SCUBA DIVING UNIVERSITY / TRAINING

NAUI courses & pathways

Explore entry-level diving, continuing education, rescue skills and leadership training.

10 core course guides · FAQs on every course

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Master Scuba Diver is a continuing-education course. Divemaster and Assistant Instructor are leadership qualifications. Similar names across agencies do not imply identical training or automatic equivalence.

Choose a direction

These are learning directions, not automatic eligibility sequences. Specialties are choices; each course has its own prerequisites. Experience and assessment matter between steps.

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Leadership options

NAUI · Entry level

Open Water Scuba Diver

Learn the fundamentals for autonomous buddy diving in conditions comparable to your training.

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NAUI · Continuing education

Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver

Build supervised experience in additional diving activities beyond entry-level training.

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NAUI · Rescue and prevention

Rescue Scuba Diver

Develop risk management, assistance, transport and rescue skills for diving emergencies.

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NAUI · Breathing gas specialty

Nitrox Diver

Study enriched-air nitrox and how its composition changes recreational planning.

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NAUI · Continuing education

Master Scuba Diver

Deepen diving knowledge and practical capability through a dedicated continuing-education course.

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NAUI · Recreational specialty

Deep Diver

Develop deeper recreational diving knowledge and planning under appropriate instruction.

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NAUI · Environment specialty

Night & Limited Visibility Diver

Learn planning and techniques for diving with reduced visual information.

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NAUI · Leadership

Assistant Instructor

Prepare to support NAUI instructors within the scope of an assistant leadership role.

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NAUI · Leadership

Divemaster

Develop leadership capability for organising and supporting diving within NAUI standards.

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NAUI · Instructor

Instructor

Develop and demonstrate the ability to teach within NAUI’s instructor standards.

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A selection of core pathways, not the agency’s entire catalogue. YouDive is independent and does not issue agency certifications. Explore the official NAUI information ↗