Overview
The National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI Worldwide) is the largest non-profit and highly respected dive training and certifying organization in the world.
NAUI was founded in 1959 in Los Angeles, and has been teaching the world to dive safely ever since. In October 1961, NAUI was incorporated in the State of California as a non-profit educational organization. In 1997, NAUI Worldwide headquarters moved to Tampa, Florida. That year, its Board of Directors expanded to include European and Asian members. By 2001, NAUI had a complete association, and released award-winning, state-of-the-art, fully integrated educational systems for diver education and training.
Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the inventor of the aqualung, was on the board of advisors of NAUI, as was Albert R. Behnke, a pioneer of diving medicine.
Many of the first generation of diving safety officers of the top universities, colleges and institutes of technology in the United States were NAUI members and made significant contributions to NAUI's programs.
NAUI offers some of the best training and educational products that reflect its core values of quality dive training through education. NAUI has a global reputation for having the highest training standards in the recreational diving industry, and are highly regarded for technical diver training.
NAUI’s courses widely range from Skin Diver to Instructor Course Director, including specialty courses like Nitrox and Technical diving. NAUI was the first recreational training agency to sanction Nitrox training in 1992. It also published standards for teaching technical diving in 1997, a practice that had been growing among NAUI members for several years. Their Technical Diving Division continues to produce new theories and research that keep NAUI on the cutting edge of technical diving.
A membership organization, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, NAUI has over tens of thousands of dive professionals, including instructors, stores, resorts etc. and dive training centers, covering over a third of the US market and even more of the international market share.
| Certification Name | Pre Requisites | Minimum Age | Required Number of Dives | Max Depth | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Scuba Diver | any scuba certification | 12 | 130 feet/40 meters | ||
| Assistant Instructor | Master Scuba Diver (or equal rating) + Scuba Rescue Diver (or equal rating) + current CPR & First Aid + medical approval documentation from physician within past 12 months | 18 | 20 dives in variety of environments | ||
| Cave Diver Level 1 | NAUI Introduction to Technical Diving course (or its equivalent) | 18 | 75 | 100 fsw (30 msw) | |
| Cave Diver Level 2 | NAUI Technical Decompression Diver and NAUI Cave Diver Level I (or their equivalents) | 18 | 100 logged dives with at least 20 logged cave dives after certification as a Cave Diver Level I | 130 fsw (40 msw) | |
| Cavern Diver | Advanced Scuba Diver, equal rating | 18 | 100 fsw (30 msw) | i | |
| Closed Circuit Mixed Gas Diver | Decompression Techniques Diver (or equal rating) + Heliair Diver (or equal rating) + Closed Circuit Rebreather | 18 | 100 hours on CCR (60+ hours on CCR used) | 200 fsw (61 msw) | |
| Closed Circuit Rebreather Diver | EANx Diver (or its equivalent) | 18 | 50 logged dives (at least 10 EANx dives) | 100 fsw (30 msw) | |
| Deep Diver | NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver certification or equivalent | 18 | between 60 - 130 ft (18-40m) | ||
| Divemaster | Assistant Instructor or [passed Master Scuba Diver by minimum 75% + Scuba Rescue Diver + current CPR & First Aid + medical approval documentation from physician within past 12 months | 18 | 60 dives in variety of environments | ||
| Dry Suits | Scuba Diver (possible corequisite), equal rating | ||||
| Enrinched Air Nitrox Diver | Scuba Diver, equal rating | 15 | 25 open water dives | i | |
| Experienced Scuba Diver | 25 open water scuba dives | 15 | |||
| Heliair Diver | Teachnical EANx Diver + Helitrox Diver (or equal rating) + possible corequisite Decompression Techniques Diver | 18 | 75 dives logged (10 decompression dives in similar environment) | ||
| Helitrox Diver | NAUI Technical Decompression Diver (or its equivalent) | 18 | 50 logged dives with at least 15 EANx dives | 150 fsw (46 msw) | i |
| Ice Diver | Advanced Scuba Diver, equal rating | 18 | 50 dives in variety of conditions | 40 feet (12 meters) and not more than 100 feet (30 meters) in a horizontal line from the penetration hole | i |
| Instructor Crossover Course | certified Instructor in good standing + Scuba Rescue Diver + 80 or more hours of underwater instructor-level training + taught or assisted minimum 2 courses + attended at least one course since certifying as instructor + current CPR & First Aid + medical approval documentation from physician within past 12 months | 18 | 50 dives in variety of environments | ||
| Instructor Training Course | Assistant Instructor or Divemaster + Scuba Rescue Diver + current CPR & First Aid + medical approval documentation from physician within past 12 months | 18 | 50 dives in variety of environments | ||
| Introduction to Technical Diving | NAUI Scuba Diver and NAUI EANx Diver (or their equivalents) | at least 25 logged dives with at least 10 EANx dives | |||
| Master Scuba Diver | Advanced Scuba Diver, equal rating | 15 | |||
| Mixed Gas Blender & Oxygen Service Technician | 18 | i |
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Tasha Advanced Scuba Diver
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mark russell Advanced Scuba Diver
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Walter Pickel Technical Support Leader, Tri-Mix Diver
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Alyssa Scuba Diver, Enrinched Air Nitrox Diver
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Rich Johnson Advanced Scuba Diver
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