Cave Guide

About this course

This course is designed to train knowledgeable NAUI Instructors, Divemasters, and Assistant Instructors who are also Cave level II divers to act as part of a support team for Cave/Cavern diving, training activities and guiding Cave/Cavern dives in the physical overhead environment to the level to which the Cave guide is certified.

Prerequisite

• Age. Minimum is 18 years by the water phase of the course.
• Certification/Experience/Knowledge.
  • Active-status NAUI Assistant Instructor, Divemaster, Instructor
  • NAUI Cave Level II Diver or equivalent
  • Proof of at least 100 logged cave dives and 80 hours of overhead time after NAUI Cave II or equivalent
  • 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.