Drysuit Diver

About this course

This continuing education course provides the use of dry suits and how to become familiar and comfortable with their thermal protection options, controls, and buoyancy characteristics. Graduates are considered competent to engage in open water diving activities, while using a drysuit, without supervision, provided the diving environment, activities, areas dived, and equipment approximate those of training.

Prerequisite

• Age. Minimum is 15 years by the water phase of the course. (Junior certification for ages 10-14 years is allowed. See “Policies Applying to All Courses: Age, Junior Certification.”)
• Certification/Experience/Knowledge. Current enrollment in a NAUI Instructor conducted course (e.g., Open Water Scuba Diver) or certification as a NAUI Open Water Scuba Diver or the equivalent is required. The instructor is to ensure adequate student knowledge and capability before any open water training and shall use skill or other evaluations to do so. One open water dive (which does not count toward the minimum number of dives required for the course) may be used as a screening and evaluation dive. This is not required when the student’s diving proficiencies are well known to the instructor.