Course Details
Introductory Courses
Getting started is easy! Individuals ages 10+ and in good physical condition may enroll in a NAUI Try Scuba and Passport Diver program. Individuals ages 8+ may participate in the confined water portion of the program.
Fun for the whole family, this certification class is for 8 year-olds and older whether you are an accomplished swimmer or someone who has never spent time in the water. (Even the younger family members can share the fun: 5-year olds and older can enjoy a “Snorkeling for Kids of All Ages” non-certification class.)
Getting started is easy! Individuals ages 10+ and in good physical condition may enroll in a NAUI Junior Scuba Diver course. Individuals 15+ may enroll in a NAUI Scuba Diver course.
Diver Courses
Minimum age for participation is 10 years (Junior EANx certification) or 15 years (EANx certification). Divers must be in good physical condition to enroll in a NAUI Enriched Air Nitrox Diver course.
Divers must be a minimum of 10 years of age, in good health and must be previously certified as a NAUI Scuba Diver or equivalent.
The NAUI Rescue Scuba Diver and NAUI Advanced Rescue Scuba Diver courses are for certified divers who desire additional training or orientation to a variety of diving sites and conditions. Divers must be a minimum of 15 years of age to enroll in a NAUI Rescue Scuba Diver course or 17 years of age to enroll in the NAUI Advanced Rescue Scuba Diver course.
The NAUI Master Scuba Diver course is for certified divers who desire additional training or orientation to a variety of diving sites and conditions. Divers must be a minimum of 15 years of age, in good health and must be previously certified as a NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver or equivalent.
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Specialty Diver Courses
NAUI offers a full range of specialty courses designed to enhance your enjoyment of the underwater world while minimizing risks associated with scuba diving.
Minimum age for this course is 15 years plus certification as a NAUI Scuba Diver or equivalent.
Minimum age for this course is 18 years plus certification as a NAUI Advanced Diver or equivalent.
Minimum age for these courses is 15 years plus certification as a NAUI Scuba Diver or equivalent.
Underwater Naturalist Diver
Minimum age for these courses is 15 years plus certification as a NAUI Scuba Diver or equivalent. This course is designed to expose the diver to the physical and biological aspects of the diving environment with emphasis on the local area and to expose the diver to coral reef ecology and the methods used by underwater ecologists in their studies of the respective ecosystems.
Citizen Science Diver
Minimum age for these courses is 15 years plus certification as a NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver and NAUI Rescue Diver or equivalent. Certification as an EANx Diver is recommended. This course is designed to introduce divers to be able to conduct surveys for citizen science organizations. This program is to be taught primarily in an open water setting.
In addition to the specific continuing education opportunities listed on this page. Pow Aquatics is authorized to build individual courses for certification based on your personal expertise and needs. If you want to learn how to do it our NAUI Instructors are ready to help you move to the level.
Minimum age for these courses is 18 years plus certification as a NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver or equivalent, NAUI Rescue Scuba Diver or equivalent and current certification in first aid and CPR.
NAUI Leadership and Instructor Courses
Minimum age is 18 years for this program. Certification as a NAUI Scuba Diver, NAUI Rescue Scuba Diver, NAUI Nitrox Diver, NAUI Master Scuba Diver, NAUI First Aid for the Diving Professional, NAUI Oxygen Provider (or equivalent) are required.
As well as a minimum of 25 logged open water scuba dives with a minimum of 12.5 hours bottom time.
As an Assistant Instructor, you will be authorized to teach all aspects of skin and scuba diving under the supervision of a NAUI Instructor. This is the best possible way to develop your instructional skills. The rating can be a step toward full Instructor, or an end in itself.
Would you like to lead dives and dive trips and take certified divers on vacations to the world's best dive sites? Many Divemasters are employed full-time or work independently supervising certified divers during club, store, resort or charter tour and travel activities. As a NAUI Divemaster you enjoy again and again adventures to which you introduce your clients. NAUI Divemaster certification is another option leading to NAUI Instructor qualification.
The NAUI Instructor Training Course (ITC) is designed to train and qualify NAUI Instructor member applicants. During the course candidate instructors learn effective methods to teach skin and scuba diving in compliance with NAUI diving course standards.
The NAUI Instructor Crossover Course (ICC) is designed to train and qualify applicants in good standing with non-NAUI recreational scuba training organizations as a NAUI Instructor member. During the course, candidate instructors learn effective methods to teach skin and scuba diving in compliance with NAUI Diving Course Standards.
The Instructor Trainer designation is a formal NAUI leadership designation, not a certification. The NAUI Instructor Trainer designation (IT) provides recognition to NAUI Instructors who have completed a combination of training and evaluated experience specific to the preparing, training, evaluating and counseling of NAUI Instructor candidates.