Fun, Educational and Practical training
We believe a fun and educational training experience is a much better environment for learning to dive. That’s how WE learned, and it’ll work for YOU, too! Sure, you can have someone pound you with information all day long, but fun and practical applications of that information will help you have a better training experience and become a better diver.
Our training locations are in Deerfield Beach and Fort Lauderdale, and we also have 3 barrier reefs and 30+ artificial reef sites to enjoy, so we can create a great experience for you! After all, isn’t that what you want from your training experience?
We’re not a “Card Farm”!
We don’t believe in trying to set records for the most certifications in a month or year. We have no quota to meet every month.
Our mission is to create highly-trained, self-sufficient divers, not certification cards.
Our names don’t appear on your card until we are satisfied you earned it!
We’re not a shop, so we don’t have large classes
Our teaching environment is more FUN, comfortable and individualized, and we limit our class sizes so you can get the full attention of our instructors throughout your training. Good learning experiences have a social aspect, and we’re as social as they come!
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OUR TEAM
Instructor Doug
Doug has been a certified diver since 1980 and a SCUBA Instructor since 2009. Currently an independent Instructor for NAUI, he has also taught for dive shops and charter boats in South Florida. You may also see him working as a dive guide, or shooting underwater video for various clients.
In addition to his Instructor certification, he has certifications from multiple agencies covering everything from Nitrox to Trimix, and is experienced on all open-circuit dive gear from recreational diver setups and full-facemask diving to technical gear setups including doubles gear and deco bottles. You might even see him driving a dive boat or two!
Instructor Terri
Terri has been an Instructor since 2007, and is also a certified Cave Diver and Rebreather Diver. Currently an independent Instructor for NAUI, she has also taught for dive shops and charter boats in South Florida. Her personal certification and diving experience over the years helped develop her teaching methods, and she is especially good at helping students overcome any fears or anxieties they may be experiencing.
In addition to her Instructor certification, Terri also holds certifications from multiple agencies covering all open-circuit dive gear (recreational and cave) as well as closed-circuit rebreathers (recreational and cave). You might also see her working as divemaster somewhere!
WHY NAUI?
- NAUI was founded in 1959, making it one of the oldest training agencies.
- NAUI’s motto is “Dive Safety Through Education”.
- NAUI members are known and respected all across the industry for the quality of their teaching, concern for the individual student, and safety awareness.
- NAUI members are able to be flexible in their teaching programs to allow for varying diving environments and student abilities.
- NAUI members are allowed the freedom to “over teach”, or add information to class instruction, to help develop divers beyond the basic standards for certification.
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Worldwide Recognition
Qualified Instructors
Our instructors have a combined 30+ years of teaching and 60+ years of personal dive experience, and they are recognized throughout the local dive community as knowledgeable and trustworthy!