NAUI Scuba Diver

Course Overview & Training Objectives

Embodying NAUI's founding motto 'Dive Safety Through Education', the NAUI Scuba Diver course delivers rigorous academic fundamentals and uncompromising practical watermanship. Students study diving physics, physiology, decompression theory, and environmental factors alongside hands-on equipment handling. Successful graduates earn autonomous certification to dive to 18 meters with a certified buddy in conditions comparable to training.

Operational Envelope

• Max Depth: 18m (60ft)
• Decompression: No decompression
• Breathing Gases: Air
• Equipment Rig: Single

Course Structure & Training Requirements

• Course Duration: 3 to 4 Days
• Required Training Dives: 5 in-water dives
• Classroom & Theory: 10 hours instruction

Entry Gates & Prerequisites

Min age 15 (10–14 for Junior); medical clearance; 200m swim (or 225m with mask/fins), 10-min survival tread, and 15m breath-hold swim