater Environment
course and learn about the physical and biological
aspects of the diving environment with emphasis
on your local area. You'll study related sciences,
such as oceanography, limnology, geology, biology,
and ecology, and learn about various types of
plant and animal life, conservation and pollution
issues, the characteristics of water movement,
shore, bottom and surface conditions, and how
to plan dives in diverse diving locations.
Your course may include trips to aquariums or
oceanariums, exposing you to several diving environments
such as lakes or the ocean, rocky reefs, and sand
beaches. Whether you are a skin or scuba diver,
an Underwater Environment course will catch your
interest!
Our underwater environment presents divers with
scenes of breathtaking beauty with wild and weird
creatures that amaze and fascinate. How can you
possibly remember each one unless you bring them
back through photography?
In the Underwater Photographer course you will
be taught the skills, techniques, and tricks of
underwater photography including lighting, use
of photographic equipment, the fundamentals of
photography, underwater camera techniques, and
underwater photo problems. For added interest,
you can combine other diving courses or activities
to provide additional photographic opportunities.
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