Interested in Getting Your Scuba Diving Certification?

Scuba diving is a passion shared by innumerablecenter for scuba diving. The institute boasts of a
people who are looking out for some adventure innumber of celebrities on the Board of Advisors like
life. But every layman in scuba diving has got to hearJacques Cousteau, Lloyd Bridges (TV Sea Hunt fame)
of certification requirements before going for the realalong with divers renowned in the scuba diving world.
action. The certification is a mandatory procedure forApart from these famous names NAUI-certified
every serious scuba diver. It is a process of obtainingschools are known for their instruction owing to their
a certificate for scuba diving from a recognized andhighly qualified instructors with thousands of hours of
registered diving school. These schools hostreal-life underwater experience. Apart from adequate
professionally authorized instructors who takereal diving experience the NAUI instructors are
courses in teaching scuba diving. Every interestedrequired to attend and clear the exams of a number
scuba diver is required to invest the time and moneyof courses which cover every bit of technical diving
to get certified as it is dangerous and requiresqualification be it recreational, sport, or professional.
technical expertise before attempting it. In addition toThrough these courses the instructors acquire
potentially hazardous and fatal underwater creatures,knowledge in the physiology of underwater diving,
the conditions down there could be dangerous too.details of equipment, their usage, safety measures
There are risks of nitrogen narcosis andand so on.
decompression sickness and one needs to beThe types of offered courses come in all forms,
prepared for any of these eventualities.catering to entry level for beginners to advanced
The two most recognized diver training organizationstechnical diving expertise. The training for students is
in the US are PADI - Professional Association ofa blended combination of classroom theory sessions,
Diving Instructors and NAUI - National Association ofself study and practical guidance in relatively safe
Underwater Instructors. These two institutes haveareas like pools and open waters. The NAUI-certified
been in this profession for years and have a numberinstructors are hence the most qualified people to
of authorized and approved facilities across theinstruct and train scuba divers aspirants. Similar is the
country.case for the PADI-certified courses and instructors.
NAUI was established in 1959 with its first recognizedTogether NSUI and PADI members teach most of
Instructor Certification course in 1960. The studentsthe recreational divers and are known to issue almost
went on to become instructors, branches werea million divers' certificates each year.
formed and hence today NAUI is an established