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You're in CA. There must be dozens of instructors from both agencies reasonably close to you. Why don't you interview some more, first?
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halemanō;5417148:So someone who follows the quickest path to Instructor with NAUI could be Instructing the NAUI Deep or Wreck Specialties only a month and 50 dives after starting their OW course; with possibly no wreck dives and less than a handful of deep and night dives combined.
At just one month / 50 dives, a NAUI Instructor could teach way more Specialties than nearly every PADI MSDT, so obviously NAUI Instructors must be at a higher level than PADI MSDT's.![]()
that is false, you need to have 50 dives to be a NAUI instr.
I don't have my NAUI S&P's in front of me, but unless they've gone and lowered standards in the year that I was away from teaching, the above is not true.
To attend the TIP, you need a minimum of 50 logged dives. Our facility allows you the opportunity to log many dives while you are here.
if all the remained was the test of, "would I permit this individual to teach my loved ones how to dive?",