Be A Diver!

Astoria Scuba’s NAUI Recreational and Technical Courses

Welcome! Since 1959, members of the National Association of Underwater Instructors, NAUI Worldwide, have been training people just like you to be the best skin and scuba divers in the world!

Diving can lead to adventures in exotic tropical locales and an exciting lifetime profession anywhere in the world. Choosing NAUI training means you’re only satisfied with the very best. NAUI has the highest training standards in the diving industry and NAUI divers enjoy a worldwide reputation for being accomplished underwater explorers where each breath turns a new page in a journey into the unknown.

Scuba diving is the ultimate role playing activity where you live each moment and venture into places where no one else has been before. Experience weightlessness like an astronaut orbiting the Earth. Breathe underwater while suspended in a cool, refreshing, aquatic world. See strange and exotic fishes and other denizens of the deep like only other NAUI divers do.

Learning to be a NAUI diver is an adventure all in itself! Grab a friend and start at home today with a NAUI educational system from Astoria Scuba. Join the millions of others who discovered NAUI scuba diving and changed their lives forever. Want more information? Scroll on and get ready for the adventure of your life and a lifetime of adventure!

Skin Diver/Junior Skin Diver

Imagine floating on a clear sea of liquid watching fishes, crustaceans, corals – everything from dolphins to dugongs face-to-face. Your NAUI Instructor will coach you through the process of snorkeling and breath-hold diving and your fun will grow as your skills increase!

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.)

Once you’ve completed your training and two open water dives, you will have the skills you need to be a comfortable and safe Skin Diver. And, you can use what you’ve learned towards the next step of becoming a NAUI Scuba Diver.

What are you waiting for? Dive in!  2022 Price: $599

Scuba Diver/Junior Scuba Diver

Your underwater adventure begins! Imagine watching the water level move up your mask as you slowly go below the surface – and continue to breathe! It’s the most exciting feeling imaginable and yours when you become a NAUI Scuba Diver!

Scuba Diver is our entry level scuba certification course during which you will learn the fundamental knowledge and skills to safely scuba dive in open water. When you complete your class you and your buddy will be free to explore and discover the many wonders of the underwater world…and, you will have earned a NAUI Scuba Diver certification card – the most respected diver certification card in the world!

Come on and dive in…a lifetime of fun, adventure, memories, experiences, and new friends awaits you!

Your instructor will teach you about dive equipment, the science of diving, responsible diving practices and the environment. You will also learn many skills in the water with practice time for your safety and comfort; and complete your training with a minimum of Six open water dives.

How Do You Get Started to BE A DIVER?

As long as you are 12 years or older and in good physical condition, you can enroll in a NAUI Scuba Diver course right here at Astoria Scuba. With the NAUI e-Learning Program, you can learn right from your computer the academics needed to start exploring the underwater world.  Sign up for your class, grab your bathing suit and get ready to have FUN!  BE A DIVER!

What’s Next?

Once you become a certified diver, perhaps you want to further your training with an Advanced Scuba Diver or Rescue Scuba Diver course? Maybe you or someone you know was certified long ago and needs a refresher course. Perhaps you want to become a dive professional and go all the way to Divemaster or even become an Instructor! Whatever your scuba and skin diving needs, we can help you realize your dreams!

Experienced Scuba Diver

This is the perfect course for the diver with experience but not a formal certification (such as military, commercial or scientific divers) who wishes to gain a NAUI diver certification.

You must be 15 years of age and have proof of at least 25 open water scuba dives to enroll in an Experienced Scuba Diver course. Once you’ve completed your NAUI exam and open water training, you will gain a NAUI Scuba Diver certification – the most respected diver certification card in the world!

Advanced Scuba/Junior Advanced Scuba

Let your underwater adventure continue! Apply your scuba skills as you explore new dive sites and activities under the supervision and training of your NAUI Instructor. Learn which diving specialties interest you, and what type of diving you enjoy most. Gain more confidence and capability. Begin to consider the direction diving will take you, as you go for everything it has to offer.

The Advanced Scuba Diver course is an enjoyable certification course for 12-year-old (or older) certified divers who desire additional training, have moved from one diving area to another and desire local orientation, do not have, but wish to obtain, NAUI certification, or who desire orientation to a variety of diving sites and conditions.

As part of your certification, you will complete a minimum of six open water dives including three separate dives for navigation, night or low visibility diving and deep diving (130 feet/40 meters maximum depth), plus three different dives. Some of the many different dives you can do include:

• Search and recovery
• Boat diving
• Light salvage
• Hunting and collecting
• Exploration and underwater mapping
• Wreck diving (non-penetration)
• Observation and data collection
• Diving in surf or currents
• Altitude diving
• Salt water diving (in areas where most diving is in fresh water)
• Fresh water diving (in areas where most diving is in salt water)
• Shore diving
• Diving for photos or video
• Using dive computers

NAUI Rescue Diver

This course trains divers in the knowledge and skills needed to manage risks and effectively handle limited in-water problems and diving emergencies.  Self-rescue and “buddy” rescue are key areas of focus during this course.

Course cost is $275* for a group rate.

Minimum of 4 divers is required to be considered a group rate.

Maximum divers allowed in the group class is 8.

Cost for 3 divers is $353*

Cost for 2 divers is $530*

Cost for a private lesson is $899*

*Included in the course cost is a personal Ora-nasal rescue mask with O2 inlet, instructor fees, cost of pool session, and two open water rescue checkout dive with air tank.

*Included in this course is the NAUI Rescue E-learning Diver Manual ($114.95).

*What is not included in this course is A Naui First Aid Course, which a Certified First Aid and DAN 02 Course is a Pre-requisite.  DAN 02 is required prior or concurrent with this course: Cost of this course is $75.00

*You must have your own scuba gear.  If you do not have scuba gear you can rent the full package for $65.00.

Upon completion of this course you will be a certified NAUI Rescue Diver  with NAUI First Aid Certification (which also includes Emergency O2 Administration & CPR).  If you currently hold a NAUI First Aid certification, price still remains the same.

Master Scuba Diver

Gain the in-depth knowledge that will establish you as a recognized authority in your diving club or group. Thrill to the adventure of open water dives in settings that will test your abilities to their limit while expanding your diving capabilities and experience. Then proudly carry the most coveted and respected certification card in recreational diving – that of the NAUI Master Scuba Diver.

The Master Scuba Diver course is a continuing education certification course for divers who wish to increase their understanding and enjoyment of diving. This course is an excellent progression toward NAUI Leadership roles.

During your training, you will engage in a minimum of eight open water dives including the following required dives:

• Emergency procedures and rescue
• Deep/simulated decompression diving
• Limited visibility or night diving
• Underwater navigation
• Search and recovery – light salvage

You can also choose from many different dives for your elective dives such as:

• Skin diving
• Environmental study or survey
• Air consumption (practical application)
• Boat diving
• Shore diving
• Hunting and collecting
• +Or other special interest dives

If you are 15 years old and have a NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver certification or its equivalent, you may be ready for the Master Scuba Diver class. Ready, set, learn!

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