NAUI Open Water Courses
Beginner Diver Scuba Diver; Minimum Age 10
eLearning Option
$345
Referral Certification
$449
Full Certification
$65
Refresher Online Only
$549
Full Certification +NITROX
Best Deal!
$395 Referral Cert +NITROX
$195
NITROX Certification
Dive Computer Special!
Receive 20% off select Cressi Dive Computers with purchase of NAUI NITROX Certification.
Complete your academic learning online at your convenience. You don’t have to come to our classroom. You will log into NAUI eLearning using your codes that we will email you after you register. Complete the eLearning classroom and quizzes at home or on the go. Once you finish your online classroom you’re ready for your pool training.
We provide all gear for the pool training.
Two pool sessions are included. Extra pool sessions only cost $20 each. Come to as many extra pool sessions as you need.
Call us anytime during your online class. Your instructor will go over the questions you missed and answer any questions you have.
We have instructors available to answer you questions from 10:00 AM until 10:00 PM.
* Referral Certification includes 2 pool training sessions. Referral does not include your 4 required open water check-out dives, and certification card. You’ll complete the 4 open water dives over 2 days while on your vacation destination.
† Full Certification includes 2 pool training sessions and your 4 Open Water Check-out dives in Nashville area.
Dives are completed in TN between May and October when the water and weather is warm enough do dive safely.
Not included is $25 local quarry entry fee to quarry for open water dives, or any required rental gear. ( Wet suit, Mask, fins)
Minimum Age 10 Years old. (Junior Certification)
Student divers who are younger than 15 may earn their Junior Open Water Diver certification, which they may upgrade to Open Water Diver certification upon reaching 15.
A parent or guardian must take class with students under 12 years of age.
NAUI Scuba Lessons Starting Every Week.
Scuba certification is earned in 3 easy steps;
- Academic eLearning at home.
- In person review and quiz before Pool Training
- SCUBA Check-out dives.
You may start anytime. You will progress at your own speed. We don’t keep all students in a group. Join any class or any pool session anytime.
- Prices are based on minimum 6 students per pool or quarry session.
- Private SCUBA lessons are available for $200 per session + $25 per person
SCUBA Quarry training located in Nashville.
You will not have to drive out of town to complete your check-out dives.
* SCUBA Lessons are non transferable and non refundable*
- You will complete an in person quick quiz and review before your first pool session.
- Pool training and quarry dives require a minimum of 4 students.
- Private sessions cost $200 divided by all attending students. An addition $25 per student will be added to pool or quarry dives.
Advanced Scuba Diver – $349
Advanced is the most fun. Mostly all we do is dive. There is very little studying. You may start your Advanced certification as soon as you earn your Open Water Diver.
Includes: Five SCUBA Dives, NAUI Advanced Diver online class.
The course helps build confidence and expand your scuba skills through different Adventure Dives. You try out different specialties while gaining experience under the supervision of your NAUI Instructor. You will complete 6 dives; Neutral Buoyancy, Navigation, Deep Dive, and 2 others of your choice.
For the NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver Lessons, you should have or rent your own equipment. We provide tanks and air. You will have to make 6 actual dives (check-out dives). You will need a wetsuit for the deep dive in TN. The location of the check-out dives is up to you. In the Summer we dive locally, in the Winter we go to Florida.
Advanced Certification Special
Sign up for Advanced scuba Diver during your Open Water class and save $50. You will also receive free Scuba Gear rental for your Advanced Dives. Save a total of $100. Ask your instructor for details.
$275 NAUI Advanced
Dual Certification Advanced including NITROX
$475 (Advanced +NITROX)
Rescue Diver -$299 September 7&8 class Special. (Regular $375)
Once you are 15 years of age and a certified scuba diver, you can expand your diving knowledge with a NAUI Rescue Scuba Diver or NAUI Advanced Rescue Scuba Diver course. Learn how to manage risks and effectively handle limited in-water problems and diving emergencies, how to assist and transport divers, and how to perform surface rescues and rescues from depth involving both boat and shore based skin and scuba divers.
CPR and First Aid certifications are required to complete this course. Your Rescue Scuba Diver training moves you on your pathway to becoming a NAUI Leader as a Skin Diving Instructor, Assistant Instructor, Divemaster, or Instructor.
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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. All participants must be in good health and be previously certified as a NAUI Scuba Diver or equivalent.
NAUI Master Diver $450
Master Scuba Diver $450
Gain the in-depth knowledge and experience that will distinguish you as a leader in any diving club or group. Thrill to the adventure of open-water dives in settings that will test skills and expand your diving capabilities and experience. Your success allows you to proudly carry the most coveted and respected certification card in recreational diving – the NAUI Master Scuba Diver card.
During training, students 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 may also choose from many different dives for your elective dives, such as:
- Skin diving
- Environmental study or survey
- Air consumption (practical application)
- Boat diving
Individuals ages 15+ and who have a NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver and Rescue Diver certifications (or its equivalent), may enroll in the Master Scuba Diver course.
NAUI Divemaster $595
NAUI Divemaster Candidate Packet Premier NAUI Education System contains all the material needed for a NAUI Divemaster course.
The NAUI Divemaster course is your first level of professional training. Working closely with a NAUI Instructor, you’ll fine-tune your dive skills, like perfecting the effortless hover, and refine your rescue skills so you anticipate and easily solve common problems. You’ll gain dive knowledge, management and supervision abilities so you become a role model to divers everywhere.
As a NAUI Divemaster, you’ll lead others as you supervise scuba diving activities and assist with diver training. Whether you want to work at a faraway dive destination or close to home at a local dive shop, the adventure of a lifetime awaits you. NAUI Divemasters are most respected dive professionals.
$550 Includes:
All tanks during your course.
Study materials, Divemaster NAUI online.
Pool Entrance fees
Not included:
NAUI Divemaster membership fee ($100?) to be paid to NAUI after completion of course.
You must have your own scuba gear. (BCD, Regulator, wetsuits, dive computer, and safety equipment)
Entrance Fees to Quarry.
Prerequisites:
- Minimum age 18
- 40 logged dives to start
NAUI Referral Dives $199
Complete your classroom and pool training with any other PADI, NAUI, or SDI instructor and your check-out dives with us in Nashville. $199 +Quarry entrance fees. Includes: Pool refresher, and required certification check-out dives.
FULL Refresher $225
The full refresher is for people who have not been diving in several years. You will complete an online academic class, then a full pool refresher. You will complete all the skills you completed during your Open Waters class.
Instructor Training Course (ITC)
NAUI values and respects the knowledge, skills and abilities of its instructors. As such, NAUI Instructors are authorized and can be approved to teach every level of diving in which they possess the training, knowledge and experience. NAUI also allows its instructors to develop their own “instructor specified” specialty courses. If you are someone who seeks even more adventure and specialization, NAUI provides pathways to gaining Public Safety Diver, Technical and Freediving Instructor ratings.
Total $3000 ($2750+$250)
$2750 Scuba Nashville is hosting a NAUI Instructor Training Course (ITC) Date: TBA.
The course fee will include the NAUI pre-course on-line E-learning component, in-person coursework (classroom Thursday and Friday, confined water dives Saturday, open water dives on Sunday, exams Sunday), NAUI Instructor certification.
$250 Instructor Examiner fee.