You've always wanted to try it! Don't wait another day. The Florida Gulf's warm waters are an excellent place to experience the excitement of scuba diving. Our experienced instructors can teach you everything from the basics of breathing underwater to being a scuba instructor. Contact Us to begin or continue your training. We offer the following rewarding NAUI certifications: Scuba Diver Course: Your first step as an educated scuba diver. This 4 day course will give the novice diver basic knowledge to interact safely with their equipment, dive buddies, group, aquatic environment, boat operations and dive leaders in charge. The course is divided into 3 segments: Knowledge development - based on book study, classroom lectures and video. Watermanship and stamina - based on very basic water skills requirements such as swimming and basic use of mask, fins, and snorkel. Skin & Scuba diving skills development - in a pool environment or confined water first. You will learn the basic techniques to be a safe diver under the direct control of your NAUI Instructor. Then will come the time of applying these skills in the ocean in a non-threatening environment not exceeding 18 m. (60 ft.) depth with your Instructor. Now is when you get the fun and thrill of submerging in the natural environment. You will perform 5 scuba dives with your Instructor to qualify as a NAUI Scuba Diver. You must be 15 years old to be certified or 12 years old as a Junior Scuba Diver. We run this course with 2 basic options: Regular course involving all required training, educational materials and knowledge development, taught by a qualified, experienced NAUI Instructor. Or, the VIP private course taught by a NAUI Course Director, including all training and student package kit for NAUI scuba diver. Please advise in advance if interested in our private 'one on one' course. Advanced Diver Course: This course is the logical complementary step towards becoming a complete diver. This 6 dives task-oriented course takes 2 days, and will broaden your knowledge of what kind of scuba activities are available. There is no classroom work involved in the course. Under the expert guidance of your NAUI Instructor, you will discover some of the major possibilities scuba diving has to offer, such as the 3 core dives of the course: Under Water Navigation Deep Diving (19m-40m or 65 to 130 feet) Night or Limited Visibility Diving and some of these dives to complement the course: Current Diving Under Water Environment Under Water Photography or Videography Shore Diving Boat Diving Light Salvage Wreck Diving The Advanced course is fun, rewarding and is definitely the best course to gain the required experience to enjoy safely the underwater realm! This is the course that trains you to go to a maximum depth of 40 m. (130 ft.) instead of the 18 m. (40 ft.) allowed by the basic Scuba Diver certification. One must be a NAUI Scuba Diver or equivalent and 15 years old to enroll in the course. Scuba Rescue Course: This course is combined with a NAUI First Aid / CPR Course and is the perfect complement to the Scuba Diver Course, where novice divers trained with basic in-water rescue as an aware buddy. The course is run in 3 days and involves knowledge development in classroom and in-water practice for rescuing skin and scuba divers alike. A more sophisticated rescue course is the Advanced Rescue Course. This is the logical next step to the rescue course and will also involve training in oxygen therapy to treat diving related injuries. One must be a NAUI Scuba Diver or equivalent and 15 years old to join the Rescue Course and a NAUI Advanced Diver or equivalent and 17 years old to join the Advanced Rescue Course. The NAUI / ASHI First Aid / CPR and Oxygen provider courses are available to non-divers and are perfect training for families and individuals wishing to increase their ability to help an accident victim. Master Scuba Diver Course: The ultimate knowledge and skill development course. This 5 day, 8 dives course will bring the advanced diver to the highest level of understanding and practice the recreational diving industry has to offer. The Master Diver Course is the highest non-professional level course one can achieve. The NAUI Master Scuba Diver has the knowledge of a professional dive leader and is therefore a mandatory course for leadership and professional training. The course is divided into 2 segments: Knowledge development: Where the advanced diver learns in depth what they learned in previous courses such as: Diving Physiology, Diving Physics, Equipment, Environment, Decompression Theory and Dive Tables, Safety and Rescue. Skills development: Achieved during 8 tasks oriented scuba dives involving: Deep / Simulated Decompression Diving Night or Limited Visibility Diving Search & Recovery / Light Salvage Under Water Navigation Skin & Scuba Rescue and 3 complementary dives among: Wreck Diving Skills Review Current Diving Underwater Environment Shore / Surf Diving Underwater Photography Boat Diving NAUI Master Scuba Divers are the most respected divers worldwide, as the community knows what training these divers have achieved. One must be a NAUI Advanced Diver or equivalent to enter the course and be 17 years old. Specialty Courses: These are designed for divers to gain experience in specific and interest-oriented fields of action. A diver can specialize in numerous diving activities such as: Underwater Navigation, Night Diving, Deep Diving, Underwater Photography or Videography, Underwater Environment, Drift Diving, Dry Suit Diving etc...We run these courses by special appointment.