The student diver is the reason… why NAUI has dedicated 35 years to developing the finest recreational diving instructors in the world and supporting them with the most stringent recreational diving safety standards.

Scuba diving is an soft-adventure sport, and has inherent risks. The only way to minimize risk is to maximize education, “Dive safetly through education”. Many scuba certification programs exist today, but only one can be called a scuba education program, NAUI.

To become a NAUI instructor, candidates undergo an intensive leadership- training program that requires extensive diving knowledge and superior water skills.

The combination of exceptional leadership, sound educational materials, and true concern for the individual, has resulted in the best safety record in the recreational diving community. When students enroll in a NAUI diving program, they can be assured they’re receiving the finest diving education available. NAUI instructors won’t accept anything less… and neither should they.

NAUI’s purpose is to enable people to enjoy underwater activities as safely as possible by providing the highest quality practical education, and to actively promote the preservation and protection of the world’s underwater environments. To accomplish this, NAUI trains, qualifies, and certifies leaders and instructors, establishes the required standards for various levels of diver training, and provides various programs, products, and support materials to assist NAUI leaders and instructors with their diving supervising and teaching.

NAUI’s primary purpose is also reflected in the association’s motto, “Dive Safety Through Education.” The NAUI organization also provides publicity and support for dive stores, dive resorts and accredited institutions that offer diving education. This professional assistance is in keeping with the primary purpose of NAUI training the general public to dive.

The quality of training provided by NAUI Instructors is of great importance to the Association, so NAUI employs various methods of evaluation to ensure that NAUI standards are met when NAUI instruction is conducted. As a pioneer in diving education, NAUI has developed many of the programs and concepts accepted throughout the diving industry. NAUI constantly strives to increase the safety of diving by upgrading the Associations’ standards and programs.

NAUI Instructors are qualified professional educators who are granted academic freedom to teach diving in any reasonable manner as long as NAUI standards and policies are met. NAUI does not have a rigid approach to teaching diving. NAUI training support materials are designed for flexibility in teaching. NAUI Instructors may exceed NAUI standards in ways that do not jeopardize student safety.

Examples include exceeding the number of required open water dives or increasing the academic content. One of the things NAUI Credo states is that it is more important to train a few students than to certify many marginally trained divers.

The belief is that educational quality must never be sacrificed for economic reasons. Diver’s should not be totally dependent upon their equipment for their safety and members emphasize the skills of diving, and anyone certified as a diver should be able to perform the basics of a rescue of a buddy diver.

Student Education and Diving Safety

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