Overview
The National Academy of Scuba Educators (NASE Worldwide) is a training organization that provides state-of-the-art teaching materials, programs and leadership to scuba diving professionals around the world.
NASE Worldwide was founded in 1982 in Lubbock, Texas by a group of scuba diving enthusiasts and business experts with one goal – to change the way the world learns to scuba dive.
A progressive organization, NASE introduces the world to scuba diving using a “common sense” approach as well as innovative scuba training materials and methods. NASE offers real-world scuba diving lessons with new teaching styles to fit individual needs, teaching environmental responsibility, and most importantly, having fun while educating their students.
Rather than simply covering a specific number of sessions and courses before certification, NASE uses a student-centered and competency approach in which every student is individually instructed on how to perform the real-world diving skills necessary to be safe and successful scuba divers, with the end goal of certification.
NASE’s parent company, Commercial Diving Academy, is the world’s largest commercial diving school. NASE became the first scuba training organization to offer recognized Commercial Scuba Diver Courses. They also launched the NASE Worldwide “Progression Diving” concept to bridge the gap from snorkeling to scuba certification.
NASE has a strong focus on bottom time, and by that, it requires more bottom time than any other scuba certifying body (minimum of 100 minutes of Actual Bottom Time for an Open Water Certification). Not to mention, a focus on being green. Their students enjoy all their courses in eLearning format, along with free electronic textbooks (eBooks) with every course.
From the novice, looking for scuba diving lessons, to the professional, looking for higher scuba training and rewarding careers in scuba diving, NASE provides scuba training for all. Their courses have worldwide recognition and meet prerequisites for WRSTC affiliated organizations.
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| Certification Name | Pre Requisites | Minimum Age | Required Number of Dives | Max Depth | More Info |
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| Advanced Open Water Diver | NASE Open Water Diver level (or equivalent) AND answer No to all questions on the NASE Medical History form, or secure a physician’s approval for diving prior to the start of the course. | 12 | 30 m/100 ft | ||
| Assistant Instructor | NASE Divemaster level (or equivalent) + doctor’s approval for diving within 1 year AND a physician-signed NASE Medical History form, or equivalent. | 18 | |||
| Cave Diver | |||||
| Closed Circuit Rebreather Cave Diver | |||||
| Deep Diver | Open Water Diver, equal rating | 15 | logged 100 minutes ABT | ||
| Diver Propulsion Vehicle Pilot | |||||
| Equipment Specialist | Open Water Diver, equal rating | 12 | logged 100 minutes ABT | ||
| Leadership/Divemaster | NASE Rescue Diver level + Master Diver + a physician-signed NASE Medical History form | 18 | 1,000 accrued minutes Actual Bottom Time (ABT) or at least 60 logged dives | ||
| Master Diver | Rescue Diver, equal rating | 18 | 25 dives or 500 minutes actual bottom time (ABT) | i | |
| Night Diver | Open Water Diver, equal rating | 12 | logged 100 minutes ABT | ||
| Nitrox Specialty | Open Water Diver, equal rating | 12 | logged 100 minutes ABT | ||
| Open Water Diver | Be comfortable and relaxed in water too deep to stand (able to swim 200 meters, any combination of strokes, no time limited, and able to float, drown proof or tread water) | 12 | |||
| Open Water Scuba Instructor | Assistant Instructor (or equal rating) + pass NASE Instructor pre-assesment exam | 100 dives or 2000 minutes ABT | |||
| Rescue Diver | Advanced Open Water Diver (or equal rating) + CPR & First Aid + Oxygen Provider (or equal rating) | 12 | |||
| Sidemount Cave Diver | |||||
| Ultimate Buoyancy Control | Open Water Diver, equal rating | 15 | logged 100 minutes ABT | ||
| Underwater Navigation | Open Water Diver, equal rating | 18 | logged 100 minutes ABT | ||
| xTEK 45 | NASE xTek Basics and Rescue Diver levels (or equivalent) | 18 | 45 m/150 ft | ||
| xTek 60 (Tri Mix) | NASE xTek 45 Diver level (or equivalent) | 18 | 24-30 m/80-100 ft | ||
| xTEK Basics & Rescue | NASE Nitrox and Rescue Diver levels (or equivalent) | 16 |
DAVID A BARBER Leadership/Divemaster
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Scott Open Water Scuba Instructor
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David Fernandez Viñuales Rescue Diver
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Enrico Open Water Diver
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Guillermo Soto Jr Open Water Scuba Instructor
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Omar Franco Open Water Diver
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Greg Nitrox Specialty
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Dung Bui Open Water Diver
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Michael Open Water Diver
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WILLIAM Advanced Open Water Diver
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