Any Reason to Stay NAUI?

[Ez E]

Understandable, you had a non-NAUI refresher, that's why

Fun fact. I contacted the NAUI shop today because they are the only dive shop in my AO that services ScubaPro. A great person I met sold me a 1st and second stage setup with octo and console. All my local dive shops wont service ScubaPro!!

So my nearest NAUI shop is also my reg service place. Cant wait to meet some new people. They seemed great over the phone.

 

[BoltSnap]

Fun fact. I contacted the NAUI shop today because they are the only dive shop in my AO that services ScubaPro. A great person I met sold me a 1st and second stage setup with octo and console. All my local dive shops wont service ScubaPro!!

So my nearest NAUI shop is also my reg service place. Cant wait to meet some new people. They seemed great over the phone.

I am a SP fan and an old NAUI instructor, if you need any advice, just shoot me a PM.

 

[Ez E]

I am a SP fan and an old NAUI instructor, if you need any advice, just shoot me a PM.

I will thank you. 1st and second stage is MK25 w/ s550. Both serviced at the end of 2023. Apeks Egress new. Braided lines new. Aqualung i300c console with SPG and compass new. Cant wait to breathe through no rental crap.

Edit. Although I will have some redundancy with my Shearwater Peregrine but Im sure thats not bad. Thats the way the setup came

 

[Eric802]

This is nothing compared to ar15.com

Lol. I was just there checking the Iran-Israel news.

 

[Ez E]

Lol. I was just there checking the Iran-Israel news.

Pepper your angus brother!!

 

[Pressurehead]

an old NAUI instructor

I resemble that remark.

 

[BoltSnap]

I resemble that remark.

What year did you become a NAUI instructor? 1987 myself.

 

[Pressurehead]

What year did you become a NAUI instructor? 1987 myself.

Crossed over to NAUI in 1991, The navy paid for me to become a civilian dive instructor in 1985 [resettlement training to civie life after 20+ years], I was NAUI advanced and Rescue as a civilian when I did the PADI instructor course.
We needed a civilian C Card to get gas fills from civilian dive shops [new rules, before that we just showed a log book of dives for gas].
I crossed back to NAUI in 91.

Edit: [new rules, before that we just showed a log book of dives for gas]. This was for civilian dives away from 'The Job'.

 

[GQMedic]

Im NAUI OW certified. Got back into diving after 22 years and took a PADI comprehensive refresher. Im not sure how much ambition I have to go beyond AOW certified. Nearest NAUI shop is 45 mins away and I have an SSI and PADI shop less than 10 mins away.

When I go for AOW is there any benefit of sticking with NAUI? Because the dive shops make it sound like I can get AOW with PADI or SSI because they recognize my OW cert.

Sorry for the long post.

Hey Ez E,

45 minutes drive isn’t anything. Stick to your guns. Closer isn’t always better. I’ve got a PADI shop 10 minutes away, and a NAUI shop 35 minutes away, guess where I teach?

 

[GQMedic]

Fun fact. I contacted the NAUI shop today because they are the only dive shop in my AO that services ScubaPro. A great person I met sold me a 1st and second stage setup with octo and console. All my local dive shops wont service ScubaPro!!

So my nearest NAUI shop is also my reg service place. Cant wait to meet some new people. They seemed great over the phone.

Ez E,

I get it, I’m big into SP as well. I’ve loved all their stuff.