Advanced Open Water

The Advanced SCUBA Diver course runs during international group trips, not as a stand-alone class. David — the NAUI Course Director leading the trip — delivers it personally. This is not instruction outsourced to the local resort dive team; the same person organizing and guiding your group's dives is running your certification.

The training dives happen in the destination's actual dive sites alongside the rest of the group. On the Fiji trip, that means the skills work is done in Beqa Lagoon, in the same conditions as the standard group boat dives. The environment is real from the first dive, not a sheltered bay removed from the main sites.

Certification is offered at a discounted rate for trip participants. Running the Advanced course at home before a trip means a separate scheduling commitment and training in less interesting water. On this itinerary, the certification dives fit into the four-day two-tank boat dive structure already built into the package.

Cheryl, a NAUI Dive Master, is also on every trip alongside David. The ratio of NAUI-qualified professionals to divers on any given boat is higher than typical group travel arrangements.

NAUI Advanced SCUBA Diver certification is internationally recognized. Completing it here — during a structured international trip with multiple dives across multiple days — provides more real open water time than most home-based Advanced courses offer.